Much has been said about the disproportionate Zionist presence in the world of organized Islamophobia. Now we learn that there is more to that claim than unfounded conspiracy theories. It turns out the main funder of anti-Muslim blogger/anti-Park51 organizer Robert Spencer and his hate site JihadWatch are husband and wife duo Aubrey and Joyce Chernick, the same couple are ardent supporters of Zionist causes and major funders of pro-Israel groups across the country.
Politico lists some of the Zionist propaganda organizations and pro-occupation front organizations that Aubrey and Joyce Chernick have funded over the years:
◦The Zionist Organization of America
◦MEMRI, a group that distributes translations of inflammatory Arabic language material
◦The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT), a group that tracks what it depicts as the threat of radical Islam, run by notorious Islamophobe Steven Emerson
◦CAMERA, a group that tracks what it says is anti-Israel bias in the media and that is associated with Daniel Pipes
◦The Central Fund for Israel, a clearinghouse for moneys directed to pro-settler groups
◦A number of conservative think tanks that are aligned with the Likud.
