Kamala Harris Lauds ‘Emotion’ Behind Anti-Israel Protests as DNI Admits Iran Pays for Them

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Kamala Harris Lauds ‘Emotion’ Behind Anti-Israel Protests as DNI Admits Iran Pays for Them

Joel B. Pollak 9 Jul 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris told left-wing The Nation magazine that she applauds the “emotion” behind anti-Israel protests on campus — even as the government revealed that Iran provides funding for the demonstrations.

In an interview Monday with Joan Walsh, Harris said that the protests — which have disrupted life on campuses and in major cities, and which have targeted Jews — are displaying the correct “emotion” with regard to the ongoing war in Gaza:

    The young people who have mobilized against the destruction of Gaza are unlikely to be mollified by these answers. What does she say to them?

    “They are showing exactly what the human emotion should be, as a response to Gaza. There are things some of the protesters are saying that I absolutely reject, so I don’t mean to wholesale endorse their points. But we have to navigate it. I understand the emotion behind it.”

Fox News notes that in the full interview, Harris also expresses concern for the supposed lack of food in Gaza, because “I like to cook.” (The United Nations recently found that there is in fact no famine in Gaza, despite anti-Israel claims.)

While Harris lauds the “emotion” behind the protests, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Avril Haines revealed Tuesday that the Iranian regime is providing funding to some of the demonstrations, to influence American politics:

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NEW: Top US intel official says Iranian government agents have provided financial support to some Americans taking part in pro-Palestine demonstrations across the country and “sought to opportunistically take advantage of ongoing protests.”

DNI Avril Haines said Iran was becoming “increasingly aggressive in their foreign influence efforts, seeking to stoke discord and undermine confidence in our democratic institutions… including in prior election cycles.”

Haines said she knows Americans in the Gaza protests that are doing so in “good faith” and that “freedom to express diverse views, when done peacefully, is essential to our democracy.”  ...

The top US intel official revealed Tuesday that Iranian government agents were infiltrating pro-Gaza protests across the United States and targeting Americans by providing financial support at times.

“In recent weeks, Iranian government actors have sought to opportunistically take advantage of ongoing protests regarding the war in Gaza, using a playbook we’ve seen other actors use over the years. We have observed actors tied to Iran’s government posing as activists online, seeking to encourage protests, and even providing financial support to protesters,” Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Avril Haines said.

Widespread protests have erupted across the country, mainly on college campuses, since the start of the Gaza war, which started after the deadly Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel. In response, Israel has bombarded Gaza and reduced a majority of the enclave to rubble in pursuit of Hamas militants. ...

https://english.alarabiya.net/News/united-states/2024/07/09/iran-agents-infiltrating-gaza-protests-across-us-top-intel-chief-says