Iran Helping Promote and Fund Anti-Israel Student Demonstrations, According to U.S. Director of National Intelligence

Iran Helping Promote and Fund Anti-Israel Student Demonstrations, According to U.S. Director of National Intelligence

The Red (Marxist/Anarchist) – Green (Islamist) Alliance is a defining feature of the domestic U.S. student anti-Israel protests. I’ve written and spoken about it many times, dating back to last fall, “It’s an anti-Western culture on campuses which is revealing itself as antisemitism”:

It’s a deeply anti-Western cultural problem, which is taking itself out, as has happened of course for many centuries, on the Jewish population who are seen for whatever the reason as an easy target…. And that is led mostly on campuses by the left wing and the Islamists. So the so-called Red Green Alliance, that the far left and the Islamists all have the same enemy. And those two groups, the far left and the Islamists on campuses are very powerful and that is why Israel and Jews are being singled out. But people should understand that this is an anti-American culture on campuses. It’s an anti-Western culture on campuses which is revealing itself as antisemitism.

Recently I appeared on Jesse Watters’ show to talk about it, Campus Riots a Marriage of ‘Year Zero’ Leftists and Eighth Century Islamists

But this is a serious situation. It’s the extreme left that wants to tear us down. Almost Khmer Rouge, go back to Year Zero and start over. And the extreme Islamists, who are worshiping Hamas, who want to take us back to the eighth century. So this is really a wake up call for this country that what is happening now is not just a social contagion. It is extremely dangerous. And this marriage of the extreme left and the Islamists is not something that we’ve really seen before. And people need to recognize this is a serious situation.

I also warned late last month that we needed to Get Ready for the Islamist Summer In American Cities.

So you can imagine my SHOCKED FACE when the U.S. Director of National Intelligence released a statement today acknowledging that the Iranians are promoting and paying for the anti-Israel protests (emphasis added):

“The Intelligence Community recognizes the importance of informing the public of foreign efforts to influence our democratic processes and, consequently, leading into the Presidential and congressional elections this year, we are launching today the first of what will be regular updates regarding such threats.

Our updates can be expected to cover a range of foreign malign activities and election security threats, as you will see in today’s update. In particular, I would like to take this opportunity to draw your attention to concerning Iranian activity.

As I noted in testimony to the Congress in May, Iran is becoming increasingly aggressive in their foreign influence efforts, seeking to stoke discord and undermine confidence in our democratic institutions, as we have seen them do in the past, including in prior election cycles. They continue to adapt their cyber and influence activities, using social media platforms and issuing threats. It is likely they will continue to rely on their intelligence services in these efforts, as well as Iran-based online influencers, to promote their narratives.

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.

I want to be clear that I know Americans who participate in protests are, in good faith, expressing their views on the conflict in Gaza – this intelligence does not indicate otherwise. Moreover, the freedom to express diverse views, when done peacefully, is essential to our democracy, but it is also important to warn of foreign actors who seek to exploit our debate for their own purposes.

Furthermore, Americans who are being targeted by this Iranian campaign may not be aware that they are interacting with or receiving support from a foreign government. We urge all Americans to remain vigilant as they engage online with accounts and actors they do not personally know.”

I think the Director of DNI is too kind to the protesters themselves. Many if not most are not acting “in good faith” – the leadership and activists certainly are embracing Islamism as part of the movement.

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