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I live in a Seattle neighborhood that has suffered increasingly worse crime and longer police wait times. The Open Society Foundation was one of the top 5 funders of Initiative-940 paid signature-gatherers and PR (according to their website, and a professional inter-state signature gatherer I chatted with). I find I-940 objectionable and voted against it.

https://www.deescalatewa.org/about_us

The Open Society Foundation has arguably increased tension and partisan gridlock in Israeli-Palestinian relations. Here is a research paper on the subject:

https://www.ngo-monitor.org/soros.pdf

The Kavanaugh hearing disruptors were also paid and legally supported by the Open Society Foundation:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/george-soross-march-on-washingt...

There are many published criticisms of Soros (including from Jewish sources) that do not merely consist of "rich Jew". To imply otherwise is disingenuous. Go find some!




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