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Source: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/state-department-grant-netanyahu-225414
Senate Report: State Dept. Grant Aided Campaign to Unseat Netanyahu
(Politico) Burgess Everett - A State Department grant intended to rally support for peace between Israel and the Palestinians also helped set up political infrastructure that was later used for a campaign opposing the reelection of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2015, according to a bipartisan Senate investigative report released on Tuesday. The report found no legal wrongdoing by the State Department, but shortly after Netanyahu called an election for 2015, the voter databases constructed with $349,000 in grants for OneVoice were activated for Victory 15, an unsuccessful effort to defeat Netanyahu. Sens. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) each signed off on the investigation, which was conducted by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.