Ted Cruz Accuses Opponent of Backing Anti-Israel Movement

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) is accusing his Senate opponent, Colin Allred (D-TX), of receiving funding from the same donors who support the anti-Israel movement. Cruz claims that the Soros, Rockefeller, Pritzker, and Gates families have been connected to organizations that support anti-Israel demonstrations.

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has accused his Senate opponent, Colin Allred (D-TX), of being financially backed by the same powerful families who are supporting the anti-Israel and antisemitic demonstrations at universities across the country.

Cruz's accusations come amid a wave of protests against Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories. Between April 18 and May 3, police either arrested or detained more than 2,200 people on at least 49 college campuses during protests in 26 different states.

Cruz claims that these protests are being funded by Joe Biden and the Democrats' top donors, including the Soros, Rockefeller, Pritzker, and Gates families. He alleges that these families have been either in the past or presently connected to organizations that are supporting the demonstrations against Israel.

"They're being funded by George Soros and the Rockefeller brothers and Bill and Melinda Gates and the Pritzkers," Cruz said in an interview with Fox News Digital. "Those folks are not just Joe Biden's top donors. They're among Colin Allred's top donors."

Cruz claims that Allred has accepted $80,000 from these donors who are funding the anti-Israel, antisemitic protests on college campuses.

However, Allred's campaign has denied Cruz's accusations, saying that they have not received any money from organizations that support anti-Israel activities.

George Soros' organization, Open Society, said in a statement that they "fund an array of non-profit civil society groups across the United States that advocate for a fairer world."

"The vast majority of these groups have no involvement with protests of any kind. Others may seek to articulate and amplify dissenting voices through, for example, petitions, meetings, and peaceful public protests," a spokesperson said.

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund has awarded the organization Jewish Voice for Peace hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants over the last several years, a group that has staged its own anti-Israel demonstrations and explicitly considers itself to be "anti-Zionist."

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given the controversial Tides Foundation and Tides Center millions of dollars over the last few years. Tides is understood to support several anti-Israel organizations with a large presence at the cross-country university demonstrations.

However, the Gates foundation told Fox News Digital that it does not have any grants that are active with the Tides Foundation anymore and denied funding the demonstrations either directly or indirectly.

Cruz is using the accusations against Allred to paint him as a supporter of anti-Israel activism. He is calling on Allred to return the money he has received from these donors.

"Colin has a choice. Will he stand with the people of Israel and send the money back or will he keep the money?" asked Cruz. "It's sad what's happened to the Democrat Party, but Colin Allred has an opportunity to make a choice and to decide which side he stands on," he added.