Ap-Peace-ment Now Organization Providing Illegal Campaign Contributions

WND details an investigation into Americans For Peace Now's illegal attempts to influence the election of Ehud Barak, including its funding by Bill and Hillary Clinton.

Whistleblower Scott Marks of Orlando, Fla., recently concluded an investigation into the use of American charitable dollars to impact Israel's 1999 elections.

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Marks documents what many of us have long suspected – that Bill and Hillary Clinton and other top U.S. political operatives laundered money for Ehud Barak's campaign to become prime minister of Israel through Americans for Peace Now, a 501(c)3 tax-deductible "educational" charity strictly limited from such activity.

The Federal Election Campaign Act prohibits both for-profit and non-profit organizations from engaging in campaigns for political candidates. Both federal tax law and regulations prohibit non-profit organizations from engaging in political activity that supports a candidate for public office.

Nevertheless, that's just what Americans for Peace Now did – with the fund-raising assistance of the president and first lady.

While Americans for Peace Now claims to be "educational" in nature, it actually serves as a front for the activities of the Israeli Peace Now movement. The American support group admits as much in its official charter.

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Last month, the Israeli media began reporting on how Americans for Peace Now was a major illegal source of funding for the Barak campaign. At least $100,000 went directly to Barak's successful campaign, engineered by political consultant James Carville.

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Over the last five years, Marks' investigation show, at least $3.8 million has been raised by APN and transferred for use by Peace Now in Israel for its overtly political purposes.

Bill Clinton held a major fund-raiser for APN in New York in 1998. Hillary Clinton served as honorary chairman of an APN fund-raiser the same year.

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The IRS and FBI should take a good, long look at what Marks has discovered. Americans for Peace Now needs to be shut down as a charitable organization. And those who supported its illegal activities need to be held accountable – including Bill and Hillary Clinton.