A Senate panel is investigating whether the United States government is funding efforts to oust Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a report published Saturday.
The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations is reportedly probing the funding for OneVoice Movement, a Washington D.C., group that includes an organization seeking to oust the current Israeli government.
Fox News reported Saturday that OneVoice, which has recently received $350,000 in State Department grants, may have provided money to its subsidiary, the Victory 15 campaign, which is based in Israel and is opposed to Netanyahu.
According to Fox, a source acknowledged the probe is bipartisan and is looking into OneVoice’s funding of Victory 15.
The news follows an interview with Netanyahu in which he accuses foreign governments of funding efforts to defeat him.
Netanyahu faces a difficult election this week, with polls showing his Likud party trailing four seats behind the opposing Zionist Union.
“There is a huge international effort, with major money, that is partnering up with leftist organizations here and also with media figures in order to bring down the Likud government that I head,” Netanyahu told Channel 2 television on Saturday, according to Reuters.
