PUBLIC - Pearl Project Malign Foreign Influence Index

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1	Malign Foreign Influence Index
2			Pearl Project
3	By Asra Q. Nomani
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5	Welcome to the Malign Foreign Influence Index, a resource of the Pearl Project, a nonprofit initiative dedicated to investigative journalism in the spirit of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, kidnapped and murdered in 2002 in Karachi, Pakistan, by militants motivated by a hate for the state of Israel, Jews and the West. Please credit: Pearl Project Malign Foreign Influence Index Contact: asra@asranomani.com @AsraNomani
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12	In this index, we document the organizations, individuals and interests fomenting anti-Semitism worldwide. We follow the money, goals and ideologies behind the organizations, and we unpack a complex web of organizations and people fueling much of the protests against the state of Israel.
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15	We recognize that there are many well-intentioned people who are joining the protests and actions against the state of Israel, genuinely concerned about the loss of Palestinian civilian lives. We also recognize that there are many people who espouse the ideological beliefs expressed by the organizations involved in the protests. In the spirit of transparecy, we are documenting the networks that are supporting and creating these protests that are being captured in social media videos and news stories worldwide.
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18	This is a working document, and we invite the public to leave comments and contact the author at asra@asranomani.com with recommendations, edits and information.
19	Summary of findings from #MarchOnDNC protests As of Aug. 21, 2024, a total of 242 organizations are members and supporters of the #MarchOnDNC coalition and organizers of the violent "Make It Great Like '68" protest. Of those, 34 groups are self-described socialist groups, 166 are socialist-adjacent and pro-socialist, working closely with socialist groups, and 42 organizations are Palestinian, Arab or Muslim.
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24	#MarchOnDNC Coalition
25	Number of self-described Socialist organizations (red)	34
26	Number of Socialist-adjacent organizations (red)	166
27	Number of Muslim, Palestinian or Arab organizations (green)	42
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29	Total number	242
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