Category:Robert Shillman: Difference between revisions

Shillman sits on boards of The [[Friends of the Israel Defense Forces]], The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, and the [[David Horowitz Freedom Center]].<ref name="nu_cba_advisory_boards" /><ref name=fidf>{{cite web|title=Our Board and Staff|url=http://www.fidf.org/Page.aspx?pid=286|publisher=Friends of the Israel Defense Forces|accessdate=2 March 2011}}</ref><ref name=jfr>{{cite web|title=Our Board|url=http://www.jfr.org/site/PageServer?pagename=abt_board|publisher=The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous|accessdate=2 March 2011}}</ref>

He also funds [[Brigitte Gabriel]]´s [[ACT! for America|ACT!]], [[James O'Keefe]]'s Project Veritas, [[Frontpage magazine]]s and [[Rebel News]] and argues against the US accepting Syrian Muslim refugees.<ref>[https://theintercept.com/2015/10/16/donor-refugee-backlash Strident Calls to Reject Syrian Refugees Fueled by Wealthy California Donor], Oct. 16 2015, The Intercept</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.vice.com/story/inside-rebel-medias-big-money-anti-islam-crusade|title=Inside Rebel Media’s big-money anti-Islam crusade|work=VICE News|access-date=2017-08-22|language=en}}</ref><ref name=dailybeast>{{cite web|title=James O’Keefe’s Big-Money Donors Revealed|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/james-okeefes-big-money-donors-revealed|publisher=The Daily Beast|accessdate=9 December 2017}}</ref>

President [[George W. Bush]] appointed Shillman to serve on the Honorary Delegation to accompany him to [[Jerusalem]] for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the [[State of Israel]] in May 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nysun.com/foreign/bush-visit-may-boost-olmert/76303/|title=Bush Visit May Boost Olmert|website=Nysun.com}}</ref>

In August 2018, it was revealed by ''[[The Times]]'' that Shillman had been providing finances to British far-right activist [[Tommy Robinson (activist)|Tommy Robinson]] by helping to pay his "five figure salary",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tommy-robinson-winds-up-the-bigots-and-the-cash-floods-in-6kffsh8rk|title=Tommy Robinson winds up bigots and the cash floods in|first=Andrew|last=Gilligan|date=5 August 2018|website=Thetimes.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/dec/07/tommy-robinson-global-support-brexit-march|title=Revealed: the hidden global network behind Tommy Robinson|first1=Josh|last1=Halliday|first2=Lois Beckett Caelainn|last2=Barr|date=7 December 2018|accessdate=8 December 2018|website=Theguardian.com}}</ref> although at the time of writing this arrangement had ended.