celeb news Jessica Seinfeld and Bill Ackman fund pro-Israel counterprotests at colleges

[GraceRandolph]

Jessica Seinfeld, cookbook author and wife to comedian Jerry Seinfeld, is funding a pro-Israel counterprotest at UCLA—where violence broke out Tuesday night after a mob attacked demonstrators inside a pro-Palestine encampment.

A GoFundMe for the effort, which Seinfeld promoted in an Instagram story this week after contributing at least $5,000, has since made the majority of its donations anonymous. The fundraising page has raised more than $93,000 as of Wednesday and also changed its organizer name and description since launching over the weekend.

The Daily Beast left messages for reps for the Seinfelds.

"I just gave to this GoFundMe to support more allies like yesterday's at UCLA," Seinfeld wrote this week. "More cities are being planned so please give what you can. Donations are annonymous [sic]. We will continue to share our light and love, as proud American Jews."

It's unclear whether Seinfeld coordinated with the GoFundMe to make donations anonymous after they'd been public earlier in the week. Nor is it clear whether supporters or organizers of this fundraiser were among the 100 or so counterprotesters, some wearing masks, who ripped down barricades or tossed objects including fireworks into the camp opposing Israel's war on Gaza.

Still, it hasn't stopped X users from roasting Seinfeld.

One observer, who shared video of a mob violently attacking the encampment, wrote, "Jessica Seinfeld must be elated seeing her 5k donation come to fruition."

A University of California president parody account posted that campus cops were "ready to step in and continue the assault once the counterprotesters tuckered out but Jessica Seinfeld's Zelle payments kept their fighting spirits high into the wee hours!"

 

Other celebrities—including actors Melissa Barrera and John Cusack—have shared footage on social media of Israel supporters ambushing the UCLA protest camp.

Billionaire hedge-funder Bill Ackman has taken to X to repost UCLA protest footage, including one account claiming a Jewish woman was beaten during a confrontation, and donated $10,000 to a separate counterprotest GoFundMe.

 

Full article: https://www.thedailybeast.com/jessica-seinfeld-and-bill-ackman-fund-pro-israel-counterprotests-at-ucla

[Mr.X]

Zionist pigs, deserve to be in jail forever

[Princess Aurora]

I don't understand why they can't allow both protests. They allowed white supremacists on a college years ago and yet they draw the line at people saying ''Free Palestine''. Make it make sense, America. 

[KeshaSwift]

As they should