FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Nathaniel Soule│nate.soule@mail.house.gov│(914)-255-4642CONGRESSMAN LAWLER SLAMS USAID PAYMENTS TO ORGANIZATION HEADED BY VICIOUS ANTI-ISRAEL RAPPERWashington, D.C. - 2/10/2025… Today, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) slammed USAID for dispersing over $3 million in payments to Tomorrow’s Youth, an organization headed by a vicious anti-Israel rapper who advocates for Jew hatred in his music. Raffoul Saadeh, the Executive Director of Tomorrow’s Youth, has a long history of antisemitism, comparing the Palestinian experience to that of the Jews in Auschwitz. Scars of Gaza, From the Ghetto, and Tears over Palestine are just some of the songs in which Mr. Saadeh verbally assaults Israel and Jewish people. “USAID giving $3.3 million to an organization headed by a vicious anti-Israel rapper is beyond the pale and emblematic of the problems that can exist when transparency is lacking in our government,” said Congressman Lawler. “Tomorrow’s Youth’s Executive Director compares the Palestinian experience to that of the Jews in Auschwitz is disgusting and calls into question the decision-making process by those at USAID.” “We cannot allow the antisemitism and anti-Israel bias that has run rampant throughout the UN and other international organizations to infect our institutions here in the United States,” concluded Congressman Lawler. “This demands a full and thorough investigation from the Trump Administration - we need to get to the bottom of why the Biden administration was funding Jew hatred.” Congressman Lawler is one of the most bipartisan members of Congress and represents New York's 17th Congressional District, which is just north of New York City and contains all or parts of Rockland, Putnam, Dutchess, and Westchester Counties.###
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Nathaniel Soule│nate.soule@mail.house.gov│(914)-255-4642

CONGRESSMAN LAWLER SLAMS
USAID PAYMENTS TO ORGANIZATION
HEADED BY VICIOUS ANTI-ISRAEL RAPPER

Washington, D.C. - 2/10/2025… Today, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) slammed USAID for dispersing over $3 million in payments to Tomorrow’s Youth, an organization headed by a vicious anti-Israel rapper who advocates for Jew hatred in his music. Raffoul Saadeh, the Executive Director of Tomorrow’s Youth, has a long history of antisemitism, comparing the Palestinian experience to that of the Jews in Auschwitz. Scars of Gaza, From the Ghetto, and Tears over Palestine are just some of the songs in which Mr. Saadeh verbally assaults Israel and Jewish people.


“USAID giving $3.3 million to an organization headed by a vicious anti-Israel rapper is beyond the pale and emblematic of the problems that can exist when transparency is lacking in our government,” said Congressman Lawler. “Tomorrow’s Youth’s Executive Director compares the Palestinian experience to that of the Jews in Auschwitz is disgusting and calls into question the decision-making process by those at USAID.”


“We cannot allow the antisemitism and anti-Israel bias that has run rampant throughout the UN and other international organizations to infect our institutions here in the United States,” concluded Congressman Lawler. “This demands a full and thorough investigation from the Trump Administration - we need to get to the bottom of why the Biden administration was funding Jew hatred.”


Congressman Lawler is one of the most bipartisan members of Congress and represents New York's 17th Congressional District, which is just north of New York City and contains all or parts of Rockland, Putnam, Dutchess, and Westchester Counties.

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