American real estate billionaire Barry Sternlicht is trying to spend up to $50 million on a media campaign aimed at describing Hamas as a “terrorist organization,” by obtaining donations from businessmen and a major Jewish foundation, according to a report by the American Fox Business network, Saturday, November 11. 2nd 2023.

The network's report indicated that Sternlicht began the campaign just days after the Al-Aqsa Flood operation on October 7, according to an email seen by the Semafor online news site, and he initially sought donations worth $1 million from a group of the wealthiest Individuals in the business world, in order to make Hamas known to the American people as a terrorist organization.

In an email, Sternlicht wrote that he had a "great conversation" with the Warner Bros. CEO. Discovery's David Zaslav about the campaign, adding that Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel has agreed to coordinate it. However, according to the report, spokesmen for both men said they were no longer involved in the campaign.

The goal of the campaign, Sternlicht wrote in the email, would be “to distinguish between anti-Semitism and the Palestinian situation.”

Sternlicht said: “Public opinion will certainly change, because the scenes, whether real or fabricated by Hamas, depicting the suffering of Palestinian civilians will certainly erode existing sympathy (for Israel) in the international community. Therefore, we must move forward in telling the story.” What he said.

Sternlicht added that he is trying to define Hamas as "not just an enemy of Israel but of the United States," while seeking a matching donation of $50 million from a major Jewish charity.

According to Semafor, Sternlicht sent the email to 50 people, including media executive David Geffen, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, and Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell.

So far, sources familiar with the matter have told Semafor that the effort has raised several million dollars, and has hired Josh Vlasto, a former aide to both Democratic New York Sen. Chuck Schumer and former New York Gov. Chris Cuomo, to advise the planned campaign.

Source: Arabic Post