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Netanyahu Calls SF Trans March Anti-Israel, Donor Surge Reported

7/17/2026

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Netanyahu Slams Protest

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called SF Trans March protest anti-Israel/anti-American after video aired in The New York Times.
Aaron Wiener was confronted about his Gaza stance at a San Francisco Trans March, prompting campaign to report a donor surge.
Campaign disclosed donations from an Anthropic engineer, TMG Partners developer, Berklee professor and Roomily founder.
The Standard released data on deadline while campaign declined to disclose amounts or donor counts.

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Wiener Raises

Donors included Wilson Berkow ($999), Charles Gibson ($3,500), Kevin Block-Schwenk ($300) and Jill Lindenbaum ($250).
Aaron Wiener’s campaign raised more than $127,600 from about 1,090 donors in four days after a viral Trans March confrontation.
33.5% of new donations came from San Francisco, 50.9% from other California, 15.6% out-of-state.
Supervisor Connie Chan raised $100,000 at a Nancy Pelosi-hosted fundraiser and holds $362,000, versus Wiener’s $1.2 million.

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Netanyahu Slams Protest

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called SF Trans March protest anti-Israel/anti-American after video aired in The New York Times.
Aaron Wiener was confronted about his Gaza stance at a San Francisco Trans March, prompting campaign to report a donor surge.
Campaign disclosed donations from an Anthropic engineer, TMG Partners developer, Berklee professor and Roomily founder.
The Standard released data on deadline while campaign declined to disclose amounts or donor counts.

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