Kenneth Abramowitz

Kenneth S. Abramowitz is a New York businessman and partner in NGN Capital, which describes itself as "a venture capital firm dedicated to health-care investing." He is a major funder for extreme right-wing causes in Israel and the United States. Abramowitz has also contributed funds for stealing Palestinian land. Abramowitz also appears on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's "list of millionaires" − i.e., potential donors to Likud's primaries/campaigns.

Uri Blau reports:
 * Abramowitz is also national chairman of American Friends of Likud and donated thousands of shekels to the campaigns of Yisrael Katz and Yuli Edelstein in the last party primaries. He also appears on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's "list of millionaires" − i.e., potential donors to Likud’s 2007 primaries. The existence of the list was exposed last year by the newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth. Abramowitz is also a hefty donor to Israel's Media Watch ‏(in which Dafna Netanyahu, as mentioned, is a member‏). The donation is used to fund a journalism prize in his name. At the awards ceremony last year he said that apart from the freebie Israel Hayom, financed by Jewish-American billionaire Sheldon Adelson, the media in Israel are not objective.

Affiliations

 * Carlyle Group – Managing Director from 2001 to 2003
 * Israel Independence Fund – Founder
 * American Friends of Likud – Chairman
 * Media Watch (Israel) – Principal funder
 * NGO Monitor – funder
 * Friends of the Israel Defense Forces – donor

External Resources

 * NGN Capital profile