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Prince Harry, Meghan Markle’s charity reportedly cuts funding to Muslim women’s group after pro-Palestine remarks

Prince Harry, Meghan Markle’s charity reportedly cuts funding to Muslim women’s group after pro-Palestine remarks

The Archewell Foundation allegedly cut ties with the Milwaukee Muslim Women's Coalition after founder Janan Najeeb called Israel an "apartheid state."
17 Apr, 2025

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s charity, Archewell Foundation, reportedly severed ties with a US-based Muslim women’s group after its founder made a pro-Palestinian statement and called Israel an ‘apartheid state’.

The foundation, set up by the couple in 2020, gave the Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition (MMWC) two grants of approximately $55,700 since 2023, Middle East Eye reported.

US broadcaster NewsNation informed the charity about the pro-Palestine statements made by the MMWC’s Palestinian-American founder, Janan Najeeb. “To Archewell and the Duke and Duchesses’ credit, once they were made aware of this story from NewsNation, they were appalled,” the publication claimed.

According to the Jerusalem Post, in her 2024 blog, Najeeb wrote: “Israel’s 75-year occupation of Palestine and the genocide in Gaza are a grave injustice. We demand a permanent ceasefire, an end to arming the apartheid state of Israel and the liberation of Palestine. From the river to the see, Palestine will be free. From the sea to the river, Palestine will live forever.”

In February 2023, Najeeb wrote in an online post for the Wisconsin Muslim Journal, “from the river to the sea” slogan and had called for “an end to arming the apartheid state of Israel.”

That year, Najeeb reportedly thanked the foundation for its support, saying: “We took swift and impactful action in response to the war on Gaza. Our efforts, alongside other Wisconsin-based organisations, aimed to raise awareness and demand human rights for Palestinians.”

After Najeeb’s comments were brought to light, the Archewell Foundation reportedly said in a letter according to Al Jazeera’s AJ+: “Janan, we’ve recently been notified of a blog post you wrote that goes against the values of the foundation.

“As a foundation, we celebrate different perspectives and backgrounds, but we have zero tolerance for hateful words, actions or propaganda.”

The MMWC’s official Instagram handle has reshared several posts sharing the news about the foundation stopping its funding and calling for support for the coalition.

The Archewell Foundation has not commented on the situation on its websites or social media pages.

Comments

Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad Apr 17, 2025 12:20pm
When the going gets tough and the environment gets rough, only the toughest and roughest get going.
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Ahmed Apr 17, 2025 12:26pm
Who? Oh Rachel from suits?
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Hamed Apr 17, 2025 12:31pm
Prince Harry forgets that suffering of Palestinians is result of British culture! Europeans will never accept that they are against non Europeans.
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Anonymouseee Apr 17, 2025 12:44pm
Zionist terrorism should not be tolerated even if they try to hush us with money. The UK has been one of the biggest suppliers of arms to terrorist Israel that kill incident civilians on a daily basis.
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Champ Master Apr 17, 2025 06:59pm
Interesting that Muslim women's group does not receive funding from other Muslim charities and relies on funding of colonial master's generations. Very sad!
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FARIDA RAMAN Apr 18, 2025 01:40am
Do ideas, beliefs, and opinions count when giving charity? All Prophets have insisted on being unbiased, even toward those who have harmed you. Harry is a Royal, and he should have better sense than Megan.
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Azad Apr 18, 2025 02:55am
So called peace lovers asking West must stop supporting Isreal. But they are so desperate to get in the West both legally and illegally. Hypocrisy.
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Asad Apr 18, 2025 08:08am
Archwell foundation will lose support of people by standing against palistine .
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YaarDost Apr 18, 2025 08:51pm
It is Their Money. Muslim World has million times more money than what they have. Being pro Palestine is going to be only in books now. Israel is never going to let Palestinian see pre October 2023 Gaza now. There is nothing left in Gaza to return.
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Laila Apr 19, 2025 05:00am
This surprises me. The Harry and Meghan are both very pro diversity, pro muslim, pro immigration, pro Palestine etc and this has not officially been confirmed by their charity as of yet?
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