Larry Ellison funded Rubio's political rise after vetting him for 'loyalty to Israel'
The tech billionaire and Oracle founder is set to have
massive influence in the US media and post war Gaza
OCT 3, 2025
Larry Ellison, the billionaire co-founder of tech
giant Oracle, vetted US Secretary of State Marco Rubio for his support of
Israel before making large donations to the senator from Florida’s 2016
presidential election campaign, Drop Site news reported on 3
October.
Leaked emails released by an Iranian hacker group,
Handala, show that Ellison discussed Rubio’s loyalty to Israel with Ron Prosor,
who at that time served as the Israeli ambassador to the UN.
In April 2015, Ellison and Prosor exchanged several
emails discussing Rubio and whether the senator would be an advocate for
Israel.
After Ellison met Rubio for dinner, Prosor sent a
message to Ellison asking how their meeting went.
“How was the conversation with Mario Rubio. [sic] Did
he pass your scrutiny? Did you have a chance to talk about Israel? Would love
to chat.”
Ellison responded by saying, “Hi Ron. Great meeting
with Marco Rubio. I set him up to meet with Tony Blair,” adding, “Marco will be
a great friend for Israel.”
At the time, Rubio was seen as a strong challenger in
the Republican presidential primary, which was ultimately won by upstart
candidate Donald Trump.
Ellison then donated $4 million to Rubio’s presidential campaign,
making him among the top donors of the 2016 cycle.
Since that time, Rubio has been a staunch advocate for
Israel and is currently helping Ellison in his goal of building a media empire
and taking control of Gaza.
Drop Site notes Rubio has played a role in helping Ellison take
control of TikTok, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu views as
crucial to influencing young people in the US to support Israel.
While under Chinese ownership, TikTok allowed
relatively free criticism of Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.
Ellison is seeking to expand his influence over the
traditional media in the US as well. His son David is moving to take control of
CBS News, CNN, Warner Brothers, and Paramount, and will reportedly install
pro-Israel journalist Bari Weiss as editor of CBS News.
Ellison is also seeking to benefit from post-war Gaza
reconstruction through former UK prime minister Tony Blair and the institute he
heads.
Blair is seeking to lead a committee that US President
Donald Trump plans to establish to rule Gaza and oversee the reconstruction of
the enclave once it has been emptied of its roughly 1.7 million Palestinian
inhabitants.
Drop Site notes
further that Trump’s son-in-law, New York real estate investor Jared Kushner,
tasked the Tony Blair Institute this spring to develop a plan for post-war
Gaza.
As Secretary of State, Rubio is in a position to
influence the plans for Gaza and help determine who will benefit financially
from Trump’s plan to build a high-tech city, the “Riviera of the Middle East,”
on stolen Palestinian land.
If Blair is given the role of overseeing Gaza’s
reconstruction, Ellison will have strong influence in the enclave. Drop
Site observed that the “Tony Blair Institute has effectively become an
offshoot of Oracle,” following donations of $350 million from Ellison.
Ellison has long been a supporter of Israel. At a 2014
fundraiser attended by other pro-Israel billionaires, he declared that “there
is no greater honor” than supporting the Israeli military.
In 2017, Ellison donated over $16 million to the
Friends of the IDF, the largest-ever donation to the organization. Ellison is
also good friends with Prime Minister Netanyahu, who has been
a guest at Ellison’s
private island in Hawaii.
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