{
  "id": 6403142,
  "title": "Exclusive: British Museum's Bayeux Tapestry sponsor backs Israeli defence tech fund",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/exclusive-british-museums-bayeux-tapestry-sponsor-backs-israeli",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-09T08:16:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/british-museum-bayeux-tapestry-sponsor-israeli-military-venture-capital-fund"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The British Museum's highly anticipated Bayeux Tapestry exhibition, set to open to the public on Thursday, is being sponsored by Igor Tulchinsky, a billionaire venture capitalist. Tulchinsky, founder and CEO of WorldQuant, is also the head of a defense technology-focused venture capital fund in Israel. This fund, WorldQuant Genesis, is headed by Major General Saar Tzur, a former Israeli army commander who has been vocal about the use of remote-controlled weapons in Gaza, which rights groups have described as a \"tool for committing genocide\". The sponsorship deal for the exhibition is valued at £5m ($6.75m). The museum has faced criticism over Tulchinsky's business interests, with calls for an investigation into the removal of references to Palestine in its galleries and controversy over sponsorship deals.",
  "summary": "Exclusive: British Museum's Bayeux Tapestry sponsor backs Israeli defence tech fund Submitted by Simon Hooper on Tue, 09/01/2026 - 07:52 Igor Tulchinsky's Tel Aviv-based venture capital fund is headed by a former general who has promoted remote-controlled weapons described by rights group as a 'tool for committing genocide' in Gaza Igor Tulchinsky, pictured behind King Charles and other…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}