Israeli influence in America


01-31-07 - L.A. Israeli Consul General To Foreign Ministry: UPZ And Breaking The Silence Programs Harm Israel's Image And Must Be Stopped these harsh attacks by Jews against Israel have much greater credibility than harsh attacks against Israel by Arabs and are therefore more dangerous...."The United States Commission on Civil Rights, an independent bipartisan federal agency, recently recognized that anti-Semitism, including Israel-bashing, is a serious problem on our campuses. We therefore agree with the LA Israeli Consul General's office that the pro-Israel communities must not add fuel to the Israel-bashing fire by allowing the UPZ programs the credibility and legitimacy of being a part of our pro-Israel ICC umbrella." Already being used to silence critics of Israel - even those that so happen to be Israeli Jews.

01-31-07 - Soldier's wife joins lawmakers' appeal U.S. Reps. Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.), Mike Pence (R-Ind.) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) held a news conference Tuesday with Karnit Goldwasser, whose husband, Ehud, is one of two Israeli soldiers being held captive in Lebanon. Somebody out there with time on their hands should compile a report detailing exactly how much time Capitol Hill is engaged in Israel-related activities, and exactly which legislators are involved.

01-31-07 - Hysteria at Herzliya by Patrick J. Buchanan ** There is no need for war. Yet, Israelis, neocons, and their agents of influence are trying to whip us into one. Senators who are seeking absolution for having voted to take us into Iraq ought to be confronted and asked just what they are doing to keep us out of a war in Iran. Give 'em hell, Buchanan.

01-31-07 - Iran, Israel, The Big Lie and The Real Threat While many groups have been terrifying their members by depicting Ahmadinejad as bent on exterminating Jews, the Israeli lobby has been doing the same job on our government.

01-30-07 - Essay linking liberal Jews and anti-Semitism sparks furor A historian at New York University, Mr. Judt said in a telephone interview that he believed the real purpose of outspoken denunciations of him and others was to stifle harsh criticism of Israel.

01-30-07 - Israel not likely to face sanction for breaching cluster-bomb pact A pro-Israel lobbyist said one possible repercussion is that Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) may reintroduce legislation to make the sale of cluster bombs explicitly conditional on not using them in civilian areas.

01-30-07 - Israel was skeptical of Iraq, scholar says "Israel was very aware of the fact that from its point of view, Iran was the bigger threat." Israel wants all of its enemies removed - by US.

01-30-07 - Bush: Iraq failure impacts Iran ** Israeli leaders have expressed concerns that controversies surrounding the Iraq war will inhibit U.S. resolve in confronting Iran?s nuclear program.

01-30-07 - Judge rejects complaint in AIPAC ex-staffers case The judge in the classified information case against two former AIPAC staffers dismissed their request for a hearing on what they called violations of grand jury leak laws.

01-29-07 - Bush's backdoor attack: Iran via Hizbullah New policy authorizing attacks on Iranian agents in Iraq also allows for covert ops against Iran-backed terror groups all across ME, including Hizbullah Evidently, the US just isn't doing enough to take out Israel's enemies.

01-28-07 - Jewish organizations sponsor anti-IDF tours in US This is a phenomenon that must not be ignored," the report said. The report urged for action to be taken against the refuseniks and their organizations, saying "their negative effect on Israel's image must by stopped."

01-28-07 - Silencing the Criticism Israeli government spokesman Nachman Shai outlined Israel's media strategy with 30 to 60 U.S. Jewish leaders, focusing concern on CNN, and especially two Palestinian reporters. "We are putting real pressure on the heads of CNN to have them replaced with more objective pro-Israel reporters that are willing to tell our side of the story."

01-28-07 - Kerry Blasts Foreign Policy, Says U.S. Has Become 'International Pariah' That's because we've taken up the policies and orders from that OTHER international pariah (strange that nobody else has).

01-27-07 - U.S. may cite Israel for use of cluster arms - report Several U.S. officials said they expected little further action on the matter, the Times said.

01-27-07 - Israel's Increased Isolation Contrary to Binyamin Netanyahu's suggestion that 9/11 turned Americans into Israelis, 9/11 made Americans realize that while they sympathize with Israel, they do not want the United States to become Israel. An interesting piece by M.J. Rosenberg.

01-27-07 - Barack and Hillary: Can Israel rely on either? Hillary Clinton also voted for the war in Iraq and, as of yet, has not called for a timetable for troop withdrawal despite the pressure to do so. One must conclude that there is little basis on which to doubt Hillary Clinton?s sincere support for and dedication to Israel?s safety and security and her determination and strength when it comes to national security and defense. So voting for the war in Iraq is seen as 'dedication to Israel's safety and security'? Read on. "the next US President will have to deal with the Iranian nuclear threat, which will impact Israel first and then the entire world. At this point we simply cannot afford to allow a person with incoherent, weak and inconsistent views on national security and foreign policy to become the presidential nominee of a major political party in the United States." Who's 'we'???

01-27-07 - Israel to assist the U.S. in efforts to boycott Iranian banking The American government has asked for help from Israeli sources to comprehend the internal developments in Iran and elements that affect the stability of the regime. The intelligence community in the U.S. has hired Farsi speakers and experts on Iran, but U.S. officials believe that Israeli intelligence has more experience with the subject and has great advantages in this field.

01-27-07 - Lawmakers to launch captive Israelis appeal Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.), the chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Middle East subcommittee; Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.), the ranking member of the subcommittee; and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will join Karnit Goldwasser, whose husband Ehud is among the captives, in launching the appeal on Tuesday.

01-27-07 - Wyden wants F-14 parts sale banned A Jewish U.S. senator introduced legislation banning the sale of parts for F-14 aircraft, saying the sales are end-runs around bans on arms sales to Iran.

01-27-07 - Stop the Iran War Before It Starts By Scott Ritter ** Summon the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), or any other lobby promoting confrontation with Iran, to the forefront, so that the warnings they offer in whispers from a back room can be articulated before the American public. Hold these conjurers of doom accountable for their positions by demanding they back them up with hard fact.

01-27-07 - Homage to Herzliya - The Lobby wants war with Iran **

01-26-07 - When the mute talks to the deaf Read this individual's diatribe about a group of Palestinian women who spoke of the harsh conditions of Israeli occupation at a local church, and then note who he works for at the bottom of the article.

01-26-07 - Gordon R. England, then Navy Secretary, was honored with JINSA?s Henry M. "Scoop"Jackson Distinguished Service Award in 2001 England is currently OUR Deputy Secretary of Defense.

01-26-07 - Navigating the minefield of politicians' verbal gaffes Hugging Suha Arafat might have been the best thing that ever happened to Hillary Clinton politically, as far as the American Jewish community is concerned - that's what a prominent Jewish leader told me earlier this week.....Why was this unfortunate incident so good for Clinton? Because it taught her an important lesson: Every word, every gesture is watched and counted, especially in this volatile area of interest. She was never caught again hinting at any compromising views she might have, or had. Note the source.

01-26-07 - Groups debate anti-Semitism in larger context of criticism of Israel questioning Israel's right to defend itself against hostile neighbors could be anti-Semitic, ADL officials say, because such hostilities threaten the country's very existence.... "This is a new costume for a hate that's existed centuries," said Stein. This modern anti-Semitism, she said, just replaces the word "Israel" for "Jew." So they would have everyone believe in order to silence the critics. Not working.

01-26-07 - AJCongress may leave campus coalition In a letter this week, AJCongress Executive Director Neil Goldstein denied an earlier announcement that his organization was pulling out of the Israel on Campus Coalition, a 31-member consortium of Jewish groups dedicated to boosting Israel?s image on American college campuses.

01-26-07 - Netanyahu urges pension to quit Iran Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly urged Massachusetts pension fund officials to pull money out of businesses that deal with Iran.

01-26-07 - June 4 date set for AIPAC staffers case The judge in the classified information case against two former AIPAC staffers set a June 4 trial date Oh sweet mystery of life at last I've found thee....OHHHH....

01-26-07 - Iran Attack **

01-26-07 - Hillary the Favorite in Race for Jewish Donations Clinton, he said, "has personally proved herself to the Jewish community on Israel, on which she was once questioned." Read on.

01-26-07 - Candidates court Israel, cite Iran risks

01-25-07 - The hidden cost of free congressional trips to Israel These trips are defended as "educational." In reality, as I know from my many colleagues in the House and Senate who participated in them, they offer Israeli propagandists an opportunity to expose members of Congress to only their side of the story. The Israeli narrative of how the nation was created, and Israeli justifications for its brutal policies omit important truths about the Israeli takeover and occupation of the Palestinian territories. The CSM gets one right.

01-25-07 - Israel tries to cut off Tehran from world markets Pressure will be applied to major US pension funds to stop investment in about 70 companies that trade directly with Iran, and to international banks that trade with its oil sector, cutting off the country's access to hard currency. The aim is to isolate Tehran from the world markets in a campaign similar to that against South Africa at the height of apartheid.

01-25-07 - Netanyahu urges trial for Iran leader, fearing new Holocaust He added he was also trying to drum up support within the United States for a trial. "Wolf. WOLF!!!"

01-25-07 - Policing politics in school curriculum At the Israel Action Center, Brysk has been working with various schools in the Greater Boston area to help construct curriculum from a pro-Israel perspective.....While organizations like the IAC openly admit their desire to design pro-Israel curriculum, they stick to the facts of the situation, they say, unlike the Wheels of Justice. What happened to all the blather (from these same people!) about 'balance', hmm? Note the source.

01-25-07 - More Deception from the War Criminal The Bush Regime is the first neoconservative regime in US history. Bush hides the neoconservative agenda behind "the war on terror," which essentially is a hoax. The main purpose of the neoconservatives' "war on terror" it to eliminate any effective Muslim opposition to Israel's theft of Palestine and the Golan Heights.

01-24-07 - The US is taking us for a ride on the peace process Like previous administrations, perhaps even more, the Bush administration tends to adapt to what Israel wants.

01-24-07 - Out to check Iran n-work, Israel lobby in US meets PM Seeking to build a bridge with New Delhi, a delegation of the powerful pro-Israel lobbying group at the Capitol Hill met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last evening. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee's current agenda is to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, isolate the Hamas-led Palestinian government and seek greater security for Israel.

01-24-07 - US politicians rip Iran in Herzliya US politicians grovel at the altar of Israel.

01-24-07 - Edwards Veers Hard Right During a lamentable speech he made in Tel Aviv, Edwards sanctioned a US war against Iran; denied the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group (ISG) and bashed the Palestinian people.

01-24-07 - Group that criticized Israel to stay in campus coalition despite protests The decision did little to quell disquiet within the 31-member coalition, which was created in 2002 to advance a pro-Israel agenda on campus.

01-24-07 - Bush: Hezbollah a threat

01-24-07 - Smears for Fears Everything Clark said, in short, is true. What's more, everybody knows it's true. The worst that can truthfully be said about Clark is that he expressed himself in a slightly odd way.

01-24-07 - Rep. Keith Ellison Should Drop in on the Christian-Jewish Party in the House of Representatives I know this is perhaps unfair, but aren't we pretty well stacked on Israel caucuses and short with the broader Arab region? What about a caucus that includes the Arab states and Israel -- tough I know, but it would be a good goal for the Congressmen chairing these groups.

01-24-07 - The American hostility towards Iran ** The mood in the administration coincides with some strong talk in Israel about the dangers from Iran. No sh#t?

01-23-07 - Silencing the 'other side' of the Palestinian story

01-23-07 - As candidates enter 2008 race, they begin courting Jewish support Bowing down at the altar of Israel is an essential part of political campaigning in America.

01-23-07 - U.S. court dismisses Palestinian suit Riad el-Solh Hamad, head of Palestine Children?s Welfare Fund, filed suit in September against NGO Monitor, Frontpage Jerusalem, the Center for the Study of Popular Culture and others. Palestinians just aren't ever going to be given a fair shake by America. Or so it would seem.

01-23-07 - Hoenlein: Delegitimization of Israel rising among US elite Hoenlein is expected to deliver this message to the Herzliya Conference on Tuesday, in a speech titled "The Poisoning of America," along with recommendations for action on the part of American Jews and Israel to help fight what he sees as a growing threat to support for Israel in America. Nothing has changed in America - except the fact that Americans are FINALLY getting the truth. In the end, it was ISRAEL that 'delegitimized' Israel - more specifically, its treatment of the Palestinians and the resulting coverup in the US by way of its powerful lobby.

01-23-07 - Israeli billionaire Saban biggest donor to US politicians

01-22-07 - But is it good for the Jews? In the wake of this controversy, a former Justice Department official says the former president sought "special consideration" in 1987 for a onetime member of a German SS Death Squad who was proven to have murdered Jews in the Mauthausen death camp in Austria. Neil Sher says he went public with the information now because Mr. Carter's book exposes "where his heart really lies." I encourage you to look at my breakdown with regard to what Carter actually said. Note that mainstream US media (quite obviously made up of the Israeli lobby) are picking up this piece of propaganda in their campaign to smear Carter.

01-22-07 - U.S. Drafts Holocaust Denial Resolution The draft resolution "condemns without any reservation any denial of the Holocaust," but doesn't single out any specific country for criticism. The U.S. said it planned to circulate the draft to General Assembly members on Monday. Not a matter for Capitol Hill.

01-22-07 - A no-brainer for American Jews Hillary Clinton told Israeli and Palestinian youth via a video broadcast that "it will be in the long-term interests of the Middle East for Palestine to be a state, and for it to be a state that is responsible for its citizens' well-being, a state that has responsibility for providing education and health care and economic opportunity to its citizens." The remarks immediately upset the Jewish establishment and prompted the White House spokesman to explain that they do not represent the president's position.....During the 2000 Senate campaign, the Skverer Rebbe, Rabbi David Twersky, who lives in New Square, New York, visited the White House. The American press reported that Hillary Clinton promised the revered Hassidic leader that she would lighten the punishment of four of his followers convicted of fraud. Clinton won a solid majority in New Square.

01-22-07 - Can U.S. Achieve Peace in the Middle East? by Rep. Ron Paul Everyone assumes America must play the leading role in crafting some settlement or compromise between the Israelis and the Palestinians. But Jefferson, Madison, and Washington explicitly warned against involving ourselves in foreign conflicts. Sorry, Ron. Your attempt at 'balance' by mentioning 'billions of foreign aid' going to Muslim countries doesn't address the inherent problem in the Israel-Palestinian conflict: that Americans taxpayers are funding Israel's colonial project - to the detriment of Palestinians. Are we giving the Palestinians the same amount of military/financial aid and political support? NO. Therefore, we have chosen sides. THAT is what Washington was referring to in his famous farewell address.

01-22-07 - GOP presidential hopeful in Israel Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republication nomination for the U.S. presidency, is in Israel. Our politicians must also campaign in Israel.

01-22-07 - Dershowitz sees Israel going it alone Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz warned Israel that it could lose the political support of the United States. The cat (truth) is out of the bag.

01-22-07 - Israel, US, and "the lobby"-1: Apartheid in the occupied territories?

01-21-07 - The 'Israeli Lobby' The support is seen by many as detrimental to Israeli-Palestinian peace but they fear retribution for speaking out -- such as what Carter, Walt and Mearsheimer have received.

01-21-07 - Hillary Clinton and the Pro-Israel Lobby

01-21-07 - Carter's observations are well-founded If Carter's depiction of the logical end of Israel's policies has irked his critics, what caused outrage, is his observation that Israel's policies cannot be freely debated in the US. And here, and in the way they have vented their anger, Carter's critics have only served to make his point. As was the case with the study by Mearsheimer and Walt, and the smears that followed, the 'critics' serve to prove Carter right.

01-21-07 - Strategic talks with U.S. focus on Iranian threat Washington intends to pledge about $1 billion to rebuild Lebanon following last summer's war with Israel, they said, and it expects the Europeans and Saudi Arabia to make hefty pledges as well. Thus does America get stuck with cleaning up after Israel. If there were any justice, that money would be deducted from the 2007 US aid to Israel.

01-21-07 - Young, Russian-born U.S. Jews assert their identity on both coasts At January's Shabbat dinner, an AIPAC representative spoke about lobbying for Israel on Capitol Hill and how this group - almost all of whom have friends or family in Israel - could influence American aid for the Jewish state...."I see us as a bridge into the established Jewish community," he says. "I want us to be 'used' as much as possible."

01-21-07 - Israel, U.S. discuss Iran ** Israeli Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz hosted visiting U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns on Sunday for the first in a series of bilateral consultations on international efforts to ensure Iran does not acquire atomic weapons.

01-21-07 - Shalom, Ayalon Respond to Clinton Candidacy Ex-Ambassador to the United States Danny Ayalon agreed that Clinton has supported Israel in the past, but predicted that if elected, she will be determined to leave her mark on the Middle East, even if she needs to oppose Israeli policy to do so. The HORROR!

01-21-07 - Gen. Clark's Controversy "While we know (Clark) is a good friend of Israel and is not an anti-Semite, he still engaged in inappropriate language by talking about how Israel and Jewish money will move this country to war on Iran," Foxman said. Oh dear.

01-21-07 - US under secretary of state: We won't allow nuclear Iran' ** (VIDEO) Nicholas Burns says ?There is no doubt Iran seeking nuclear military weapons; stationing of two battle groups in Persian Gulf is part of our response?; adds: We are committed to being Israel's strongest security partner Note who he is speaking to.

01-21-07 - Netanyahu: West must stop Iran from executing new Holocaust ** "When we are talking about rallying public opinion on genocide, who will lead the charge if not us?" he said. "No one will come defend the Jews if they no not defend themselves. This is the lesson of history." 2002, Netanyahu on Iraq: "Wolf! Wolf!". 2007, Netanyahu on Iran: "Wolf! Wolf!".

01-21-07 - From 2004: Agents of Influence Did Ariel Sharon, the Prime Minister of Israel, run a covert program with operatives in high-level US government positions to influence the Bush Administration's decision to go to war in Iraq?

01-20-07 - Senate bans lobbyist travel The Senate bill allows non-profit affiliates of lobbies to run tours for lawmakers, a provision that the pro-Israel lobby aggressively sought. That compromise preserves trips run by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which has a non-profit spin-off, as well as those run by local Jewish federations that do not employ lobbyists. AIPAC wins (America loses).

01-20-07 - US homeland security market beckons Outsourcing our homeland security to a nation that routinely violates international and humanitarian law. ~Swell~.

01-19-07 - Iraq Surge: Dilemma For Congress, Worries For Israel ** "Israelis and the American Jewish community are very concerned about Washington's total ineptitude in coming up with a strategy on Iran,"...But Jewish leaders are also wary of being seen as cheerleading for war with Iran. Too late. It is abundantly clear just who is pushing for this war. It is also clear that the US is being blamed for failure in Iraq - a war that was based on the Clean Break Strategy (crafted in Israel) and then foisted on this administration via the neocons. Read the entire article and note the unbridled chutzpah.

01-19-07 - Book critics ignore the excesses of Israeli policies Maybe it's just me, but I put a helluva lot more stock in Aloni's words than I do with Carter's critics, many of whom have admitted they haven't even read the book.

01-19-07 - Rice's Mideast Trip; Obama And The Jews "The idea is that winning Arab support for what they?re doing in Iraq and what they are contemplating for Iran requires having something called a peace process. They?ve heard that from so many people that they can?t ignore it." As I have noted before, this whole new emphasis on the 'peace process' is, like with the case just prior to and after the runup to the Iraq war, a move to get other countries on board for their support for new military action - this time Iran.

01-19-07 - Stop the Next War Before it starts. Support H. J. Resolution 14.** Madam Speaker, after all, co-sponsored a bill during the last session of Congress, introduced by Rick Santorum and Ileana Ross-Lehtinen, both Republicans, that not only tightened sanctions on Iran, but also made "regime change" in Tehran official U.S. policy Pelosi is loyal to Israel.

01-19-07 - The Israel Lobby Trips and Tilts As in so many things, conventional elite opinion lives in a bubble, believing mere assertion and ranting about anti-Semitism will carry the day. The New York Times featured a spectacularly disingenuous hatchet job by its deputy foreign editor, Ethan Bronner, and another assault by former Clinton-era Middle East negotiator Dennis Ross. The New York Times = Israel Lobby

01-19-07 - Michael Savage - part of the Israeli lobby?

01-18-07 - Zionism in the Cinema - Part One

01-18-07 - Vindicating Larry Franklin Franklin, it turns out, was trying ? unconventionally ? to influence a debate in the administration in 2003 over a national security policy directive regarding Iran. He provided Aipac's Iran specialists, Steve Rosen and Keith Weissman, with his own list of specific instances of how Iran was sending teams from its Quds Force to sow terror, kill American soldiers, and pose a threat to Israeli operatives in northern Iraq Actually, all the latest news about Iran and etc has proven is that the Israeli lobby (via AIPAC, the neocons, and their cohorts at news outlets such as Fox News, the AP, etc) have still succeeded in lobbying the US to deal with Iran despite the Larry Franklin/AIPAC scandal. (And the NY Sun is a part of this lobby).

01-18-07 - Inside Israel's Image War Most of hasbara is "reactive, damage control," Why is that? And why is it that this Hasbara is for the most part aimed at AMERICANS?...

01-17-07 - RJC demands Clark apology The Republican Jewish Coalition called on Wesley Clark to apologize for claiming that ?New York money people? were trying to push the United States into war with Iran.

01-17-07 - The Bush Threat to Iran ** Israel and its friends have been pressing for such an attack, or threatening that Israel might make such an attack itself.

01-17-07 - What's next -- war with Iran? ** The American Jewish Committee took out a full page ad in The New York Times showing Iran in the center of concentric circles, including all the Middle East and beyond, asking: "Can anyone within range of Iran's missiles feel safe?"

01-17-07 - Dual Loyalty: Why Did Neocon Max Singer Vote in Israel and U.S.? Now you know why OUR politicians campaign in ISRAEL.

01-16-07 - Questions about congressional earmarks concern Jewish social-service providers In 2004, the omnibus spending bill included 37 earmarks for programs with "Jewish" in the name, amounting to $9,973,000. Including the terms "Hebrew" and "Sephardic," the number climbed to 41 earmarks and $10,723,000.... Many other projects of importance to local Jewish communities may not have identifiably Jewish names and could be buried in the vast spending documents.

01-15-07 - Israel looking for an extreme makeover Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter strongly criticised Israel in his new bestselling book "Palestine Peace Not Apartheid," and a recent international consumer survey found that Israel has the worst "brand name" of any country in the world. Aha! My New Year's prediction already coming true. Be warned, America. (More) propaganda on the way.

01-15-07 - Outside View: Iran must be stopped 'Their aim is to become a hegemony. Their aim is to drive the United States out (of the Middle East) and replace it. If they become a nuclear power it can start a nuclear arms race with Turkey and others. I don't think that the U.S. and the West can allow such a thing,' Sounds like Ayalon is talking about Israel. Read on about Ayalon and Israel's 'demographic' problem.

01-15-07 - Jews, evangelicals honor Ayalon Top congressmen, including Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), the U.S. House of Representatives majority leader; Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), the minority leader; and Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.), the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, addressed the event.

01-14-07 - New York Times Magazine on Pro-Israel Lobby

01-14-07 - House resolution calls for Ahmadinejad genocide charges The non-binding resolution brought last week to the House?s Foreign Affairs Committee and initiated by Reps. Steve Rothman (D-N.J.) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), says statements by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calling for the destruction of Israel amount to crimes according to the 1948 Convention on Genocide genocide def - the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group . Who has driven nearly 3/4 million people from their homes, who has wiped Palestine off the map, who continues to squeeze a people into smaller and smaller areas of land by unlawful land confiscation (this includes by way of the wall)? Is it the Palestinians? And what of Avigdor Lieberman's comments calling on Israel to transfer the Arabs out of that country, hmm? He was just put in a very powerful position in the Israeli government. Can you say HYPOCRISY.

01-14-07 - Bush ratifies Red Crystal "U.S. leadership and significant international cooperation overcame longstanding obstacles to achieve this humanitarian success."

01-14-07 - Tell Amazon to Treat Carter's Book Fairly As longtime Amazon customers, we are deeply disturbed by your treatment of Jimmy Carter's important new book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid. The Israeli lobby at work at Amazon.

01-14-07 - UN-weary, US opts for unilateral moves against Iran ** US administration officials now describe Iran as the single greatest threat the United States faces in the Middle East. Why, what a coincidence! Because Israel has made the same announcement (after we took care of Iraq for them).

01-14-07 - Clinton vs. McCain: Who's really better for Israel? Whose really better for America (never gets factored in both here and there)?



01-13-07 - Why Condemning Israel and the Zionist Lobby is so Important

01-12-07 - U.S. policies have made Israel less safe, experts say The conclusion that the United States has made Israel less safe and the growing criticism of Bush administration policy are ironic, to put it mildly. Securing Israel, America's closest ally in the region, was one of the Bush administration's justifications for toppling Saddam and for promoting democracy throughout the region America invaded Iraq at the behest of Israel and its minions in the US - the neocons. In fact, it's safe to say that Bush's entire Middle East agenda is crafted by Cheney and the neocons. He sure as hell isn't listening to the ISG, now is he? Bush relied heavily on Natan Sharansky's book about Middle Eastern democracy as well. All of these policies are now backfiring, and it's all being blamed on Bush. Half of the blame rests with Israel and the neocons. None of these policies have made the US any safer. To the contrary. The US (again at the behest of Israel) has run roughshod over moderates in the region and has refused to engage in diplomacy in the region - thereby encouraging extremism. Diplomacy at the barrel of a gun will continue to bite us in the ass (as it has done with Israel) over time.

01-12-07 - Sharon advised Bush: You need Iraq exit plan The former Israeli prime minister, who has been in a coma for a year, met with Bush in early 2003, prior to the U.S. invasion. According to a report in the Forward this week, Sharon said he believed, as Bush did, that Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein posed a threat to the region. No sh#t?

01-12-07 - For US troops, new duties, more danger On the eve of the invasion of Iraq in 2003, many military officers and analysts predicted that US and coalition forces would have to fight their way into Baghdad and then conduct the kind of house-to-house urban warfare against Republican Guard and Fedayeen Saddam troops that is the most dangerous and the most deadly. Speaking of urban warfare. And again.

01-12-07 - The "Surge" Is A Red Herring ** Near the end of his "surge" speech, Bush adopts the neoconservative program as US policy. The struggle, Bush says, echoing the neoconservatives and the Israeli right-wing, goes far beyond Iraq.

01-11-07 - Second thoughts about the Promised Land Jewish Americans have long been Israel's strongest supporters. Many of the most zealous West Bank settlers come from America. The main Jewish lobby groups have tended to back right-wing Israeli governments and avoid criticising their policies. The fact that Israel is America's strongest ally emboldens this gung-ho stance. So does the ultra-Zionist stance of some American Christians......Leaping to Israel's defence is still what the Jewish establishment does best. After the war, the Israel On Campus Coalition, a student organisation, issued a 129-page guide with contributions from all the major Jewish and pro-Israel bodies, packed with set-piece talking points for knocking down critics of Israel

01-11-07 - Bush's tough tactics are a 'declaration of war' on Iran ** But if the US is preparing to confront Iran militarily - which some top military officials in Israel are reportedly recommending - the Bush administration will find itself involved in conflicts on four fronts.

01-10-07 - Ayalon: Israel is not alone ** Iran has attempted to dispatch emissaries to try and get the United States to rule out military action against Tehran, and their efforts have failed, former Israeli Ambassador to the US, and Co-Chairman of the Nefesh B'Nefesh aliyah program, said during an interview with Ynetnews.

01-10-07 - Division of congressional posts seems to favor Jewish issues Perhaps the most prominent pro-Israel boost is of Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), who becomes majority leader. Hoyer is on a first-name basis with much of the board of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and has been to Israel multiple times, exhibiting broad knowledge of its political workings.

01-10-07 - Community expects U.N. choice to continue strong backing of Israel In 1997 he put his name ? alongside fellow Bush allies Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz ? to the statement of principles of the newly formed Project for a New American Century, a conservative group that advocated global American leadership, increased defense spending and promotion of American values abroad.

01-10-07 - Why no outrage from community as Bush ignores embassy pledge? When ZOA President Morton Klein met with Bush for several minutes at a Newark Airport hotel in 2000, he raised only one point: Would a President Bush move the embassy? "No," was the reply, since it would "screw up the peace process." When those views hit the press, the Bush campaign staff went into full damage control, insisting with straight faces that their boss must have been misunderstood. It's bothersome that someone who worked at the Justice Department (and who also worked at AIPAC) is advocating America officially recognize Israel's illegal annexation of Jerusalem.

01-10-07 - Top lawmakers query Interpol on Iran Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), its ranking member, wrote Ronald Noble, Interpol?s secretary general, asking why his agency "appears to have taken the unusual step of undertaking its own review of the evidence," according to a statement released Wednesday by the two congressional offices. Israel's top two agents on Capitol Hill.

01-09-07 - Israeli official to bring news and views to Napa . Terrorists and their oil rich sponsors have deftly portrayed Palestinians as victims of Israeli "aggression" and perverted especially on college campuses, as a way of code words like apartheid, occupation, and "Zionist entity," gaining sympathy for their cause PR campaign right on cue. Note the outright BS in that article too.

01-09-07 - Christian Allies Caucus vows that 'the best is yet to come' Ultimately, the group hopes to create an international network of parliamentary sister caucuses that coordinate activities in support of Israel in close communication with each other.

01-09-07 - Arab Americans seek watch-list clarity The Bush administration has dramatically expanded its "watch lists" of banned terrorist groups to include charities that allegedly fund Hamas and Hezbollah, groups that target Israel with terrorist attacks.

01-09-07 - From Dec: Jewish Groups To Challenge Ethics Reform Two of America?s most influential Jewish organizations are gearing up for their first direct confrontation with the incoming, Democratic-led Congress. The topic: Democratic proposals for congressional ethics and lobbying reform. The Israeli lobby wins again (majority of Americans lose).

01-09-07 - Major loophole in Democrats' ethics bill will benefit controversial lobbying groups Though tasked with authoring the legislation, Rules Committee Chair Louise Slaughter (D-NY) said she disagreed with the exemption in an exclusive interview. "I would've done it straight out," Slaughter said, noting that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and the Aspen Institute are exempt from many of its harshest restrictions AIPAC, of all lobbies, will benefit from this new loophole? What a coincidence!

01-09-07 - Who Is Planning Our Next War? by Patrick J. Buchanan ** Israel's war, says Bibi, must be sold as America's war. We are thus forewarned. A propaganda campaign, using Israeli agents and their neocon auxiliaries and sympathizers, who stampeded us into war in Iraq, is being prepared to stampede us into war on Iran. Great article.

01-08-07 - For Jews and women, several vignettes capture shift in Congress Powerhouses like the UJC and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee will not be affected under the new rules. UJC devolves such tours to local federations, which do not employ lobbyists, while AIPAC long ago spun off an educational nonprofit that does not employ lobbyists to handle the tours. Smaller boutique groups such as the American Jewish Committee, Anti-Defamation League and the Republican Jewish Coalition are examining their options. The ADL, for instance, employs three registered lobbyists and hosts at least two lawmaker tours a year.

01-07-07 - U.S. v. Salah has elements of Jews vs. Arabs During a two-week stretch of the trial, jurors heard unprecedented testimony from a pair of agents from Israeli's Shin Bet security service. The two agents -- testifying under assumed names and in a courtroom closed to the public -- were involved in an interrogation of Salah that lasted nearly two months after his arrest at an Israeli checkpoint in 1993. Disguised agents of a foreign government (that routinely violates international law) are allowed to testify - in secret - during criminal proceedings in the US of A. Outrageous.

01-07-07 - Schools consider rules governing controversial speakers Teachers would be banned from expressing partisan points of view in the classroom and would be required to obtain permission from their principal before inviting outsiders to address students under a new policy before the School Committee. This MO can work both ways.

01-07-07 - Hoyer and Dems Set Stage for Iran Attack

01-06-07 - Middle East forum cut short as hecklers drown out speakers Many adults in the audience of more than 150 people taunted and laughed at the speakers from the pro-Palestinian group known as Wheels of Justice, who spoke about human rights abuses among Israelis and Palestinians and the violent Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands. They showed slides of crying Palestinian children and a video of Israelis demolishing the homes of Palestinians. If pro-Israelis don't succeed in outright banning the opposition, they will literally try to shout it down - so that the rest of us cannot hear it.

01-06-07 - In Washington: Much ado about nothing The Israelis believed that electing a government controlled by people who endorse violence was antithetical to the idea of democratic elections Really. Is that why they elected Menachem Begin, as one example?

01-06-07 - Israel's Bad Influence ** By coincidence, an Israeli general has verified everything Ritter says.

01-06-07 - Democrats: Nuclear Iran unacceptable Iran with nuclear weapons is unacceptable, new House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told The Jerusalem Post hours after entering the party leadership position.

01-06-07 - Christian Zionists Key To Continued U.S. Support For Israel Like it or not, the future of the relationship between Israel and the U.S. may very well hinge far less on America?s Jews than on its Christians.

01-06-07 - You Don't Speak for All Americans on Palestine During the last mid-term election, Mrs. Pelosi stated repeatedly that the single most important accomplishment of the Twentieth Century is the formation of the state of Israel . Apparently the moon landing, the invention of the internet, nuclear energy, the Civil Rights Act, or the fall of communism was less important.

01-06-07 - Effort to Recover Leaked Documents Ends This was part of the AIPAC scandal.

01-05-07 - AIPAC welcomes Khalilzad Khalilzad is considered a loyal Bush staffer and is unlikely to deviate from administration policies of strong support for Israel and confrontation with Iran.

01-05-07 - House reforms travel provisions Jewish groups were concerned that the travel reform would crimp Israel trips, but were assuaged by reassurances that such trips were certain to continue, albeit run by non-profit groups and not lobbies.

01-05-07 - Most Jews ever set to enter Congress Also, much of the Democratic leadership is considered strong on Israel, including incoming Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland) and Rahm Emanuel (D-Illinois), head of the House Democratic Caucus. And many Republican backers of Israel, who no longer head committees, still continue to serve in minority leadership roles.

01-04-07 - Anti-Semites, White Supremacists Exploit Jimmy Carter's Book for Propaganda Value The ADL is pulling out the big guns now - playing the anti-Semite card (much like that camp played the David Duke card with regard to the March report by Mearsheimer and Walt). They are reaching for straws now. Lest we forget - the ADL was found liable for DEFAMATION by wrongfully branding a Denver couple anti-Semitic.

01-04-07 - Tackling Terror the Priority for Penn State Activists Pro-Israeli propaganda on campus. Note the efforts by that camp to conflate anti-Israelism, anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism.

01-04-07 - PBS documentary explores the ugliness of anti-Semitism While assiduously neutral in its presentation, "Anti-Semitism in the 21st Century? is "biased" against those that spread Jew hatred, and is unavoidably slanted toward Jewish and Israeli victims of prejudice. Sounds to me like this presentation is a cherry-picked representation that serves the state of Israel - a PR move (under the guise of anti-anti-Semitism) to vilify Arabs and exonerate Israel - which is being facilitated by PBS.

01-04-07 - Jewish groups studying impact of N.Y. governor's axe to junkets Spitzer on Monday banned members of his administration from accepting any gift - including support-building missions to Israel - that might permit the inference of being intended "to influence the individual in the performance of official business."

01-04-07 - How Hillary became New York Senator She knew that New York's Orthodox and chasidic communities would be a hard sell, as they were expressing their personal dislike for her and her positions, particularly regarding Israel. She needed to show she could win some support in Orthodox circles.

01-03-07 - Campus Leaders in Israel on ADL Study Mission

01-03-07 - Geopolitical Diary: Israel's Options Against Iran ** With the United States currently lacking any solid options to contain Iran via a political resolution in Iraq, there has been intense speculation over the possibility that Israel might have to get its hands dirty and take military action against Iran -- with or without U.S. cooperation..... If the military option is to be used, Israel sees the value in having U.S. forces that are well-positioned in Iraq to help carry out the attacks. Israel - the monkey on America's back.

01-03-07 - Stop That Spin House Democrats boast that their proposed ethics legislation will ban travel provided by lobbying organizations to lawmakers. Don't believe it. Maneuvering by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and others has opened a gaping loophole in the bill. Lobbies such as AIPAC and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have their own nonprofit foundations, which will still be allowed to underwrite congressional junkets under the new rules.

01-03-07 - Keane/Kagan Plan Means More Bloodshed Bush's proposal, if he makes it, is the work of retired army general Jack Keane and Frederick W. Kagan of the American Enterprise Institute. AEI is the second most important Israeli lobby in Washington after AIPAC.

01-02-07 - Analysis: Threat to Israel looming larger ** Today, the Bush-Cheney team faces the same spin scenario: how to weave the global war on terror and the Shiite powers that be in Iran. This one is relatively simple: Iran trains and funds Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the Palestinian territories. Anticipating the new line, Sen. Joe Lieberman (Independent-CT) referred to "Iran and al-Qaida" on Wolf Blitzer's Sunday program on CNN. That Iran is Shiite and al-Qaida Sunni becomes irrelevant in the new game plan that will most probably lead to U.S. air strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities in 2007/08...... The "neocons" who work closely with Netanyahu on what could be the next phase of a nascent regional war in the Middle East, say Bush has the authority to take out Iran's nuclear threat. Because it has only one purpose -- to take out Israel.....And if Bush doesn't take on Iran, prominent Israelis are speculating that president Clinton 2 (Hillary) will do so

01-02-07 - Controversial Group To Speak At Andover H.S. students will attend three lectures -- one on the First Amendment, one by Wheels of Justice-- and a third by representatives of the Kennedy School of Government, offering a more moderate view of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

01-02-07 - Iraq war: Good or bad for Israel? Saddam's execution revives debate If the Americans had not taken Saddam out, Israel would have had to spend billions of dollars building ground forces to check a possible Iraqi ground sweep through Jordan. Sever Plocker, Yediot's economics editor, observes that both American-led Iraq wars, in 1991 and 2003, were followed by economic booms in Israel. He points out that in both cases, Israel received American loan guarantees, which injected new energy into the economy. As America goes deeper into the red.

01-02-07 - Jewish groups are expecting action with Democrats controlling Congress The American Israel Public Affairs Committee also plans to emphasize the Iranian threat at its traditional round of Capitol Hill briefings for lawmakers and their staffs, said Jennifer Cannata, an AIPAC spokeswoman. "Iran is on the top of the legislative agenda," she said

01-02-07 - Israel eyeing U.S.-made missile-killer Israel?s purchase of THAAD would be at least partly funded by U.S. aid disbursements

01-02-07 - New Jews in Congress One item expected to pass, the minimum wage hike, has the support of several Jewish groups, including the Jewish Council for Public Affairs and the Reform movement. Another item, ethics reform, will ban lobbyists from involvement in congressional travel. The travel reform is a compromise that Jewish groups have accepted in order to preserve educational tours of Israel for members of Congress.

01-02-07 - Israel may opt for U.S.-made missile over own Arrow system The same sources added that Israel will be able to purchase THAAD with American military funding assistance, and have in its arsenal the same advanced missile system that will be used by U.S. armed forces.....Funding for the development and production of the Arrow came mostly from American aid sources.



01-01-07 - Peretz May Cave to Intīl Pressure and Nix Maskiot Housing Yoram Ettinger, former liaison for Congressional affairs in Israel's Washington embassy, told Arutz-7's Hebrew newsmagazine, "It is only the State Department that is objecting, not the President.

01-01-07 - Iran can still be stopped ** The diplomatic and PR effort: We must immediately launch an intense, international, public relations front focusing first and foremost on the US. The goal being to encourage President Bush to take up his specific promises not to allow Iran to arm itself with nuclear weapons. We must make it clear to the government, the Congress and the American public that a nuclear Iran is a threat to the US and the entire world, not only Israel.

01-01-07 - 'DreamBox' surveillance system from Israel protects American water supply Another major part of our homeland security is put in the hands of Israel. That should scare you.


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