Israeli influence in America


03-31-07 - Steven Emerson's Disturbing Track Record "Mr. Emerson's prime role is to whitewash Israeli governments and revile their critics,"

03-31-07 - The Israel Factor: Panel looks more favorably on Obama This month's The Israel Factor survey concentrated in its first part on the most important piece of news related to the Israel angle of the American election: The policy speech made by Democratic candidate Barack Obama to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in Chicago.

03-30-07 - Secret Briefing by Zinni Seen as Key In Aipac Duo Trial Defense lawyers have sought the testimony of those in attendance to demonstrate to the jury that meetings between administration officials and Jewish representatives were common practice, and that intelligence was frequently shared during these powwows without the participants knowing the information was classified. But, as first reported in the Forward last month, the Jewish representatives who attended the meeting are refusing to cooperate with the defense team......In Zinni, the defense team would be turning to a harsh critic of both the Iraq War and neoconservatives at the Pentagon, who according to Zinni thought the invasion would stabilize American interests in the Middle East and strengthen Israel's position. "I think it's the worst-kept secret in Washington. That everybody - everybody I talk to in Washington - has known and fully knows what their agenda was and what they were trying to do," said Zinni in a May 2004 interview with the CBS News program "60 Minutes." Zinni - one of the good guys :) In a nation whose media and politicians are so cowed by this lobby, it is welcome to find such a rare person that has the cojones to stand up to them. In my book, that puts them on par with the founding fathers of this nation.

03-30-07 - Hold lifted on aid to Abbas U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) lifted the hold she had placed on funds for security forces loyal to the Palestinian Authority president.

03-30-07 - House to consider 'human shield' resolution The U.S. House of Representatives is to consider a resolution condemning Hezbollah for using "human shields" during its war against Israel. The only problem with this piece of legislation for Israel is that in its exhaustive research of that conflict, Human Rights Watch found no such evidence that Hezbollah was using human shields. In fact, Israel only recently was caught (on tape via AP) doing that very thing. Add to that the fact that Israel, knowing that a ceasefire was imminent (expected in 3 days), fired a million cluster bomblets into mainly civilian areas of Lebanon. These bomblets have continued to kill and maim Lebanese and foreign officials that are trying to find and destroy them. Israel has to this day refused to provide the UN with detailed maps of where it shot off the cluster bombs. My guess is because that would offer definitive proof that ISRAEL TARGETED CIVILIAN AREAS. Lastly, this is not a matter for Capitol Hill. So much legislation is being passed in the halls therein that has nothing to do with THIS country. In fact, it seems to be taking up increasingly more valuable time that could be devoted to matters of import to the AMERICAN people. You know, the ones that are PAYING THE $@@$%ING TAXES. Here is an older HRW report on Israel's use of human shields in Jenin.

03-30-07 - Report: ADL, BBI reps were at Rosen event Representatives of ADL and B'nai B'rith reportedly are refusing to cooperate with the defense in the classified information case against two former AIPAC staffers......The ADL and B'nai B'rith fear being drawn into a case that already has complicated AIPAC's mission in Washington. Haul 'em in, fellas.

03-30-07 - Ellison on Israel trip Others on the trip are: the Foreign Relations Committee chairman, Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.); the Government Reform Committee chairman, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.); the Rules Committee chairwoman, Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.); the Natural Resources Committee chairman, Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W. Va.); and Rep. David Hobson (R-Ohio.).

03-30-07 - Pelosi to address Knesset Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, will address the Israeli Knesset, before heading to Syria

03-29-07 - Israeli experts: Hezbollah most dangerous Hezbollah poses the most immediate international terrorist danger, Israeli experts said at a conference that drew top U.S. officials. The Institute for Counter-Terrorism, an independent think tank comprising former top Israeli security officials, ran a workshop Wednesday at the Israeli Embassy in Washington on changing strategies in combating terrorism.

03-29-07 - Attempt to toughen terrorism act launched An e-mail was being sent around this week seeking co-sponsors for a bill drafted by the office of Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), the ranking Republican on the U.S. House of Representatives' Foreign Affairs Committee. An unidentified staffer for Ros-Lehtinen wrote the e-mail, which was "To counter attempts by Rice/State to deal with unity govt and send assistance to non-Hamas members of unity govt."

03-28-07 - Israel aims to increase U.S. tourism with a PR attack in a racy men's magazine Hoping to capitalize on the latter, Israel's Foreign Ministry, with the help of two of the myriad U.S. pro-Israel lobby groups, decided to speak to U.S. men in a language they'd understand. Mr. Saranga began a long campaign to persuade Maxim to showcase Israel's other assets to its 2.5 million readers Israel reaches down to the bottom of the barrel in its desperate efforts to recover from overexposure of its apartheid-like policies in the Palestinian territories.

03-28-07 - AJC Boston Chapter Launches Israel Ad Campaign The American Jewish Committee's Boston Chapter launched today an ad campaign in the Boston Globe to deepen understanding about Israel and support for her ongoing quest to achieve peace and security.

03-28-07 - An interview with Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz Speaking of Iran, AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) is lobbying to block the requirement that the President seek Congressional approval before attacking Iran. What is your view on this?

03-28-07 - Israel snubs Condoleezza Rice With Israel refusing to give in, Miss Rice was forced to head back to Washington unable to announce any major breakthrough on the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian question. Who wears the pants (provides billions in aid) here?

03-28-07 - But Who's Against the Next War? the national-greatness conservatism advanced by neoconservative figures like William Kristol, and in large measure adopted by the Bush administration as it prepared for war in Iraq, finds its echo in a national-greatness liberalism among leading Democrats This only demonstrates that what AIPACers want - they get - no matter the political party.

03-27-07 - Defense: Feds eyeballed AIPAC until it cut off Rosen, Weissman The U.S. Attorney in eastern Virginia at the time, Paul McNulty, "would like to end it with minimal damage to AIPAC," the document quotes Lewin as telling Lowell. "He is fighting with the FBI to limit the investigation to Steve Rosen and Keith Weissman and to avoid expanding it." WTF for? Read on: "When McNulty brought the indictment six months later, in August 2005, he emphasized that AIPAC was not under investigation. McNulty is now the deputy U.S. attorney general." No kidding? More: "On March 15, 2005, government officials meet with Lewin, the AIPAC lawyer, and disclose secretly obtained evidence; on March 18, McNulty's office allegedly tells Lewin that "AIPAC needed to fire Rosen and Weissman;" and on March 21, they're fired"

03-27-07 - Cheney: Iraq pullout would hurt Israel A U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq would be damaging to Israel, Dick Cheney said. Staying there is damaging to the US. Which country do you serve, Dick?

03-27-07 - Christians plan 'Jerusalem Assembly' " Celebrating the nearly forty years since the reunification of Jerusalem, Covenant Alliances will bring a delegation of more than two hundred Christian Zionist leaders for the US., Canada, England Africa and Israel who will highlight their love and dedication to the State of Israel,"

03-26-07 - Film on "Radical Islam" Tied to Pro-Israel Groups A controversial documentary on the threat of radical Islam, promoted by the two most-watched U.S. cable news networks, was marketed and supported in part by self-described "pro-Israel" groups, according to an IPS investigation Look no further for proof that Israel has very good friends in our MSM media. You think you're getting credible news? ROFLMAO. Funny, and yet thoroughly repulsive.

03-26-07 - Rice accedes to PM, won't discuss final status The decision to make a lukewarm and substantially softer statement during the press conference was made following deliberations between Rice and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Thus does Rice continue working on behalf of Israel, not America.

03-26-07 - Senators sign letter to Rice on P.A. The Senate letter was strongly supported by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

03-24-07 - Evangelical leaders urge unconditional support for Israel Two prominent evangelical Christian broadcasters are urging Christians to pledge "unconditional support" for the State of Israel.

03-24-07 - The Condi Diary: Night Flight to Egypt On the night flight to Egypt, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice planned to curl up with Michael Oren's Power, Faith and Fantasy, America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present. Recommending the bestseller to the reporters traveling with her, she noted that American involvement in the region went back to Thomas Jefferson. Thoroughly repulsive. That book is a piece of pro-Israeli proganda to further the notion that Israel and America should be hopelessly intertwined (clusterf#$ked).

03-23-07 - 'Careful vetting'? Read between the lines of this article. Our Congress jumps at the whims of staunch Zionist 'watchdogs' such as PMW. Frankly though, this is nothing new. The veracity of their 'findings', given their obvious bias, is not in question either, evidently.

03-23-07 - Congress considers funding Holocaust education Both houses of Congress are considering bipartisan legislation to offer federal funds for Holocaust studies in schools

03-23-07 - Just Whom Does Congress Represent? What did Pelosi say that so enraged the AIPAC audience? Here is Pelosi in here own words: "Any U.S. military engagement must be judged on three counts - whether it makes our country safer, our military stronger, or the region more stable. The war in Iraq fails on all three scores."

03-23-07 - Israel seeks friends through MySpace page Officials hope that running a MySpace page dedicated to Israel will help improve relations with people from other countries, and increase awareness and communication with those under 35. Yesterday it was announced that Israel will resort to some soft porn via Maxim to promote its image, now they are trawling My Space for 'friends'. I've an idea: why not cease crapping all over the Palestinians, stealing their land and that of their neighbors, and flipping off the entire world in the process, including America? Rocket science.

03-22-07 - U.S. joins Israel in peace effort The United States has quietly joined Israel in urging Arab leaders to reformulate their 2002 peace offer in an effort to end the decades-long Middle East conflict Was there ever any doubt? The US government is Israeli-occupied territory.

03-22-07 - Can American Jews unplug the Israel lobby? in the wake of 9/11 and the Iraq war, that all changed dramatically. 9/11, and the Bush administration's response to it, made it inescapably clear that America's Mideast policies affect everyone in the country: They are literally a matter of life and death. The Bush administration's neoconservative Mideast policy is essentially indistinguishable from AIPAC's. And so it is no longer possible to ignore it -- even though it is a notoriously touchy and divisive subject.

03-22-07 - Analysis: Mideast: Permanent Kefuffle ** At first, the idea was to make sure president Bush could not launch air strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities without prior Congressional authorization. But friends of Israel in and out of Congress swung into action, arguing that Iran, under present management, was a second "holocaust" in the making......Meanwhile, Israeli settlements keep growing illegally just below the international radar screen, house by house, in some 140 settlements. Many are strategically located to command access to the main aquifer under the West Bank. A secure road network under Israeli control interlinks the colonies.

03-22-07 - The attack on the 'Jewish lobby' keeps coming and coming

03-22-07 - Soros Won?t Take On AIPAC (Yet) In fact, while some Jewish groups and neoconservative Jewish policy advocates lobbied for the war, there is no evidence AIPAC ever did so. Asked to cite an example of such support, Vachon acknowledged, "AIPAC took no official position on the war [but] clearly there was a perception, partly orchestrated at its 2003 meeting" of such support. It is my belief that AIPAC is a serious threat to the sovereignty of this nation.

03-22-07 - Jews, Gentiles Fighting the Good Fight Against AIPAC and For a Sane U.S. Mideast Policy

03-22-07 - Maxim to gloss Israel's image Maxim will send a team to Israel next week for a photo shoot with seven local fashion models. The idea was hatched by the Foreign Ministry as part of efforts to offset Israel's image as a hotbed of conflict Israel resorts to T&A.

03-22-07 - DeLay: I quit for Israel Tom DeLay says he quit the U.S. Congress to fight for Israel and conservative causes.

03-22-07 - Soros and Media Heavyweights Attack Pro-Israel Lobby?s Influence on U.S. Policy The simmering debate over American policy toward Israel and the role of the Jewish community in shaping it exploded with near-nuclear force this week. Several of the nation?s best-known international affairs commentators fired salvos at pro-Israel lobbyists and defenders of Israel fired back with unprecedented fury.

03-21-07 - Sen. Obama Rebuffs George Soros on Hamas

03-21-07 - Calling out Satterfield Next opportunity: March 27 at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, when Satterfield speaks on "Iraq: Prospects for Peace at Home and Progress with its Neighbors." WINEP was, after all, spun off from AIPAC back in the late 1980s, its events are attended by the pro-Israel community's best and brightest and I know that a lot of its staff's attitude toward the Rosen-Weissman case can be summed up in the unexpandable acronym, WTF?

03-21-07 - Obama's Israel credentials pushed A Jewish congressman wrote Jewish leaders to tell them that U.S. Sen. Barack Obama has a sincere love for Israel.

03-21-07 - House letter urges E.U. on P.A. A congressional letter urging the European Union to maintain its isolation of the Palestinian Authority garnered signatures from more than half of the U.S. House of Representatives.

03-21-07 - 'Israel Lobby' Authors Return With Book

03-20-07 - U.S., the world, know P.A. is new but must decide if it's improved A letter gathering signatures in the U.S. House of Representatives urged the European Union to maintain a hard line on the Palestinians. "We strongly urge you to maintain restrictions of direct aid to any Palestinian government until such time as that government fulfills its Quartet obligations," said the letter, which had garnered more than 220 signatures by Tuesday. Jewish groups backed that line. A statement from the American Jewish Committee commended the Quartet and expressed its disappointment with Norway. The JCPA called for a continued aid freeze

03-20-07 - Iraq steps up anti-Israel boycott US law bars American firms from complying with boycott-related requests and requires them to report any such incidents to the authorities. These might include demands made of companies to verify that their products do not contain components made in the Jewish state or signing forms attesting that they do not do business with Israel.

03-19-07 - Congress commends Greece for Israel friendliness Resolutions marking Greek independence in both Houses of the U.S. Congress commend Greece for its Israel relations You've got to be kidding me. Our legislators have nothing better to do?

03-19-07 - Soros: AIPAC needs reform Soros claimed that by allying itself with neoconservatives backing the Iraq war and opposing any dialogue with a Palestinian Authority that includes Hamas, "AIPAC under its current leadership has clearly exceeded its mission, and far from guaranteeing Israel's existence, has endangered it."

03-19-07 - Iraq, Iran, and the Lobby

03-18-07 - Israel, U.S. test missile defense ** Israel and the U.S. are concerned that Iran could be developing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles able to threaten Israel When did it become our job to defend the nation of Israel, I wonder? Soon it will be written into the Constitution. Thanks to these folks, that actually isn't necessary.

03-17-07 - Kristof: US should stop biting tongue on Israel Whether they have "learned to muzzle themselves" or they "just don't get it," US politicians should stop biting their tongues when it comes to Israel, New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof argues in Sunday's paper.

03-16-07 - AIPAC-Christian Zionist Right-Wing Alliance, When Will Democrats Catch On?

03-16-07 - Inside America's powerful Israel lobby Many rank-and-file members of AIPAC seemed to be spoiling for military action against Iran -- "We have to do to them what we did to Saddam," one delegate told me........."Our commitment to Israel defines us as a nation," said Republican Norm Coleman of Minnesota, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, adding that the AIPAC lobbyists "help make sure that we don't forget." ........."I don't sit behind my desk and come up with this stuff," Coleman said, stressing that he often consulted AIPAC executive director Howard Kohr for policy advice. Barbara Mikulski, a Democrat from Maryland, said that she, too, often spoke to Kohr and others in the AIPAC leadership. "They're like daily phone calls," she said, as other Democratic and Republican members of Congress onstage nodded in agreement. Read the entire article.

03-16-07 - Wexler introduces visa waiver bill A Jewish congressman introduced legislation that would allow Israelis to travel to the United States without visas.

03-16-07 - AIPAC rejects Pollard motion AIPAC officials spoke against the motion, arguing that involving the organization in efforts on behalf of Pollard, currently serving a life sentence for spying for Israel, would complicate the lobby's mission to promote a close U.S.-Israel relationship.

03-16-07 - AIPAC judge calls hearing on secret evidence The judge in the classified information case against two former AIPAC staffers ordered hearings on whether to keep evidence secret at trial.

03-16-07 - Senators change P.A. letter AIPAC strongly backs the letters, while APN says it has "concerns" about them because it favors contacts with P.A. Cabinet ministers from Abbas' Fatah Party, which is less extreme than Hamas.

03-16-07 - U.S. failed to give Israel all drafts of UN Resolution 1701 The United States usually represents Israel's positions in the Security Council, and did so during the war as well No kidding? Well I never would've guessed that.

03-16-07 - Yes, Barack, But How Much Do You Hate the Palestinians? AIPAC is a right-wing body, even on the Jewish-American political spectrum ? in Israeli terms, its orientation is strongly Likudnik, aligning it with the right-wing fringe in Israel, too. Close to 80% of American Jews, according to surveys see the Iraq war as a mistake. (As opposed to the AIPAC crowd and Israeli government, which continues to support it.)

03-16-07 - Pelosi's Disastrous Misstep on Iran Under pressure from some conservative members of her caucus, and from lobbyists associated with neoconservative groupings that want war with Iran and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's (AIPAC), Pelosi agreed on Monday to strip the Iran provision from the spending bill that has become the House leadership's primary vehicle for challenging the administration's policies in the region.

03-15-07 - Saying ?yes, but? to Evangelicals for Israel American Jews need to connect very seriously with the rest of the Christian world. It is the Catholic Church, the mainline Protestant churches, and to a somewhat lesser degree the black Baptist churches that need to be engaged. This is the challenge for the Jewish community as it tries to sell Israel and Israeli policy to the non-Jewish world. Why does it have to be 'sold' at all, one might ask? Do the Danes have to sell their policy? How about the Japanese? Why not?

03-15-07 - Taming Leviathan The lobbyists had every reason to feel proud of their work. Congress has more Jewish members than ever before: 30 in the House and a remarkable 13 in the Senate. (There are now more Jews in Congress than Episcopalians.) Both parties are competing with each other to be the ?soundest? on Israel. About two-thirds of Americans hold a favourable view of the place.

03-15-07 - Obama remark draws fire from Jews "The next time Obama says something on the Mideast, people are going to listen a lot closer, and the next time he says something about it, he's going to be a lot more aware of that," said Stein, who writes about the politics of Mideast policy. "Part of it is the learning curve for the candidate."

03-15-07 - Saudi plan is starting point, says Rice In support of Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's stance on the matter, Rice said that Israel should not respond to the Arab league's offer at this point in time, since she said the Israelis had their own ideas for achieving peace, which should also be considered. Rice parrots Israel's position. What a surprise.

03-15-07 - Coffee-klatch campaigningCandidates court Jewish voters at AIPAC fete Earlier in the evening, Biden stood on a chair ? instead of using a podium like Clinton and Obama ? and ripped those who have questioned the close ties between the United States and the Jewish state.

03-15-07 - Apocalypse Now: Iran Threat Dominates AIPAC Confab ** just under the surface, support was clear for a military attack if sanctions failed. Indeed, AIPAC supported a move to smooth the way for such an attack during the conference itself. House Democrats fashioning a supplemental appropriations bill for the Iraq war this week had hoped to include a provision requiring President Bush to get authorization from Congress for any attack on Iran. But late Monday, the provision was kept out of the bill, according to several Capitol Hill sources, due to vehement opposition from AIPAC and pro-Israel members of Congress, including Reps. Gary Ackerman (D-L.I./Queens) and Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.).

03-15-07 - If You Love America, Say No To Obama Perhaps most dangerously of all, however, is Obama?s abhorrent lack of passion towards Israel.

03-15-07 - After visiting Israel, fire chiefs wonder about U.S. preparedness Harmes was among 14 chiefs from 13 states who toured Israel in February on a mission co-sponsored by the American Israel Education Foundation through AIPAC and the International Association of Fire Chiefs. They visited Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and other locations......The trip was intended to encourage relations between the U.S. and Israeli homeland security and first-responder communities.

03-15-07 - Group lauds call to free journalist Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, 41, could face execution if he is convicted of sedition, blasphemy and treason for calling for diplomatic ties between Israel and Bangladesh......The House resolution, drafted by Reps. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), was overwhelmingly adopted. It is the latest initiative in an international campaign, led in part by AJCommittee, to secure freedom for the Bangladeshi journalist.

03-15-07 - Cheney urges Hill to OK funds for surge While none of the 2008 White House hopefuls spoke at the AIPAC conference, several hosted receptions last night to schmooze with Jewish voters -- and potential donors -- following a gala dinner. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York Democrat, held a dessert event and Sen. Barack Obama, Illinois Democrat, planned a soiree for the same hour

03-14-07 - Poor Obama! Can't Fake Hating Arabs +++BONUS MJ's Kid's Video for the far right in the pro-Israel community, it is more important that a candidate hate Arabs than love Israel. It's true. At AIPAC, professions of love for Israel are politely applauded but only Arab bashing (and Palestinian bashing in particular) brings the crowd to its feet.

03-14-07 - Liberal Zionists denounce AIPAC "The new approach aligns AIPAC more closely with neoconservatives, placing it in sharp opposition both to the Bush administration and the Israeli government." The positions of AIPAC, neocons, and the Bush admin are virtually identical - and have been for some time (to the detriment of Americans).

03-14-07 - From 2002: Selective Memri Its work is subsidised by US taxpayers because as an "independent, non-partisan, non-profit" organisation, it has tax-deductible status under American law. .....The second thing that makes me uneasy is that the stories selected by Memri for translation follow a familiar pattern: either they reflect badly on the character of Arabs or they in some way further the political agenda of Israel......Evidence from Memri's website also casts doubt on its non-partisan status.....Retrieving another now-deleted page from the archives of Memri's website also throws up a list of its staff. Of the six people named, three - including Col Carmon - are described as having worked for Israeli intelligence.

03-14-07 - U.S.-Israel energy act introduced The American Jewish Congress applauded the introduction of the U.S.-Israel Energy Cooperation Act to the U.S. Senate.

03-14-07 - Media coalition intervenes in lobbyist case The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 12 other groups, including The Associated Press and the Washington Post, asked Wednesday to enter the case for the limited purpose of challenging the government's apparent request to close the upcoming trial in this matter.

03-14-07 - A Clash Looms on Secrecy in Aipac Spy Case

03-14-07 - Bloggers vs. the Lobby On New Year's Day, Israeli superhawk Benjamin Netanyahu called for an "intense international public relations front" to persuade Americans of the need for military confrontation with Iran. See yesterday's news batch for Netty's change of tack. It is clear that Israel, the neocons and the Bush admin are all seemingly pursuing the path to negotiations and are giving the appearance that they've relaxed their sphincters a bit. Won't last long.

03-14-07 - AIPAC backed removal of Iran war provision AIPAC lobbying helped remove a provision from a bill that would have required President Bush to seek congressional approval for war against Iran. No kidding?

03-14-07 - The AIPAC Caucus Hawkish "pro-Israel" organizations, on the Jewish and Christian right, have been leading advocates of a more confrontational Iran policy. Thousands of supporters are in town for AIPAC's star-studded convention, which as usual drew half of the Senate and a third of the House, including members of both parties' leadership.

03-14-07 - AIPAC's Gabfest: Israel Lobby Shows Off Its Power What I?m sure won?t be discussed at this Pro-Israel love feast was the fate of the 34 U.S. servicemen, who were maliciously slaughtered on the USS Liberty by the Israelis on July 8, 1967; the late Rachel Corrie, a peace and justice activist, who was killed by a 9 ton Israeli bulldozer, at Rafah, on March 16, 2003

03-14-07 - AIPAC meet offers rejoinder to charges of 'Israel Lobby' pundits Israeli-American historian Michael Oren outlined a history of the United States that made the founding of the republic seem as much about moving Jews to the Holy Land as it was about dumping tea into the harbor I nearly just vomited at this newest propaganda inflicted upon America by the Hasbara artists.

03-14-07 - Stop Funding for Attack on Iran! Last night, Rep. Pelosi and the democratic leadership decided to pull language from the Supplemental Appropriations bill which stated that no funds may be authorized for military operations in or related to Iran unless specifically authorized by the Congress.

03-14-07 - The Goy Who Cried Wolf If Hagee is willing to mobilize hundreds of thousands, perhaps even millions of conservative Christians to the cause, then they're willing to overlook his eagerness for the Second Coming (when we'll all become Christians), because it's just a silly fantasy that won't come to pass, anyway.

03-13-07 - Saving Feith by Philip Giraldi It has been reported that during the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq, Israeli military officers and diplomats had virtual carte-blanche access to Feith?s offices and those of his boss Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz. (Both were investigated earlier in their careers on suspicion of passing secrets to Israel?Feith in 1982, Wolfowitz in 1978.)

03-13-07 - PM's AIPAC speech surprises delegates Prime Minister Ehud Olmert waded into the thick of America's messy political debate on Iraq late Monday night when he told thousands of AIPAC supporters that "premature" withdrawal from the country could harm Israel and efforts against Iran. .....He referred to the US as the only country that could effectively confront the Iranians

03-13-07 - House Leaders Support Israel, Differ Over Iraq at AIPAC Conference "Who doesn't believe that failure in Iraq is not a direct threat to the very existence of Israel?" Boehner said.

03-13-07 - Iowa Democrat troubled by Obama statement on Palestinians Obama, speaking to a small group of Democratic activists in Muscatine on Sunday, was quoted in the Des Moines Register as saying, "Nobody is suffering more than the Palestinian people.".....David Adelman wrote a letter Tuesday to the Illinois senator calling the comment "deeply troubling." Adelman is a member of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee

03-13-07 - Groups protest P.A. boycott letter The groups urged activists to contact lawmakers and ask them not to sign the Nelson-Ensign letter, which AIPAC lobbyists are expected to promote heavily in Washington on Tuesday in conjunction with the group's annual policy forum.

03-13-07 - Turkish Jews lobby against Armenian resolution The three-person delegation, headed by Silvyo Ovadya, the president of the Turkish Jewish community, attended this week's American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference and met with Jewish leaders as well as members of Congress.

03-13-07 - House passes resolution for soldiers The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution calling for the immediate and unconditional release of the three Israeli soldiers being held captive by Hamas and Hezbollah. I refer back to the Moorer quote.

03-13-07 - Olmert: Back U.S. in Iraq Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called on U.S. Jews to back a continued U.S. presence in Iraq

03-13-07 - Many guests at AIPAC event, but one is most unwanted --- Iraq "When America succeeds in Iraq, Israel is safer," Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said late Monday in a live satellite address from his Jerusalem home that capped the gala dinner. "The friends of Israel know it, the friends who care about Israel know it. They will keep the Americans strong, powerful and convincing."......It did not help AIPAC's case for bipartisanship that the lobby this week successfully pressed for the removal of a provision in an Iraq war funding bill that would have required the president to get congressional approval for war against Iran. Well well well. Et tu AIPAC. Look at the very last sentence of the article. 'Limited time'? Was he referring to the limited time remaining in the Bush administration to strike Iran?

03-13-07 - FM Livni: U.S. must stand firm on Iraq Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni warned the U.S. yesterday not to show weakness in Iraq, during an address to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in Washington. "If the American people understood what grip those people have on our government, they would rise up in arms. Our citizens don't have any idea what goes on." - the late Admiral Thomas Moorer of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

03-13-07 - Obama's Groveling to AIPAC Insufficient Look Zionuts, you will heavily influence policy, but you cannot have the hearts and minds too.

03-12-07 - Tell Your Senator: Don?t Sign the AIPAC Letter This cleverly-crafted "ask" is not about maintaining the current U.S. policy, but rather expanding it in a manner that is clearly inconsistent with the best interests of both Israel and the United States.

03-12-07 - Remarks by Vice President Cheney at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee 2007 Policy Conference The war on terror is more than a contest of arms and more than a test of will, it is also a battle of ideas. We know now to a certainty that when people across the Middle East are denied freedom, that is a direct strategic concern of all free nations. And therein lies your quandary, Dick. You, and the AIPAC crowd, support Israel's policies that deprive Palestinians of freedom and of basic human rights, but equally important: JUSTICE. Alas, this must be rocket science. A prediction: when Cheney leaves office, he will rejoin Halliburton and possibly move to Dubai (Halliburton's new hq).

03-12-07 - Opposing Iran, pacifying Iraq go together, Cheney tells AIPAC Speaking at the session Cheney opened, AIPAC Executive Director Howard Kohr told delegates that the next day they would lobby for new legislation, the Iran Counterproliferation Act of 2007, proposed by Reps. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), the top Democrat and Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee

03-12-07 - Lantos urges AIPAC on Iran U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos implored delegates at AIPAC?s policy conference to lobby members of the Congress to pass a bill he introduced to toughen sanctions against Iran and bar the White House from waiving them.

03-12-07 - AIPAC: Everything short of force on Iran The United States must "do everything possible short of contemplation of the use of force" in dealing with Iran?s nuclear threat, AIPAC?s policy chief said Why the US?

03-12-07 - AIPAC: States should disinvest from Iran AIPAC is launching a 10-state effort to get public employee pension funds to divest from companies that deal with Iran

03-12-07 - Hagee draws AIPAC cheers Hagee outlined his vision of a united evangelical-Jewish front lobbying for Israel

03-12-07 - Israel urges world to isolate, confront Iran "The Middle East is a tough neighbourhood, and when there is a bully in this neighbourhood there are only two choices: to beat it or to join it," Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told a major pro- Israel gathering in Washington Oh it has a bully alright.

03-12-07 - Dems abandon war authority provision ** Top House Democrats retreated Monday from an attempt to limit President Bush's authority for taking military action against Iran as the leadership concentrated on a looming confrontation with the White House over the Iraq war. By coincidence, AIPAC - which admittedly has Iran as its top priority - opened its annual conference today. Imagine.

03-12-07 - Netanyahu: Attack on Iran 'last resort' Earlier, US Vice President Dick Cheney warned 6,000 supporters gathered at AIPAC's annual policy conference on Monday that failure in Iraq would endanger Israel. Notice how the Israelis and AIPACers have toned down the language with regard to action on Iran. I foresee that they will then point to this in an attempt to exonerate themselves of blame after we have done the deed.

03-12-07 - Anti-Zionist Orthodox Jews Protest Annual AIPAC Convention All wars and all suffering which came about through Zionism and the state of "Israel", including the brutal seizure of the land and possessions, of the Palestinian people, are painful to the Jewish nation, which finds it shameful that these acts of brutality are committed in the name of "Israel" and Judaism.

03-11-07 - Israel tackles fall startup for new football league On the heels of announcing the launch of a professional league in America's national pastime, Israel will start a football association this fall. ..."We're looking for ways to link America to Israel every way we can," No kidding? Why? So that it becomes ever more difficult to disentangle ourselves from that nation, perhaps?

03-11-07 - Peretz goes to Washington But Ma'ariv reported that unlike his predecessors, Peretz would not be meeting with either the vice president or the secretary of state. The newspaper described the unavailability of Dick Cheney and Condoleezza Rice as a "show of disrespect" toward Peretz, whose popularity in Israel has plummeted since last year's Lebanon war

03-11-07 - AIPAC forum opens in Washington Delegates will have the opportunity to meet presidential candidates. On Tuesday, delegates will lobby on Capitol Hill for tougher measures in dealing with Iran and the Palestinians.

03-11-07 - AIPAC Pushes to Eliminate Anti-Iran-War Language from Pelosi Iraq Bill

03-10-07 - Israeli foreign and defense ministers head to United States The Israeli ministers will also participate in a meeting of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the radio said

03-10-07 - Under fire, Israel lobby rallies US backers By Tony Czuczka Two US political scientists sparked a furious debate last spring with an essay that portrayed Washington as slavishly devoted to Israel And ironically, the forthcoming AIPAC conference, among other things, will prove just that.

03-10-07 - Larger CIA and DoD Privatization Scandal Emerging from Walter Reed Story, US Attorneys Firing Let's recap: a corrupt Israeli PM - has a stake in a corrupt Israeli bank- owned by a corrupt Wall Street global hedge fund - which owns a corrupt US defense contractor - which contributes to corrupt GOP Congressmen - who also receive money from another corrupt defense contractor - that defense contractor produced faulty intel under contract to a corrupt CIA Assn't Director - that faulty intel was used to justify a corrupt US Administration's case for invading Iraq - that was planned and executed by corrupt neocons inside DoD who had written a proposal years earlier to wage wars to privatize the Israeli economy. Nice investigative work!

03-10-07 - From Mar. 2007: The Israel Lobby byJohn Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt It was nearly a year ago that this report was released. It feels like a lifetime.

03-10-07 - ACTIVISTS NATIONWIDE SUPPORT "CONGRESS, STAND UP TO AIPAC" PROTEST

03-10-07 - The Kuala Lumpur Deceit

03-10-07 - What Did Israel Know in Advance of the 9/11 Attacks? What is perhaps most damning is that the Israelis' celebration on the New Jersey waterfront occurred in the first sixteen minutes after the initial crash, when no one was aware this was a terrorist attack. In other words, from the time the first plane hit the north tower, at 8:46 a.m., to the time the second plane hit the south tower, at 9:02 a.m., the overwhelming assumption of news outlets and government officials was that the plane's impact was simply a terrible accident. It was only after the second plane hit that suspicions were aroused. Yet if the men were cheering for political reasons, as they reportedly told the FBI, they obviously believed they were witnessing a terrorist act, and not an accident. It has been my belief since I came across the story of that particular incident, that these guys knew what was going on, and that's why they were seen cheering after the first plane went into the WTC. These 2 articles by Ketcham should clue you in to the unprecedented influence that the Israeli lobby wields over our government and also in the mainstream media.

03-10-07 - The Israeli "art student" mystery Reports of the mysterious Israelis with an inexplicable interest in peddling art to G-men came in from more than 40 U.S. cities and continued throughout the first six months of 2001. Agents of the DEA, ATF, Air Force, Secret Service, FBI, and U.S. Marshals Service documented some 130 separate incidents of "art student" encounters. Some of the Israelis were observed diagramming the inside of federal buildings. Some were found carrying photographs they had taken of federal agents. One was discovered with a computer printout in his luggage that referred to "DEA groups." That was Israel's way of telling us "we own you".

03-09-07 - Netanyahu urges tough sanctions on Iran over nuclear issue During his visit to the United States, Netanyahu said he planned to discuss Iran's nuclear ambitions with Vice President Dick Cheney and Democratic and Republican presidential candidates

03-09-07 - Former terrorist's talk packs museum Judging by the numerous arrests and trials of Palestinians in this country for like crimes, 'former Palestinian terrorists' in America are either locked up, deported, or are barred from entering in the first place. That is, unless they aren't really a 'former Palestinian terrorist' at all, and instead are the product of an Israeli lobby that trots them (like a showhorse) all over America for propaganda purposes. 'Palestinians bad, Israel good!'

03-09-07 - Joel Mowbray reports: The AP issues a correction Israel shill sqawks, AP asks 'how high shall I jump?'

03-09-07 - Area Christians and Jews will unite March 25 to honor nation Since the initiative was launched last year, there have been more than 40 Nights to Honor Israel in U.S. cities, under the leadership of Christians United for Israel, an organization created in February 2006.

03-09-07 - Empty chair in Baghdad We can assume that Israel would expect the American Administration to refrain from holding talks on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Baghdad, and officially this would certainly be the case. But is it not likely to see opportunities to converse outside the meeting halls about any issue out there? Even if the beginning is resistant and difficult, this conference may become a constitutive regional event in the Middle East; a sort of "clearing house" for all the conflicts and clashes in our region, with no exceptions. Oh dear. Imagine - the US won't be able to to take its orders from Israel, as is most often the case.

03-09-07 - Joel Mowbray reports: Kirk calls for AID investigation When Israel's shills in the media sqawk, Congress asks 'how high shall we jump?'. I don't think that any American with an issue that effects the MAJORITY of AMERICANS (you know, the ones that pay taxes HERE) can get Congress to move that fast. But by golly, if a Palestinian so much as breaks wind within fifty feet of an Israeli Jew (Israeli Arabs are given the same treatment as the Palestinians), the ink for a dozen resolutions denouncing the matter in Congress will come fast and furiously.

03-09-07 - Lantos, Ackerman oppose aid cut to India The cut "disregards the critical priorities of our Indian partners," the letter said. Among other elements of India's close ties to the United States are its friendly relations with Israel.

03-09-07 - Lantos wants to kill Bush's Iran waiver U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.) introduced legislation that would keep the president from waiving sanctions against Iran

03-09-07 - Wexler cancels PLO meeting A Jewish congressman cancelled a meeting with the PLO representative in Washington after the PLO envoy derided AIPAC.

03-08-07 - Lantos: Congress is not "potted plant" He accused the administration of supplying US assistance to Al-Quds University in Gaza, which he termed a "terrorist" institution. Lantos, one of Israel's main agents in Congress, parrots the propaganda mentioned in yesterday's news post.

03-08-07 - Letter urges Rice to hold fast on P.A. "We urge you to continue to hold firm and insist that these very basic principles not change," says the letter to the U.S. secretary of state initiated by Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) and Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) "No direct aid and no contacts with a Palestinian Authority that does not explicitly and unequivocally recognize Israel's right to exist, renounce terror and accept previous agreements."

03-08-07 - AIPAC is for Israel, plain and simple It is precisely because groups like AIPAC maintain their pressure that Israel can count on the bulwark of American support Note the source. Also, this is more proof that AIPAC should register as a FOREIGN AGENT. Its proponents and some of its members admit that this is a lobby for ISRAEL.

03-08-07 - AIPAC: Isolate Iran, P.A. AIPAC?s draft action agenda for this year includes as priorities the isolation of Iran and the Palestinian Authority.

03-08-07 - In D.C. speech, king of Jordan honors 2 LI families who lost sons on 9/11, calls on U.S. to guide peace process Ackerman, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said he was disappointed by Abdullah's address. "Israel becomes the scapegoat of first and last resort - it's just not the case," he said.

03-08-07 - In Plea for Peace, Abdullah Asks for Jewish Leaders' Aid "The wellspring of regional division, the source of resentment and frustration far beyond is the denial of justice and peace in Palestine," the king said. The reaction from Congress was muted. The House majority leader, Rep. Steny Hoyer, a Democrat of Maryland, said he was "disappointed" with the speech, according to Fox News. The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Tom Lantos, a Democrat of California, called the speech "profoundly disappointing.".......On Tuesday, more than 5,500 members of Aipac will lobby Congress, in part to urge the Bush administration to continue to put pressure on the Palestinian Authority to acknowledge the right of Israel to exist and renounce terrorism

03-08-07 - Defense for Aipac Duo Says Groups Refuse To Testify The defense would like to call several high-profile witnesses, including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley and senior officials from the State Department, the National Security Council and the Pentagon. The goal would be to prove that the government routinely passed information to Aipac and that the practice was seen by all sides as legitimate

03-07-07 - Israeli MK predicts attack on Iran ** Eitam told The CJN that Israel may have to act alone against Iran within "a window" to two to three years, but he suggested Israel would move before Bush leaves office. Neither Hillary Clinton nor Barack Obama, the leading Democratic presidential candidates, have the stomach to tackle Iran militarily, Eitam said, and he wasn?t sure how Republican contenders Rudy Giuliani and John McCain would act...... "It would be a strategic tragedy if the United States stabilizes Iraq, but is so weakened by that operation that the credibility of the president is so low that they couldn?t strike Iran."

03-07-07 - Hardline Pastor Gets Prime AIPAC Spot ** And a time when pro-Israel forces are being accused of beating the drums for war with Iran, Rev. Hagee seems to believe such a conflict is both inevitable and necessary...... Congressional observers say AIPAC remains a legislative powerhouse, ?but more lawmakers will now feel free to ask questions, especially about routine and nonbinding resolutions praising Israel and criticizing the Palestinians,? said a longtime pro-Israel lobbyist.

03-07-07 - US refuses to join UN rights council, citing its actions against Israel Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns linked the decision to remain off the year-old council to the 47-member panel's stance on Israel, which he said had "discredited" the body.

03-07-07 - What Did Israel Know in Advance of the 9/11 Attacks? "One story was that [the Israelis] appeared at Liberty State Park very quickly after the first plane hit. The other was that they were at the park location already". Either way, investigators wanted to know exactly what the men were expecting when they got there. Before such issues had been fully explored, however, the investigation was shut down. Following what ABC News reported were "high-level negotiations between Israeli and U.S. government officials", a settlement was reached in the case of the five Urban Moving Systems suspects. Intense political pressure apparently had been brought to bear. The reputable Israeli daily Ha'aretz reported that by the last week of October 2001, some six weeks after the men had been detained, Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage and two unidentified "prominent New York congressmen" were lobbying heavily for their release. Now we know why they were not charged, and then subsequently deported. It is my contention that these men knew in fact what was going to happen, and that's why they were cheering when the FIRST plane went into the WTC. That they would cheer such an event at all, is telling. Meanwhile, the sheeple continue being fed pro-Israel propaganda via the mainstream American media. It's working.

03-07-07 - A Barack-star no more Just like Hillary Clinton, who was stalked for years by conservative pro-Israeli groups for expressing some mild sympathy but is now probably on the hawkish end of Israeli politics, Obama has been to burn incense on the altar of AIPAC.

03-07-07 - Aipac Will Press for Hard Line on Iran Regime Mr. Block stressed that the annual policy conference this year was evidence of the "bipartisan nature of American support for Israel throughout the past and into the future regardless of which party is in control of the House or Senate, and the history, breadth and diversity of America's centuries of support for the Jewish homeland in Israel." Is this really what the founding fathers like George Washington had in mind for this country?

03-06-07 - Israel Project launches Iran campaign The Israel Project is launching a campaign to educate Americans on the dangers of Iran's nuclear program. In a statement the group said the campaign will include mass mailings, television advertisements and a Web page titled the Iran Press Kit. Why Americans? What are they trying to accomplish here?

03-06-07 - AIPAC meeting a chance to stake ground on Iran, Mideast The agenda for the policy conference reads like a wish list for what the pro-Israel powerhouse expects from the candidates --- and members of the U.S. Congress.

03-06-07 - Hil & Bam gear up for battle over Jewish vote The leaders for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008 plan dueling receptions Monday when an influential pro-Israeli lobby group, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, holds its major Washington policy conference.

03-06-07 - AIPAC can't stand the Light of Day

03-06-07 - Olmert calls special cabinet session over Iranian nuclear threat Stuart Levey, U.S. undersecretary of the treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence, who is coordinating the drive for an economic boycott on Iran, visited Jerusalem on Sunday. Levey spoke to Olmert and Livni on the difficulties his initiative is encountering in European states that trade with Iran. Levey should stay there, and start getting his paycheck from Israel. What's the diff?

03-05-07 - A Horse of a Different Color For a moment, there, Obama must have gotten confused and thought he was running for prime minister of Israel

03-05-07 - Saudis' new diplomatic activity could help renew peace process To ensure the United States stays on its side, Israel sent two of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's top aides, Yoram Turbovitch and Shalom Turjeman, to Washington to coordinate policy. They want to make sure that Washington backs the Saudi initiative only if it makes the changes Israel has suggested.

03-05-07 - Cheney keynoting at AIPAC This will be the second year in a row that the vice president is the keynote speaker at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's benchmark event

03-05-07 - Top lawmakers oppose cash for Abbas Signing on to the letter were Reps. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Ileana Ros Lehtinen (R-Fla.), its ranking member; Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.), chairman of its Middle East subcommittee; and Mike Pence (R-Ind.), the subcommittee?s ranking member.

03-05-07 - Would Israel attack Iran? Depends who you ask "It is becoming increasingly clear that Israel has no viable military option on Iran, and is pinning its hopes on some sort of solution by the Americans," said Alon Ben-David, Israel analyst for Jane's Defence Weekly.

03-04-07 - Giffords is 1st female Jew elected from Ariz. Giffords made her second trip to Israel last month for a brief visit along with Republican Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl as part of the U.S. Congress-Israeli Knesset Interparliamentary Commission On National Security. She hopes to return this summer.

03-04-07 - How Barack Obama learned to love Israel He co-sponsored an amendment to the Illinois Pension Code allowing the state of Illinois to lend money to the Israeli government.

03-04-07 - Olmert aides to rally US support for continuing Hamas ban Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has dispatched two senior aides to Washington to convince its top ally to keep up its boycott of the Palestinian ruling Hamas movement, an official said Sunday.

03-04-07 - Israeli, U.S. officials to meet In addition to Livni, Levey will meet with senior officials in the Mossad secret service agency, the National Security Council and the Atomic Energy Commission, Haaretz and Israel Radio said....Levey will detail for the Israelis the U.S. efforts to get international businesses to stop working with Iran, Haaretz said US foreign policy - crafted in Tel Aviv.

03-03-07 - Transcript of remarks by Senator Barack Obama at the AIPAC Policy Forum, Chicago, Illinois, March 2, 2007 It is far too dangerous to have nuclear weapons in the hand of a radical theocracy.....Last summer Hezbollah attacked Israel. By using Lebanon as an outpost for terrorism and innocent people as shields, Hezbollah has also engulfed that entire nation in violence and conflict and threatened the fledgling movement for democracy there. You don't say? Then why isn't Israel's nuclear program being forced to undergo the same scrutiny. Notice that Obama repeats Israel's claim that Hezbollah used 'innocent people as shields'. Not only did Human Rights Watch debunk that myth in its exhaustive research of that conflict, but just the other day, ISRAEL was caught on film by the AP USING INNOCENTS AS HUMAN SHIELDS.

03-02-07 - The White House, like the White Paper The flood of Israeli visits to the U.S. capital is unceasing......Prime Minister Olmert will meet with Abbas in another two weeks, and Rice's pal, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, will visit Washington to speak at the annual conference of the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC

03-02-07 - Rupert Murdoch: Fox in the henhouse Today, Fox Broadcasting and allied enterprises are deeply into the henhouse of America and the world, reaching over 96 percent of US households, owning more than 175 international newspapers and magazines on three continents, publishing 40 million papers a week, virtually controlling print markets in Britain, Australia and New Zealand.....While Murdoch doesn?t speak openly of his roots, he nevertheless has been open about his support for extreme right-wing Zionists such as Ariel Sharon and Benjamin Netanyahu Murdoch's Fox news is notoriously pro-neocon. Note in the article his ties to the Israeli lobby.

03-02-07 - Hillel launches online petition against Iran The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life launched an online petition urging the U.S. government to work with allies in tightening sanctions against Iran

03-02-07 - Captive soldiers resolution in Senate Two U.S. senators introduced a resolution calling for the release of three captive Israeli soldiers.

03-02-07 - Obama: Engagement, sanctions with Iran The Bush administration, backed by AIPAC, favors only limited, multilateral engagement with Iran until that country achieves nuclear transparency.

03-02-07 - Jewish Group Will Commend Schakowsky As 'Ally Of Israel' In addition to presenting the congresswoman with a plaque in a private ceremony today, Kleiner said group members plan to take advantage of their meeting with Schakowsky to express their concerns about the Iranian nuclear program, which they believe threatens Israel

03-01-07 - JCPA Delegates Spurn Israel Demands Delegates to this week?s Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) plenum in Washington defied the Israeli government when they refused to adopt a last-minute resolution calling for tougher action against Iran and for its leaders to be indicted for inciting genocide....Israeli diplomats from the embassy in Washington, in a rare show of active involvement in the internal deliberations of an American Jewish group, actively worked the floor, lobbying delegates in favor of the resolution and, in some cases, calling top organization leaders......Israel's big slice of U.S. aid, which once provided pro-Israel lobbyists with an annual challenge in Congress, has become so routine that the debate over the money is all but inaudible.

03-01-07 - West Bank Open House Seen As A Success The campaign aims to sell houses in 12 settlements beyond the separation fence, ranging from $93,000-$160,000, and then rent the houses to young Israeli couples. The houses, yet to be built, will be within the perimeters of existing West Bank settlements, including Kiryat Arba, Shilo, Karnei Shomron and Sussia. Herbst said that Binyanei Bar Amana is capable of building up to 1,000 new houses a year if there proves to be a market for them.......Also appearing at B?nai Yeshurun to endorse the effort was New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn), who said that he and his wife Shani intend to purchase a house in one of the settlements. We all know by now which nation Hikind really serves. And Spitzer's take on all of this, mewonders?...

03-01-07 - Factor notes: Why Clinton trumps Edwards The Israel Factor panel ranks the two senior Democratic and Republican representatives from New York at the top of the list. Rudi Giuliani is the preferred candidate from among the Republicans, as is Hilary Clinton among the Democrats. This is no coincidence. The constant interest in, and the open sympathy for, Israeli affairs that is required of all important elected officials in the most Jewish of states in the U.S. has had its effect on them both. Note the source.

03-01-07 - Obama looking for Jewish support Since he was voted into the Senate, Obama has backed the Palestinian anti-terrorism bill, voted to defend Israel during the war and supported the foreign-aid bill. Despite these pro-Israel deeds, Jews in the US are concerned about his standpoint on Israel. Among his democratic supporters are left-wing bloggers who tend to criticize Israel.

03-01-07 - Itzik stresses captives to Rice The speaker of the Knesset met Condoleezza Rice and stressed the centrality of captive soldiers in any of Israel's dealings with the Arabs

03-01-07 - Obama to offer pro-Israel views at Chicago gathering AIPAC, whose sole interest is U.S.-Israel relations, is one of the most influential lobbying groups in the nation. Its annual policy conference starts March 11 in Washington. The gathering provides fertile territory for Obama to schmooze with well-connected backers and donors. Though no 2008 presidential candidates are on the program, Obama is hosting a reception for AIPAC members -- as is archrival Hillary Rodham Clinton.

03-01-07 - US representatives approve cooperation with Israel Sources in Israel and AIPAC worked for two years to advance this bill

03-01-07 - Bolton Says U.S. Should Seek 'Regime Change' in Iran Here are a few paragraphs from an article from Feb. 2003: "In a meeting with U.S. Undersecretary of State John Bolton yesterday, Sharon said that Israel was concerned about the security threat posed by Iran, and stressed that it was important to deal with Iran even while American attention was focused on Iraq. Bolton said in meetings with Israeli officials that he had no doubt America would attack Iraq, and that it would be necessary thereafter to deal with threats from Syria, Iran and North Korea." From the Israeli Haaretz.


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