Israeli influence in America


07-01-06 - Peretz to Rice: Pressure Assad Rice asks, "How high?"

07-01-06 - Israel gears up for diplomatic offensive Israel is preparing a diplomatic offensive to be launched over the next couple of days to deflect the image abroad that the recent IDF actions have put Gaza on the verge of a catastrophic humanitarian crisis Rather than refraining from committing war crimes, Israel would prefer to whitewash them instead. The US press will lap it up though. Note in paragraphs 4,5 and 7 the sense of satisfaction Israel got from support from 'abroad' - namely, the green light from Bush for Israel to continue its war crimes, and that Bolton was" even more adamant in his support for Israel's actions".

07-01-06 - FBI and Western Union helped Israel With targeted assassinations The Homeland Security Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill last week aimed at further increasing intelligence ties with Israel and other countries by establishing a new office for international cooperation programs within the Department of Homeland Security. This atmosphere of cooperation, Suskind states in his book, has reinforced the sense that President George Bush wants to assist Israel and was not disturbed by the military operations that Ariel Sharon's government authorized in the territories. Suskind quotes Bush as saying during his first National Security Council meeting that the U.S. must refrain from active mediation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Homeland Security Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives evidently does not put the interests of the American people first. Not many on Capitol Hill these days do. Hence the reason for the statement: America is Israeli-occupied territory.

07-01-06 - Israel's Influence Two political scientists argue that the Israel lobby wields extraordinary influence over U.S. foreign policy. We'll hear different perspectives on its power in Washington. Audio link to the right.

07-01-06 - Israeli Threat Memo John Davitt, formerly the head of the Justice Department?s Internal Security Section, was quote as stating the Israeli intelligence services were "more active than anyone but the KGB?.They were targeted on the United States about half the time and on Arab countries about half the time." It is especially important to read the articles by Steven Green for the Christian Science Monitor towards the bottom of the page. If Americans knew the extent of which our government has been compromised by a foreign entity, they would rise up in arms. The author is dead wrong in the very last paragraph on the page, though. I doubt anyone in the intelligence community would support Pollard's release. Preposterous.

06-30-06 - Israel's performance 'pretty good' -U.S. Israel's performance in protecting innocents during its current strike on the Gaza Strip has been "pretty good," the U.S. State Department said. Outrages BS. THe US State Department, along with most of the rest of the government, is Israeli-occupied territory.

06-30-06 - The U.S. and Gaza / Sit quietly and do nothing The pro-Israeli lobby has already begun vigorous action to persuade the public that the document and the Hamas-Fatah agreement that followed it are not breakthroughs. In the coming weeks the U.S. Congress will formulate the final version of the law blocking money transfers to the PA. Someone suggested yesterday that the ongoing violence will make it easier for those advocating the harsher version, as opposed to the refined one that passed in the Senate.

06-30-06 - Long after his death, rebbe's words resound among Washington's elite The conference culminated in a White House briefing by Joshua Bolten, President Bush's chief of staff, who also is Jewish. Bolten said Bush would never encourage Israel to give up territory without a Palestinian quid pro quo.

06-29-06 - Red Cross vote reflects decades of lobbying and last-minute push Reaching this point took decades of work by major Jewish organizations, and the battle also played out in Washington, where a number of legislators made it a priority issue. This type of influence is all just a conspiracy theory, don't you know...

06-29-06 - White House to Chabad: Bush won't press Israel The Bush administration will not force Israel into concessions, top White House officials told representatives of the Lubavitch movement......Bolten said Bush would follow Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's lead in deciding what concessions to support. Well now there's a shocker! Here is the most important sentence again : "Bolten said Bush would follow Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's lead in deciding what concessions to support."

06-29-06 - Kentucky employees denied access to Web sites after an employee distributed material from one of the sites that was deemed religiou What's good for the goose....

06-28-06 - Jewish groups hope they can keep homeland security money flowing Jewish groups gratefully absorbed more than half of the homeland security funds last year aimed at protecting nonprofits - and they're campaigning to make sure the money keeps flowing....The funds are an unqualified boon, Jewish leaders agree. And this fact is the most ironic of all.

06-27-06 - The Delusion of U.S. Aid The Economic Coercion of Israel: America is to fork over exceedingly high amounts of cash to induce Israeli withdrawals from lands that it should not be occupying in the first place.

06-27-06 - 'Christian Birthright' seeks supporters "'Christian Zionism' may be a bad buzzword, but we need to see relationships built between Christian and Jewish supporters of Israel," Thus does the propaganda campaign aimed at Americans continue.

06-27-06 - Peace prospects may look bleak, but dovish group still pushes talks Diane Balser, Brit Tzedek's executive director, says there's an absence of a debate on Israeli policy in the pro-Israel American Jewish community, leaving many Jews without a voice. "In Israel there has always been a debate," Balser said. "Yet in the American Jewish world, people have been scared of that debate for a long time."

06-27-06 - House committee approves Israel-NATO legislation The resolution, introduced by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) and Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.), was adopted Tuesday by the House Committee on International Relations. Just when you think one week will go by without any legislation being proposed on behalf of Israel in the US Congress ...

06-27-06 - Prepared Remarks of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales at Tel Aviv University But the bond between America and Israel is about more than sharing these common struggles against injustice. Israel, like America, is a nation with a deep respect for the rule of law Laughable. To my knowledge, Israel has not abided by ANY international laws since its creation. It has Disregarded UN resolution after UN resolution, along with its utter disregard for the ICJ's ruling on the wall.

06-27-06 - Rumsfeld due to visit Israel on regional tour U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is expected to visit Israel this week. Gonzales, whose post in the American government is equivalent to that of Justice Minister, is one of President George Bush's closest advisors. He will give a lecture at Tel Aviv University on international law enforcement in the post-9/11 era.

06-26-06 - White House seeks Israeli soldier's release "There are a lot of different parties working to resolve the issue," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said. "But the bottom line is we call upon this individual to be released immediately."

06-23-06 - A Plague on Both Their Houses the U.S. military was ? and is ? being used to cleanse the Middle East of Israel's Arab and Persian enemies and extend the Jewish state's influence as far from the Promised Land as Kurdistan. An interesting note about the Kurds and Israel can be found here, paragraph 12. See last night's news for more information about Israel and the Kurds.

06-23-06 - Prophets in Their Own Land How to go from respected academic to anti-Semite?in one simple step A great read at The American Conservative. Please support this magazine if you can.

06-23-06 - 'End Times' Religious Groups Want Apocalypse Soon "I'm grateful for all the wonderful Christian angels wanting to help us," Solomon added, acknowledging the political support from "Christians who are now Israel's best lobbyists in the United States." End Times Christian Fundamentalists, that is.

06-23-06 - US Senate votes to isolate Hamas Govt The United States Senate has adopted by consensus a bill to isolate the Hamas-led Palestinian Government, forbidding any US aid until it recognises Israel and renounces violence.

06-23-06 - Today on CSPAN: Stephen Walt, Int'l Affairs Prof., & John Mearsheimer, Poltical Science Prof. Stephen Walt, International Affairs Professor at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and, and John Mearsheimer, Poltical Science Professor at the University of Chicago, discuss lobbying for Israel. Scroll down page for the video from today's Washington Journal on CSPAN.

06-22-06 - Illinois, Israel sign cooperation agreement The agreement, signed by Chief Scientist Eli Opper and Illinois State Senator Jeffrey Schoenberg, comes during a week long visit to the country by an Illinois delegation aimed at encouraging Israeli homeland security companies to expand their operations in the US state The Israelization of America continues.

06-21-06 - Edwards visits Israel Edwards, a former senator from North Carolina, is considered a contender for the Democratic nomination for president in 2008. And as such, must make the necessary trip to Israel.

06-21-06 - Energy pact passes committee The bill would establish a $20 million annual grant program ? administered by the U.S. Department of Energy ? to fund joint ventures between U.S. and Israeli businesses and academics

06-21-06 - Bush Critics Want Tougher U.S. Approach to Iran "Time after time, the regime in Tehran has defied the world's demands that it abandon it nuclear ambitions, even heralding its successful production of enriched uranium only a few months ago," said Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, What a surprise? Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Israel-firster extraodinaire, calling for tougher US action on Iran.

06-20-06 - Illinois officials visit Israel Officials from Illinois are touring Israel to discuss defense, education and trade issues. This week?s visit comes as Illinois tries to position itself as a center for counterterrorist business following Boeing?s relocation to the state 'Cui bono, who benefits? - is ever the question we must ask about Middle Eastern terror'; PJB..

06-20-06 - LA Times: "Questions Arise Over Case Against Islamic Charity" The Justice Department?s criminal case against officials of the largest U.S.-based Islamic charity relies more heavily than previously known on Israeli intelligence, court records show....The case figures to hinge on the government?s ability to prove, largely with Israeli-provided information, that the defendants knowingly supported groups tied to Hamas. Israel's prominent investigative role appears to be unprecedented in post-Sept. 11 terrorism cases. The Israelization of the United States continues.

06-19-06 - The real source of the grief Krauthammer, Cal Thomas, David Frum - all Israel-firsters - all on a frenzy to dismiss/downplay/deny the fact that an Israeli shell killed those civilians on that beach in Gaza.

06-19-06 - Maybe Congress Should Go Home On June 6th, a bi-partisan group of members began to circulate for co-sponsorship a resolution entitled, ?Condemning the Persecution of Palestinian Christians by the Palestinian Authority.? The bill, which now has 13 co-sponsors, is nothing more than a malicious act of incitement. While correctly noting that Palestinian society is in disarray and that the percentage of Christians in Palestine has dropped significantly in the past several decades, the Congressmen proposing the legislation absolve the repressive nature of Israel?s occupation policies and falsely accuse the PA. The drafters of the bill acknowledge that in crafting their resolution they relied on the writing of an Israeli researcher working for a Jerusalem-based center founded by notorious Likudnik hard-liner Dore Gold. Palestinian Christians were not consulted, nor were any of the major religious bodies in the West with ties to their coreligionists in Palestine. Surprise surprise.

06-19-06 - Congress Misled About Real Threat to Christians in Palestine

06-19-06 - US Congress 'misinformed' about plight of Christians in Holy Land Open Bethlehem's chief executive Leila Sansour, a Christian from Bethlehem, has sent a letter to congress expressing her community's shock at the "gross misrepresentation of the real threat facing Christians of the Holy Land" and has urged congress to "pay heed to the real threat to the oldest Christian community in the world. The letter dated 13 June states: "We are disappointed by the latest resolution drafted by congressman McCaul and congressman Crowley purporting to act on our behalf. The resolution seriously misrepresents the situation facing Christians in the Holy Land." THis legislation was put forth by pro-Israeli interests for pro-Israeli interests - and no others. It's a sham.

06-19-06 - The Assassins - From character assassination to physical assassination, the Lobby and its agents ruthlessly pursue their agenda

06-18-06 - Presbyterian compromise appears to please Israel divestment opponents "Changing the divestment policy seemed a given in their deliberations" - a result, he said, of two years of conversations between Jews and Presbyterians and among Presbyterians themselves.

06-17-06 - Former CIA chief Woolsey sharply criticizes 2004 GA decision Former CIA James Woolsey - propagandist for Israel. "Woolsey serves on the board of advisers of JINSA, as well as the Pentagon's DPB, and several other neo-conservative groups, including Americans for Victory Over Terrorism. " Source. Who knew?

06-17-06 - Misguided Theology Makes Bad Foreign Policy Washington needs to develop a Mideast policy that advances America's national interests by reducing the likelihood of war involving the U.S. and attacks on Americans ? basically staying out. Yet a number of Israel advocates appear to see their support as an outgrowth of their Christian faith

06-16-06 - Lutheran Bishop Munib Younan cautions against U.S. House resolution A letter circulating in Congress with the resolution charges the Palestinian Authority with the "systematic destruction of the oldest Christian community in the world." CMEP and other organizations are concerned that the resolution's reports of Christian persecution contains inaccuracies and exaggerations.

06-16-06 - Bush bans P.A. use of funds President Bush signed an emergency supplemental funding bill that includes language forbidding funding of the Palestinian Authority. .......The bill was strongly supported by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. The AIPACers got Congress to slip this funding ban into another bill because their last effort was to be met with opposition in the Senate.

06-16-06 - Homeland Security Expert and Former Security Chief of El Al Airlines, Isaac Yeffet, Joins HiEnergy Technologies' Business Advisory Board Israelis capitalize on and are heavily entrenched in the 'Homeland Security' industry both in America and abroad.

06-16-06 - Congress Bans All Aid to Palestinian Authority (PA) The Senate and the House of Representatives have passed a bill that includes a ban on giving money to the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority (PA). The clause was an amendment to the bill providing emergency funds for the war in Iraq and for Gulf Coast hurricane victims. The AIPACers had this snuck in under the radar, due to the growing opposition of their previous effort.

06-16-06 - Lawmakers praise NATO-Israel ties Forty members of the U.S. Congress wrote NATO?s secretary-general in support of expanding the NATO-Israel relationship.

06-16-06 - Open Borders Threaten Jewish Clout Closer to home, massive immigration will obliterate Jewish power by shrinking our percentage of the population ? to a fraction of 1% in 20 years. Jews possess political clout despite tiny numbers because we are concentrated in large electoral vote states, have legendary voting rates, donate significantly to both parties and dominant culture. We will retain residual influence due to campaign contributions, membership in institutional establishments and the endurance of our alliances, but the Latino vote will eventually overwhelm us....And except for the evangelical part of the community, Latinos do not share any particularly strong bond to Israel.....Latino population growth is inevitable, but exponential growth is not. If we can keep the numbers within reasonable bounds ? which would hasten immigrant acculturation and reduce traditional cultural bigotry ? we will likely maintain our position. Wow. THe Latino immigrants are ok, so long as the Jewish groups can keep their numbers to a comfortable limit - one which would not threaten their interests. The rest of Americans, be damned.



06-15-06 - Aim for a Better Image? Quit Talk of Being Thieves! This deluded columnist fails to account for international law which states that Gaza, the West Bank and E. Jerusalem are only OCCUPIED by Israel. Israel has no legal claim to them. To the contrary, Israel is in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention by building settlements in those territories.

06-15-06 - Scholar: A Nuclear Iran Spells Doom for Israel "If - just if - the American-led coalition will not come to the right decision at the right time, then the onus will fall on the shoulders of Israel. And we will know what to do."....."We believe the entire land of Israel is Jewish land by right," said Olmert.....Moreover, he added, "Israel does not meddle in America's business." It's up to America to 'protect' Israel. And if America won't do it, THEN Israel will act on its own behalf. That last statement above by Olmert is positively hilarious.

06-15-06 - Speaking up for Israel The speakers feel no obligation to strive for balance, as any group asking them in would understand that they are quite clearly Jews advocating for Israel. No kidding? Yet they routinely demand this 'balance' by speakers who present the Palestinian side of the story to American audiences in many different venues, including theatre. Hypocrisy.

06-15-06 - Bipartisan effort to expose P.A. treatment of Christians The proposed resolution appears aimed at countering actions by other Congress members, notably Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.), who contend that Israel?s occupation is driving Christians out of the West Bank. This is a complete joke, and further evidence that Capitol Hill is Israeli-occupied territory.

06-15-06 - Congress bans P.A. use of emergency funds The bill, now awaiting President Bush?s signature, was strongly supported by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. More legislation for Israel.

06-15-06 - Olbermann Disses Mearsheimer and Walt Critique For Olbermann and his bosses, selling our government down the river to Likudites, who engineered the Iraq invasion and are in the process of engineering aggression against Iran, is mere ?trivia? falsely predicated,? thus revealing, once again, the corporate media is faithfully watching the backs of the neocons, an act that should turn the stomach of every American

06-15-06 - A "Quiet Triumph" for Israel Activists at UC Berkeley Jewish and pro-Israel organizations used this opportunity to call on Jewish students and professionals to do more to combat anti-Israel sentiment on campus Criticism of Israel is neither anti-Semitic nor is it going away any time soon. Better get used to it. The more people try to quash it - the louder it is going to get.

06-15-06 - Authors of Israel Lobby Paper Get Warm Reception at Military College It was evident to me during my visit that many at the Naval War College were familiar with the paper. By one report, the College came under pressure from an unnamed congressman to cancel the talk, but the College stuck by its cannonballs.

06-14-06 - Donor may fund Georgetown Jewish center to give U.S. leaders another viewpoint The move would involve hiring three more professors, and possibly a new building. The Jewish and Israeli presence at Georgetown, a Jesuit university that sends its graduates into the heart of the American political establishment, would reach a totally different level, according to one participant in the discussions

06-14-06 - Committee OKs anti-terrorism cooperation A U.S. House of Representatives committee approved legislation strengthening anti-terrorism cooperation between the United States, Israel and other nations....The American Israel Public Affairs Committee lobbied for the bill.

06-14-06 - House Disclosures List Rep. Roy Blunt (news, bio, voting record), R-Mo., House majority whip.....Blunt took one expense-paid trip in 2005 with his wife to Israel. The $14,078.56 cost was paid by the American Israel Education Foundation. The pro-Israeli groups made sure that travel to Israel paid by lobbyists now falls under the 'educational trips' clause and is thus not a part of the lobbying reform legislation brought forth as a result of the Abramoff scandal.

06-14-06 - Top-level Israeli military now at most important US-government What is interesting is that the author, Lt. Gen. (ret.) Moshe Yaalon was chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces from 2002 to 2005 and now " is a distinguished military fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy." The ignoring by the mainstream media of the extent of the seamless integration of top-level Israeli military with the most important US-government connected think tank is yet another indication of how Israelized our seat of government has become.

06-11-06 - Google 'spying' on IDF Google Earth now offering detailed photos of sensitive military facilities in Israel in 1996 Congress approved a law stating that US commercial companies must apply for a special permit before selling such high-resolution images of Israel.

06-09-06 - Top Israeli press official speaks in Burlington James Brooks, a Burlington resident and representative for Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel who attended the lecture, said he sees more media bias against Palestine than against Israel.

06-09-06 - House approves aid for Israel The American Israel Public Affairs Committee praised passage of the bill.

06-09-06 - The AIPAC case goes wild Pro-Israelis hope AIPAC case is dismissed.

06-08-06 - Showdown Over Divestment Resolution Set for Upcoming Presbyterian Parley The hefty number of anti-divestment overtures follows two years of work by Jewish communal leaders and Christian activists, including Green, who have sought to educate the church laity about the issue The Presby's have since been thoroughly Ziofied, I'm sure.

06-08-06 - Frankford woman going to improve Israel's image One of 30 students worldwide charged with helping to improve Israel's image in the media, Alexandra "Alex" Marin will spend two months in Jerusalem this summer. Good luck with it.

06-08-06 - From the Crow's Nest: On tip-toes in Israel Growing numbers of American Jews are coming to recognize that and have seen their way clear to questioning and sometimes even opposing things the Israel government does, according to Norman Solomon, an American Jew himself and executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy in Washington. Yet, he says, their voices are ?nearly drowned out? by ?Israel right or wrong? organizations in this country.

06-08-06 - The Left and the Israel Lobby In reality, the Israel lobby simultaneously operates both as an external interest and as internal "special" interest, represented within a faction the U.S. ruling class and establishment that wishes to see the United States pursue an unequivocally Israelocentric foreign policy in the Middle East The left refuses to lay any blame on Israel or its lobby in the US.

06-08-06 - Bush Overture To Iran Splits Israel, Neocons Neoconservative analysts are blasting the administration, saying that holding talks with the Islamic regime would serve only to embolden it and undermine the anti-fundamentalist opposition in Iran. They argue that America's ultimate goal should be to change Tehran's theocratic regime....The Walt-Mearsheimer paper has triggered an escalating debate on the influence of Israel and Jewish organizations that has spilled over onto the opinion pages of major publications, including The New York Times and The Washington Post. Recently, with such scrutiny mounting, Israeli leaders asked American Jewish organizations to lower their profile on the Iran issue, the Forward has learned.....Israel's support for Rice and Olmert's request for Jewish groups to take a lower profile are being well received by many Jewish groups Neoconservatives, as evidenced by the failures of their policies in the Middle East, have been a little too idealistic and not very REAListic about the consequences of the policies that they've pushed through via the Bush administration. Even the Israelis rue some of the (unintended) outcomes of these policies. Their vision is narrow and consists of what they'd LIKE to see happen. The outcome is most often something very different. Time to use the gray matter for a change, and leave the bellicosity, belligerence and shortsightedness at the door.

06-08-06 - Israel aims to hook up to Azeri-Turkish pipelines Azeri oil and gas exports are due to flow to Turkey via the Baku-Ceyhan and Baku-Erzurum pipelines respectively. Israeli National Infrastructure Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer said Israel wanted both extended to Israel. "We and the Azeris are interested in transporting Azeri oil from Ceyhan through the Israeli Ashkelon-Eilat pipeline, and from there to big markets like India and China," he told a news conference in Baku. From last month :U.S. calls on president of Azerbaijan to open mission in Israel

06-08-06 - A matter of Liberty - The Day Israel Attacked America "A virtually unarmed American naval ship in international waters was shot at, strafed with rockets, torpedoed, set on fire, then left to sink as crazed gunners shot up the life rafts. The foreign nation then says, ?sorry about that? and offers an explanation so outrageous that it is insulting, and the American government accepts it, sweeps the whole affair under a rug, then classifies as top secret nearly all details concerning it," he said. A total of 821 shell holes were counted in the ship?s superstructure and hull.

06-08-06 - Student pioneers in the Negev, Galilee point way for resettlement Israel last summer requested a reported $2.2 billion from the United States in post-Gaza pullout aid to be invested in the Negev and Galilee. President Bush and other lawmakers initially warmed to the idea, but Israel scrapped the request after Hurricane Katrina exacerbated an already bleak U.S. deficit situation. A diplomatic source inside the Israeli government told JTA that the request remains "put to the side due to special sensitivities." Olmert told reporters he raised the issue in only the most general terms when he met with Bush last month, but it is clearly uppermost in his mind: He made Shimon Peres, deputy prime minister, responsible for developing the regions. U.S. Jewish officials say Israel is planning to eventually up the request by another $10 billion to accommodate the West Bank withdrawal. THe United States can ill afford to keep handing over billions of American taxpayer dollars to Israel to withdraw from land that it should not have colonized in the first place (an act which we helped subsidize).

06-07-06 - Recipe for war: Israeli hysteria and imperial logic The Israeli lobby sees the development of Iran?s nuclear program as a convenient timetable for war, a golden opportunity to weaken or destroy Israel?s enemies in Tehran and settle Israel?s strategic horizon for a generation, preferably by goading others (the US) to do the job. Unlike its relatively coy public position in pushing the US war on Iraq, Israel?s warmongering against Iran has been unabashed and relentless. Bush has also been explicit in linking Iran?s nuclear development to Israel?s security. He has pledged on more than one occasion to protect Israel from Iranian attack.

06-07-06 - DeLay says departure disrupts Dems' strategy Besides advocating support for conservative causes and Israel, DeLay also plans to continue fundraising for a community of foster children that he and his wife established. Delay is a Christian Zionist; an Israel-firster.

06-07-06 - Envoy tells AP State Dept. reworking image A top envoy aiming to improve America's image among Muslims says the United States has begun an effort to make its diplomats more visible in the world's media, particularly those that can spread U.S. views in Arab countries If we got Israel out of our government, we wouldn't have an image problem in the Middle East and beyond, I'm betting. The Israeli lobby is the problem here.

06-07-06 - US: Israel trip may cost state employee his job Trips to Israel don't cost US government officials their jobs. It's quite the opposite; it ENSURES the backing of the Israeli lobby, and thus makes it HIGHLY likely that they will stay put or be elected.

06-07-06 - Blackballed at Yale Cole is a tough critic of U.S. foreign policy and of Israel?s government ? and his blog comments have been used for months by opponents of his appointment to kill it.

06-06-06 - Justice Dept. criticized over AIPAC case The department is basing its classified information leak case against Steve Rosen, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee?s former foreign policy director, and Keith Weissman, its former Iran analyst, on a 1917 statute that criminalizes the receipt of classified information. The Justice Department should use any means at its disposal to make sure that America's national interest is not being jeopardized by the agents of a foreign lobby.

06-06-06 - Pro-Israel group pushes tough U.S. policy on Iran In a letter to supporters this week, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee requested contributions to build support for a proposed law tightening U.S. sanctions on Iran. American foreign policy in the Middle East brought to you by the Israeli lobby - whose primary interest is Israel PERIOD.

06-05-06 - New York parade salutes Israel Rally organizers estimated Sunday?s event attracted nearly 100,000 people, including New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R-N.Y.), Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Gov. Jon Corzine (D-N.J.).

06-05-06 - Lieberman faces showdown over Iraq Lieberman acknowledges his support for the war runs counter to sentiment in Connecticut, where a recent poll found more than 60 percent of voters believe the war is wrong. Say, I wonder why Joe Lieberman, a DEM, would've supported the war on Iraq? Lieberman has a passionate attachment.

06-05-06 - Iran, Syria added to US blacklist of human traffickers Iran and Syria were added to a US blacklist of countries trafficking in people, a State Department report said, while raising concerns over an influx of sex workers to Germany for the World Cup soccer tournament Israel is well known for its atrocious record with respect to human trafficking (and this comes from Fox News, no less, which is a pro-neocon network). But when you have a government that is snookered by the Israeli lobby, you can be sure that they will be left off any blacklist.

06-05-06 - All DeLay's Children As the only Jewish Republican in the House, Cantor provides a crucial link between pro- Israel donors and Christian conservatives. Through his seat on the powerful Ways and Means Committee, which oversees tax law and Social Security, Cantor raised more money for his colleagues than any other House Republican in the last election cycle. Like DeLay, Cantor is also tied to Abramoff, having accepted $13,000 from the disgraced lobbyist's Indian clients, written letters on behalf of tribes and held eight events at Abramoff's restaurant, Signatures. Cantor even had a sandwich named after him at Abramoff's deli, Stacks: the Eric Cantor, a "tuna-based stacker," changed by Cantor to roast beef on challah.

06-05-06 - Israel Targets Palestinian Americans, U.S. Does Nothing "Singling Palestinian Americans out under a subtitle in a US official document" proves the helplessness of the US Administration vis-à-vis its Israeli strategic ally, he added, declining to identify himself.

06-05-06 - Lobbying reform slow despite scandals The lobby that needs to be addressed the most, is nowhere to be found in American political discourse.

06-03-06 - Time to Question 39 Years of Failed Israeli Occupation * The Congress is currently considering legislation that will make it impossible to have a balanced negotiation for peace between Israel and Palestine and very difficult to provide humanitarian aid if the crisis in the Palestinian Territories worsens.

06-02-06 - Firms sell terror protection The dual nature of this expanding consulting field was clear at a seminar Thursday that combined dire warnings about future terrorist attacks in the United States with understated pleas by those same experts to hire their companies to combat the threat. "Unfortunately, the lessons of 9/11 have largely been forgotten," said Ilana Freedman, chief executive officer of Gerard Group International LLC, one of the sponsors of Thursday's conference. Freedman's company is a counterterrorism specialist originally created in Israel and now based in Massachusetts. This is the brutal irony: why America was attacked in the first place.

06-02-06 - Don't let Israel annex chunks of Palestine The US will never be an 'honestbroker' as long as the Israeli lobby wields such disproportionate influence over it.

06-02-06 - Jews greet U.S. overture to Iran with ambivalence and skepticism There was greater skepticism in Congress, where bills urging Iran's isolation have garnered overwhelming support. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), whose bill isolating Iran passed overwhelmingly in April in the U.S. House of Representatives, said Rice's initiative would at least call Iran's bluff. This woman puts forth so much legislation on behalf of AIPAC, I'm prompted to ask: DOES SHE WORK AT ALL FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE? Is there JUST ONE non-AIPAC-driven piece of legislation put forth by Ileana Ros-Lehtinen?

06-02-06 - The fine line between hatred of Jews and political opposition to Israel Israel is clearly the biggest obstacle. Where does the line fall between hatred of Jews and political opposition to, or even hatred of, Israel? Rickman knows that in Israeli eyes, the difference is minimal. Everyone is particularly sensitive when they are the ones being criticized, Rickman said, adding that some people consider anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism to be the same thing. He will need to come up with criteria to determine what is permissible and what is forbidden, what is anti-Semitic and what is just political when it comes to Israel. Revealed: the newly created office to combat global anti-Semitism is a front for combating criticism of Israel (?) Another prediction of mine coming to fruition, perhaps. If anywhere, criticism of Israel in America is the most dangerous proposition to that country. Because if Americans learned the truth,... Indeed. When do Americans get persecuted for criticizing Israel, is the question? Methinks it has already started..

06-01-06 - Olmert in DC - Bold Ideas and Ugly Intentions Chief among Olmert's priorities is establishing common cause with the US administration over Iran. Applauding Bush's bravery in standing up to the global terror threat posed by Iran's "imminent" development of a nuclear capability

06-01-06 - Ambassador Ayalon Visits Philadelphia Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., Daniel Ayalon, met with Lois Murphy, Democratic candidate for the U.S. Congress in the 6th district......She indicated how greatly she values this friendship and the special relationship we share with the State of Israel." She promised that as a Member of Congress, she would be a champion for Israel's interests and well-being.

06-01-06 - A hot paper muzzles Harvard At Harvard and other schools, the Mearsheimer-Walt paper proved simply too hot to handle ? and it revealed an academia deeply split yet lamentably afraid to engage itself on one of the hottest political issues of our time.

05-31-06 - Israelis Fear Spread Of War Crimes Cases Laws passed in wake of Nuremberg trials now being pressed in Europe against Israeli generals. I sense some more legislation coming on via the US Congress....(Iliana Ros-Lehtinen, Tom Lantos, which one will it be? Do they flip a coin to decide who will propose the next piece of pro-Israeli legislation?)....

05-31-06 - Jewish groups welcome Senate immigration bill Jewish groups welcomed a U.S. immigration bill that includes paths for undocumented immigrants to legalize their status. This fits in with yesterday's news about the Latino vote, which was foreshadowed here: paragraph 15Note the double standard here with regard to Israel's refusal to allow the Palestinian refugees back to their lands, but America is to absorb potential Israel-supporters.

05-31-06 - Dean to Blair: Blast Israel boycott Howard Dean urged Tony Blair to speak out against a British boycott of Israeli academics.

05-31-06 - Israel backs U.S. on Iran standoff Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Rice had told her about the initiative beforehand Naturally. Since any initiative requires prior approval from Tel Aviv.

05-31-06 - Protest of Israel Leads to Federal Bias Probe The U.S. Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Education is currently investigating charges by the Zionist Organization of America that the Irvine administration has failed to take a stand against anti-Semitism and to prevent harassment of Jewish students on campus. Criticism of Israel now equals 'anti-Semitism' in the eyes of those who seek to shut down debate; therein lies the problem.

05-31-06 - Zionist Democrats The DLC is blatantly adopting the policies of the neocons populating the right-wing think tanks in Washington that produce such human anomalies as John Bolton, Richard Perle and Daniel Pipes, all rabidly Zionist neoconservatives who advocate a much more aggressive US military agenda aimed directly at Islamic nations and peoples everywhere. The neocons are what brought the Bush presidency down. It is clear - no matter which party we are dealing with in American - both parties are teeming with Israel-firsters.

05-31-06 - Effort to limit aid to Palestinians exposes rifts in Congress, community AIPAC officials would not speak on the record but sources close to the group dismiss the APN claims as nonsense. "APN is virtually irrelevant on Capitol Hill, and its effort to oppose the PATA in the House proved an embarrassing failure, with the bill passing 361-37," said a pro-Israel lobbyist sympathetic with AIPAC's case. AIPAC is an agent of a foreign government and should register as such.

05-30-06 - Latino Leaders Declare Readiness to Engage Foreign Policy Issues American Latino leaders who traveled to Israel on a Project Interchange seminar last month have joined in a statement declaring their commitment to engage in U.S. foreign policy in support of Israel. See the other link from today's news about this trip to Israel.

05-30-06 - Resolution focuses on Jewish refugees Resolutions introduced in the U.S. Congress call for any reference to Palestinian refugees to be matched by similar references to Jewish and other refugees. This HAD to become American legislation, because?..

05-30-06 - Latino leaders call for Latino-Jewish collaboration The trip was co-sponsored by the American Jewish Committee?s Latino and Latin American Institute and Project Interchange, which takes ethnically and religiously diverse leaders to educational seminars in Israel. A calculated move on the part of pro-Israeli groups to address the growing influence of the Hispanic vote in the United States. Support for Israel must be assured.

05-30-06 - The Best Congress Money Can Buy

05-29-06 - The First Word: The other side of hasbara Why not show them what Israelis policies are doing to the people that live just over the Wall? Afraid to reveal the ugly truth behind the mask. Contrary to the tone of this article, the Israeli point of view has always prevailed in MSM. But since younger Americans are turning to different venues, the 'Hasbara' artists must follow suit.

05-29-06 - Jewish group calls for energy legislation The American Jewish Congress urged passage of a bill that would facilitate U.S.-Israel energy cooperation. Both houses are considering legislation that would help spur Israeli research into energy-saving technology.

05-29-06 - Senate delays P.A. vote With 89 co-sponsors, the act is guaranteed passage. This bill will harm US interests. It's apparently not a concern to these AIPAC-beholden legislators.

05-29-06 - Top Democrat slams AIPAC prosecution The top Democrat on the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee questioned the statute used to prosecute two former AIPAC lobbyists. Has the matter of the national security of this country ever entered the mind of this Congresswoman? Evidently not.

05-29-06 - George Washington Had It Right He warned against foreign influence, calling it a poison to republican government. While he was no doubt thinking of the French, his advice applies to Israel. No foreign country should be allowed to influence American policy because that country will always seek to influence policy to favor its interests, not ours. If we followed Washington's advice, the only thing we would be sending to the Middle East would be oil tankers and tourists.

05-28-06 - Pastors vow to seek end to divestment A group of 11 Presbyterian pastors, completing a five-day fact-finding mission in Israel, vowed Sunday to work to rescind their church's 2004 Israeli divestment policy in an upcoming biennial General Assembly.

05-28-06 - A bit of good news from the US Congress This is not the first, nor will it be the last piece of bizarre anti-Palestinian legislation coming out of Congress. Its architect, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) annually creates these "hoop jumping exercises" to test their strength and see how far they can push Congress. Look at the comments by Congressman Hinchey. Excellent.

05-28-06 - Ehud Olmert, Unreasonably Reasonable? Olmert also expressed support for the U.S.-Israel Energy Cooperation Act, an act drafted in part by the American Jewish Committee and introduced into the House and Senate last June. The bill currently has 49 co-sponsors in the House (H.R. 2730) and just 4 co-sponsors in the Senate (S. 1862). But he indicated that this energy cooperation would become a major effort, the goal being to develop the Galilee and the Negev with hundreds of millions and perhaps billions of American dollars presumably going to support the resettlement of 60,000 of the 350,000 settlers in the West Bank.

05-27-06 - Kudos to Congress From Israel

05-27-06 - Report: Israel warns of World Cup terror US officials opposed to an attack on Iran fear the Bush Administration would take advantage of such terror attacks to launch an offensive that, according to the officials, would settle the Iranian nuclear crisis and boost the president's approval rating. The officials added that should the terror attacks be masterminded by a third party, they would still be used to justify an attack on Iran. I will refer back to the Deep Background column from August of 2005 by former CIA official Philip Giraldi. This is the pretext that the neocons have been waiting for.

05-26-06 - U.S. sholuld pay Israel To help relocate settlers ? an operation that could cost from $10 billion to $50 billion, according to media guesstimates ? Olmert says he will ask the U.S. for funds. We are being asked to pay for an Israeli withdrawal of settlers that the Israeli government 'settled' in the occupied Palestinian territories in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention (article 49). This is wholesale extortion of the American taxpayers to get Israel to make peace and undo what it shouldn't have done in the first place.

05-26-06 - Pressure Grows on Bush to Engage Iran Directly The administration of U.S. President George W. Bush is under increasing pressure ? both here and abroad ? to engage Iran in direct talks despite the continued opposition of pro-Israel neoconservatives and Vice President Dick Cheney.

05-26-06 - AJCongress Recognizes 'Common Ground' With Evangelicals: Support for Israel, Will Resist Attempts to Limit Abortion Rights the Jewish community should remain grateful for evangelical support for Israel -- especially given the hostile attitude of some mainline churches -- and do what it can to help the more moderate elements in the evangelical community. At the same time, AJCongress resolved to remain vigilant in vigorously resisting "efforts to Christianize America, outlaw abortion, or make contraception unavailable."

05-26-06 - Olmert, Cheered in D.C., Bows to U.S. Call for Talks At the White House press conference, Bush made several statements that were music to the ears of Olmert and his entourage. The president delivered the most explicit commitment he ever has made to defend Israel against an Iranian attack. "In the event of any attack on Israel," Bush said, "the United States will come to Israel's aid."

05-26-06 - Enough Is Enough: People have had it up to here with The Lobby After describing the Lobby's largely successful efforts to cow the Clinton administration, Massing illustrates a point made by Mearsheimer and Walt, that the Lobby serves as the de facto agent of a foreign power

05-26-06 - US approves aid to Israel, Egypt During committee deliberations it was also feared that Egypt may turn to Russia and China to purchase military equipment. The policies of the AIPACers/neocons are driving Middle Eastern regimes into the arms of Russia and China.

05-26-06 - Steering Into a Third Intifada by Patrick J. Buchanan Rightly, Americans say we will not let Israel be destroyed. But why must we acquiesce in Israel's annexations of Arab land? Why must we remain silent to her deprivations of the Palestinians?

05-26-06 - Freedom of Speech on the Israel Lobby This petition calls on the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations to forthrightly condemn the castigation of Professors John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt as anti-Semites for their academic paper, "The Israel Lobby and American Foreign Policy."

05-26-06 - College Chief Hit Over Anti-Israel Events Some Jewish leaders contend that the administration has not gone far enough to address what they view as hate speech, particularly in light of findings and recommendations issued in early April by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. The commission, an advisory body whose recommendations are not binding, held a hearing in November 2005 to address the issue of campus antisemitism. Among the commission's findings was that "anti-Israel" or "anti-Zionist" activism often serves as a thin guise for antisemitism on college campuses. Criticism of Israel is NOT anti-Semitism, although the Israeli lobby would have us Americans believe otherwise.

05-26-06 - Israel's American Constituency Even as Olmert met with President George W. Bush at the White House Tuesday, the House voted by an overwhelming 361-37 margin to impose strict conditions on aid to Palestinians, as demanded by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Washington's most powerful pro-Israel lobby.

05-25-06 - Dobbs noted that Israeli PM "told CNN Iran could make a nuclear bomb within months"; didn't mention that U.S. intel says otherwise

05-25-06 - New U.S. anti-Semitism ambassador has a big job ahead That legislation, introduced in 2004 by U.S. Congressman Tom Lantos (D-Calif.), required the U.S. government to monitor and report on anti-Semitism around the globe

05-25-06 - H.R. 4681: Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006 Walt and Mearsheimer were entirely correct in their probe on the Israel lobby, and this is a perfect example of how the Israel lobby has used its power to target the Palestinians for more pain and suffering

05-25-06 - McCollum, AIPAC make up She "appreciated" Kohr's acknowledgement of her pro-Israel record. "I expressed my resolve to continue to work with all pro-Israel groups who are committed to working respectfully and constructively for security, peace and human dignity in the Middle East," McCollum said.

05-25-06 - Senate tones down Palestinian anti-terrorism bill A Senate version of the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act narrows its scope and restores presidential prerogatives.

05-25-06 - Olmert gets standing ovations in both Houses of Congress Why don't they drop the pretense and just salute the Israeli flag?

05-25-06 - Olmert, Bush agree on Iran deadline Ynet learns that Bush told Olmert US time limit for action to stop Iran's nuclear program fits Israel's own timetable, but American diplomats make it clear diplomacy will be given chance

05-25-06 - Study Alleging Dominant Influence of Israeli Lobby Sparks Heated Fallout

05-25-06 - AJCongress Urges Senate to Enact S. 1614 to Provide Diverse Perspectives in Teacher Workshops Funded by Higher Ed Act Long at the forefront of opposition to biased and inaccurate anti-Israel and anti-American teacher workshops funded under Title VI of the Higher Education Act, the American Jewish Congress today issued a resolution adopted earlier this week at its 2006 Annual Meeting to urge the Senate to follow the lead of the House, which unanimously passed H.R. 609, requiring the teaching of diverse perspectives and a wide range of views on world regions and international affairs They're baaaack. Free speech with regard to Israel on campus? No more if these folks get their way.

05-25-06 - Olmert and Bush meet in the middle, agree on unilateral moves as second best "Mahmoud Abbas was deprived of all his powers," Olmert said Sunday. "He is powerless. He is helpless....In that view, Olmert has a powerful ally: the U.S. House of Representatives, which voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to cut off aid to the Palestinian Authority. Like Olmert, the House largely ignores Abbas as an alternative. Wow. What coincidence.

05-25-06 - Olmert celebrates 'grand slam' and prepares for a diplomatic tour In his speech to Congress, Olmert commended the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act, just passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, which effectively cuts off assistance to the Palestinian Authority. Members of Congress said they would tweak the act to help bolster Abbas if they get a signal to do so from Olmert. "Members of Congress said they would tweak the act to help bolster Abbas if they get a signal to do so from Olmert." Our legislators are taking orders from Israel.



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