Israeli influence in America


09-30-06 - US blocks further sanctions against PA Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice intervened personally, calling Senate majority whip Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and urging him to reconsider an initiative to include the Palestinian sanctions in an omnibus bill

09-30-06 - Legislating Violations of the Constitution Such a bill could have only one motive: to protect unconstitutional government actions advancing religion. The religious right, which has been trying for years to use government to advance their religious views, wants to reduce the likelihood that their efforts will be declared unconstitutional. I've a related article by reknowned British journalist Robert Fisk - and a caution on the language in the first paragraph.

09-30-06 - U.S. congressmen accuse UN agency of sponsoring terrorists Representatives Steve Rothman (D-NJ) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) lambasted the United Nations Relief Works Agency for allegedly appropriating money to employ members of Hamas and for distributing funds to Palestinian refugees with connections to terrorist groups....."Are U.S. tax dollars funding terrorists through UNRWA?" We know that the money is funding state-sponsored terrorism via the Israeli government, but that's not ever going to be addressed by a Congress that's beholden to that nation.

09-30-06 - US boosts Israel aid by half a billion The Bush administration initially requests a USD 268 million increase to military aid to Israel, but the congress double that amount citing the importance of US-Israeli military cooperation I was just think yesterday, we really need to give more aid to Israel. It's imperative that the American people secure Israel. The American taxpayers have tons of money to give away for these matters...

09-29-06 - Democrats hit back after ads claim GOP is for Israel supporters "There is a longstanding tradition of bipartisan support by both Democrats and Republicans for Israel, which we cherish and for which we are grateful," said David Siegel, the embassy spokesman. "The special relationship between Israel and the United States is deep and profound, based on shared values which transcend party lines in both countries." Which is why there is a need for AIPAC, among other powerful pro-Israel lobbies?....

09-29-06 - Abramoff, Rove discussed Israel One confirmed contact, however, was when Abramoff secured hard-to-get tickets for Rove to a college basketball game. At the game, Abramoff, who is Jewish, discussed Israel with Rove, according to an e-mail account by Abramoff.

09-29-06 - Bush issues Yom Kippur greetings In holiday greetings, President Bush said Jewish observance of Yom Kippur makes the world a more peaceful place.

09-29-06 - Palestinian act fails in Congress Democrats in Congress and Jewish community leaders told JTA that pro-Israel lobbyists launched a lobbying effort Monday to pass the act, which would prohibit direct funding to the Palestinian Authority until it renounces terrorism.

09-29-06 - House approves Iran Freedom Support Act "It would be a critical mistake to allow a regime with a track record as bloody and as dangerous as Iran to obtain nuclear weapons," said Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (news, bio, voting record), R-Fla., sponsor of the measure. "Enough with the carrots. It's time for the stick." Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, one of Israel's top agents on Capitol Hill. She cares about as much for Iranian freedom as she does for that of the Palestinians.

09-29-06 - Rattling the Cage: The big con about Iran It means being prepared for a much bigger war than the US has been fighting in Iraq for the last 3-1/2 years, and counting. America won't do it. No way on earth. With the US so hopelessly out of its depth in Iraq, the American people will as soon let Bush start a war in Iran as they'd let him bring back the draft, which would be necessary to fight such a war. So forget it. America might be up for a quick little in-and-out operation, something like it did in Granada or Panama, but that's not a military option with the likes of Iran. And what is Israel going to do?

09-29-06 - 'Israel Lobby' Caused War in Iraq, September 11 Attacks, Professor Says Later, in response to a question from the audience, Mr. Mearsheimer claimed that the "animus to the United States" of Qaeda terrorist mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed "stemmed from U.S. foreign policy toward Israel." In fact, Us Policy on Israel Key Motive for Effort, according to the findings of the 911 Commission. Americans are not to know this though.

09-29-06 - The Great Debate at Cooper Union Last Night Rashid Khalidi was the emotional life of the debate. He spoke of the lobby in more sweeping terms than Mearsheimer; he conveyed in a way no one else was able the ways in which the pro-Palestinian view is suppressed in the American scene

09-29-06 - Israel Sends in the Clowns - Debating the Lobby in Manhattan Indyk and Ross showed up in fighting trim, and Slaughter threw them a slow soft one in her first question: Was the Mearsheimer-Walt paper anti-Semitic? Well, more or less, yes, was the predictable answer from Israel's defense bench. This proves one of the points of the study in the first place.

09-29-06 - GOP Slanders Dems With 'Anti-Israel' Ads President Bush, former House speaker Newt Gingrich and many other Republicans have certainly been reliable friends of Israel. But they have been no better friends than the great majority of Democratic leaders - including former president Bill Clinton, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi - all of whom are unwavering supporters of the Jewish state. The real issue here is the fact that both parties put the interests of Israel over the interests of the American people.

09-28-06 - House suspends Israeli contract tainted by Abramoff The U.S. Congress suspended a contract with an Israeli wireless firm because of its ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. House finally got one right.

09-28-06 - House approves funds for missile interceptor Such appropriations, considered defense investments, are separate from the $2.8 billion Israel gets annually in U.S. assistance

09-28-06 - U.S. to press UNIFIL on 'robust' mandate U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expressed unhappiness with reports that the expanded U.N. force in Lebanon is reluctant to set up roadblocks and check vehicles to keep Hezbollah, the terrorist group that launched this summer?s war with Israel, from rearming.

09-28-06 - House passes homeland security cooperation The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which lobbied for the bill, said its passage would allow the United States "to leverage the anti-terrorism expertise of our leading allies in the global war against terror. It provides a framework for expanded homeland security collaboration and creates increased opportunities for the United States and Israel to work together to address the common terrorist threat."

09-28-06 - Congress releases $25 million for homeland security The U.S. Congress released $25 million in homeland security funds to protect nonprofits....Most of the $25 million allocated in 2005 went to Jewish organizations for improving security.

09-28-06 - House approves Iran sanctions The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which led lobbying for the act, praised its passage. A lot of Israel-friendly goings on on Capitol Hill today. See my post from the 09-26 news batch about Israel's newest wishlist. Mission accomplished (for now)!

09-27-06 - House resolution calls for Lebanon force The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a resolution urging Lebanon to allow international troops along its border with Syria Why is this a matter for American legislators?

09-27-06 - Court delays hearings because of Yom Kippur The Supreme Court will postpone its "First Monday in October" hearings because of Yom Kippur.

09-27-06 - Anti-boycott language in Oman agreement President Bush signed a free trade agreement with Oman that includes language barring boycotts of Israel.



09-26-06 - Groups use High Holidays to elicit support for Israel See related article from this news batch regarding Israeli bonds.

09-26-06 - Illinois buys $10 million in Israel Bonds The Illinois state treasurer, Judy Baar Topinka, announced Monday that it would be part of the state?s $25 million in foreign investment for 2006. More money for Israel.

09-26-06 - Israeli to address Congress Some of the issues expected to be raised are Iran's support for Hezbollah, the militia's status and influence in Lebanon following the 34-day war with Israel, its widely viewed Al-Manar television station and its activities in Africa, Asia, South America and the United States. Congress will receive Israel's newest wish list.

09-26-06 - Olmert says Israel will not accept a nuclear Iran "Israel can't accept the possibility of Iranians having nuclear weapons and we will act together with the international forces, starting with the Americans, in order to prevent it," Olmert told The Jerusalem Post daily in an interview. "starting with the Americans, in order to prevent it," We've got our hands full already, thanks to the neocons/AIPACers.

09-25-06 - Muslim Scholar Barred by U.S. Denies Support for Terrorism Mr. Ramadan, who has been a vocal critic of the United States over the war in Iraq and its support for Israel, received a visa in 2004, but the United States later revoked it on advice from the Department of Homeland Security, which gave no reason for its decision.

09-25-06 - McGreevey's Israeli 'lover' denounces book The truly strange part is how and why McGreevey's Israeli lover found himself the director of Homeland Security for New Jersey.

09-22-06 - Israelis' main fear is a nuclear Iran: poll ** Israel's fears become our fears.

09-22-06 - In surprise move, feds drop count in Hamas terrorism count The decision to drop one count of the indictment came at a hearing after Deutsch asked St. Eve to press federal prosecutors to turn over background material on a prospective government witness, Jack Mustafa. Deutsch asked for information about how much the FBI had paid Mustafa and whether he had an arrest record. He also asked if the prospective witness had met with agents of the Mossad _ Israel's intelligence agency. Wait a minute here. How much (more) American taxpayer money will be spent on what would appear to be the witchunts of Palestinians in this country who are brought up on charges, only to later see them dismissed due to lack of evidence? And how much are American officials relying on 'evidence' provided by the Israeli government or their lackeys, mm? Is that why the cases are falling apart? We quickly learn the difference between the America's legal system and that of Israel. See some of it described here too (look for the bit about the Fourth amendment, or lack thereof).

09-22-06 - House resolution calls for border force The resolution urges Lebanon?s government "to request without delay a robust international force deployment on the Lebanese border with Syria, so as to prevent the re-supply of weapons to Hezbollah." Why is this a matter for the US Congress?

09-22-06 - Israel's Elbit wins US security contract A consortium led by Boeing, the second-largest US defense contractor, and including Israel's Elbit Systems has won the first piece of a $2 billion government contract to develop and provide new technological means to secure the US borders and curb illegal immigration, officials said Thursday. You have got to be #!@$ing kidding me.

0 9-22-06 - Zelikow's Candor Angers Pro-Israel Activists, Again In a keynote speech before the pro-Israel Washington Institute for Near East Policy conference on Friday, Philip Zelikow argued that a renewed effort for peace may be needed in order to maintain support for the hardline U.S. position against Iran among our European allies and "moderate" Arab governments Now why would pro-Israelis be so angered at peace, mewonders?...

09-22-06 - The Doomsday Code End Timers parade through the streets of Jerusalem and take large amounts of cash to illegal West Bank settlements to encourage the residents to entrench themselves more deeply on this Palestinian land. In Jerusalem itself, Jews are being bankrolled by Christian fundamentalists to reside in Arab houses. The End Timers think that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a stroke ('was removed from the scene') because he wanted to give back some of the Palestinian land.

09-21-06 - U.S. Army defends Raytheon contract amid storm Army officials opted in April to forego a rival Israeli system to boost combat vehicle protection from rocket-propelled grenades and anti-tank missiles, even though it is closer to being ready for use.....NBC, in its report, quoted unnamed Pentagon sources as saying the Army "cooked the books" to justify its choice of Raytheon's "Quick Kill" technology. Well well well. Are some neocons in the Pentagon boohooing over lost Israel deal? The neocons may have had an economic interest in the Israeli company, which is not uncommon when it comes to neocons, Israel and the arms business.

09-21-06 - Controverisal Israeli security approach takes flight in U.S It is spreading because of its results -- and because it seems to have won over TSA Director Kip Hawley and his boss, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, who have recently begun using the same kind of language that Ron uses to describe the aviation security approach that the United States should have. "People have responded very well to bringing in Israeli methods," Ron said. The Israelization of the United States continues. And oddly, our unconditional support for Israel is why it is necessary in the first place. We've been made a party to Israel's war with the Arabs, whether we like it or not.

09-21-06 - Democrats: Don't rule out force with Iran The responses offered by U.S. Rep. Sherrod Brown, running for a U.S. Senate seat, and Zack Space, running for an open U.S. House of Representatives seat, to questions in a conference call Thursday with Jewish media suggest that national Democrats will not differ from the Bush administration on this issue in the midterm campaign season

09-20-06 - Siegman on the U.S.-Israel Alliance, Published in England, Of Course

09-20-06 - Bush's backing imperils Israel The main product of the war in Lebanon has been hatred, as noted by Israel?s most prominent gadfly, Uri Avnery. The death and destruction wrought by Israel against civilian targets broadcast for 33 successive days by al-Jazeera and other television networks have reinforced hatred of Israel among Arabs and Muslims, which may take generations to undo Bush being blamed for doing what Israel is telling him to do..

09-20-06 - Congressman Nye and Jack Abramoff: Justice versus lobbies Abramoff used the organization for his pet projects. These included over $4 million to a Jewish school allied with the Zionist movement, $248,742 for Abramoff?s house in Silver Spring, Maryland and hundreds of thousands for sniper training of extremist and illegal Israeli colonial settlers living on Palestinian land. Ironically, Native Americans were defrauded into funding oppression and colonization of other native people. Abramoff also used his influence with Congressman Bob Ney to get a government contract worth $3 million for an obscure Israeli security company

09-19-06 - The Smart Way To Support Israel It is time for those of us who consider ourselves pro-Israel to tell our representatives that we expect them to do something more difficult than rubber stamping every rah-rah Israel resolution that finds its way to their desk. A new hoop for our Congressheep to jump through to prove their loyalty to a foreign nation.

09-19-06 - Santorum blasted on Iran Sanctioning companies that deal with Iran emerged as an issue in the battle for Jewish votes in Pennsylvania.

09-19-06 - Republicans target candidate over Muslim ties Ellison is himself a Muslim who has repudiated his earlier ties to the Nation of Islam and has received the endorsement of some Minnesota Jewish leaders

09-18-06 - U.S., Israel reach out to Mahmoud Abbas Rice's morning session with Livni was their third meeting in a week. Bush saw the Israeli diplomat in Washington last week

09-18-06 - Petition presses Calif. universities on Israel The petition was launched after anti-Semitic incidents at universities in California and a growing sentiment that there is anti-Israel and anti-Zionist rhetoric in some classes. Anti-Semitism is one thing, but criticism of Zionism and Israel is another. Attempting to lump them all together as one, or to exaggerate the former in order to dissuade people from doing the latter is more likely what is going on here.

09-17-06 - Israel says 'a few months' to avoid nuclear Iran ** Israel's Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said on Sunday that the world may have as little as "a few months" to avoid a nuclear Iran and called for sanctions. "The crucial moment is not the day of the bomb. The crucial moment is the day in which Iran will master the enrichment, the knowledge of enrichment," she said on CNN's "Late Edition." Israel - Chicken Little. Drumming the American sheeple into a frenzy.

09-17-06 - TV ad works on Israel at U.N. The American Jewish Committee is behind a TV ad campaign aimed at improving Israel's status in the United Nations. The campaign is being aired on CNN in New York and other major U.S. cities as the U.N. General Assembly meets in its annual session this month.

09-17-06 - Ultimately, the U.S. will attack ** "I tend to accept the assessment of Israeli intelligence rather than that of the CIA, that Iran will have nuclear weapons within one to three years." ....Tanter believes that Israel can help legitimize Mujahideen-e-Khalq: "I'm not asking the Mossad to join them and cooperate with them. They should not be involved, and Israel should stay out of the picture. Mujahideen-e-Khalq do not wish such a tie with Israel. But Israel has influence in the United States. It has supporters and a lobby and it can ask them to have MEK removed from the State Department's list of terror organizations.

09-16-06 - Honey Trap why did then Governor Jim McGreevey hire an Israeli citizen to the position of Homeland Security Advisor for the state of New Jersey?

09-16-06 - U.S. diplomats begin viewing Lebanon war as success In her meetings in Washington, Livni discussed the prisoners' release and an arms embargo to prevent Hezbollah from rearming itself. She also spoke about the open Syrian-Lebanon border, and the Americans said this problem, which they also consider crucial, could also be solved. The U.S. House Committee of International Relations said at the beginning of the week that it would not permit transferring support funds to rehabilitate Lebanon as long as the border problem remained unsolved. And all of Israel's demands of Uncle Sam are met once again.

09-16-06 - Does the Israel Lobby Have Too Much Influence on U.S. Foreign Policy? A prominent panel of leading academics, politicians, and intellectuals will debate the extent of the pro-Israel lobby's influence on United States foreign policy -- in an effort to foster a rational and open discussion on our national strategic interests. The event, hosted by the London Review of Books, will be held at Cooper Union's Great Hall, located at 7 East 7th Street, New York. The debate will take place at 7PM, Thursday, September 28th, and tickets may be purchased at www.ticketcentral.com or 212.279.4200.

09-16-06 - Pressures mount on Bush to bomb Iran ** President George W Bush is coming under enormous pressure from Israel - and from Israel's neoconservative friends inside and outside the US administration - to harden still further his stance toward Iran....Another cause of anxiety for Israel's right wing - the settler movement, the nationalist-religious parties, the Likud and the right-dominated Kadima - is that Israel is coming under increasing international pressure to negotiate with the Palestinians, with a view to the creation of a Palestinian state. Influential voices are calling for an international conference - a sort of Madrid II - to re-launch the peace process. The above excerpt is of particular concern. I would be wary of any attacks that might be blamed on Iran to set up a pretext to attack Iran. Whenever there is pressure on Israel to negotiate, there are suddenly terror attacks. This is based on the timing of bombings in the past three years, which seem to occur just before peace conferences between Israel and the Palestinians.

09-15-06 - Israeli official hopeful on arms embargo Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, heading home after talks with the Bush administration, said Friday she expects the Lebanese government to prevent the re-arming of Hezbollah. Bush has been given his orders.

09-15-06 - Israeli MP Says Sanctions May Defeat Iran ** Ephraim Sneh said Iran imports 40% of its gasoline and that cutting off the flow "may help the Iranian people to overthrow the regime." The same tactic Israel used against the Palestinians and the Lebanese: starve them, cut them off, force them to oust regimes that displease Israel.

09-15-06 - Israeli minister regrets Pollard Rafi Eitan, who was the U.S. naval analyst's handler in the mid-1980s, told the Jerusalem Post that Israel should have tried through legal means to obtain the information that Pollard passed along. Pollard is serving a life sentence in a North Carolina jail for espionage. "It is likely that Israel could have gotten the same information without him," Really. Israel no longer needs to steal classified information anymore via its spies. Our government has become so corrupted by them, stealing is no longer necessary

09-15-06 - Committee blocks Lebanon funds Staff for a senior U.S. Congressman blocked reconstruction funds for Lebanon, citing its porous border with Syria. The funds were blocked in a letter this week from staff for Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.),

09-15-06 - US moves to scuttle Arab plan for international peace conference In discussions among Israeli and US officials over the past few days, it was agreed that the US will use its diplomatic power to sideline the Arab League initiative, which intends to use the Security Council as the main vehicle for convening an international peace conference to deal with the conflict. The comments by Livni in the last paragraphs are laughable. Israel never implemented the Road Map - it continued to build settlements on occupied land which was in contravention of said peace plan.

09-15-06 - But are they good for Israel? That's really all that matters in the American political scene.

09-14-06 - U.S., Israel eye-to-eye on Mideast peace If there ever was any doubt that the Bush administration and the Israeli government are of one mind on Mideast peacemaking and Iran's nuclear programs, it is fading during talks Israel's foreign minister is holding here. Wow, what a coincidence! Next, someone will discover bat feces in a cave. Will wonders never cease?!

09-14-06 - Rice, Livni keeping lines open to Abbas Israel and the United States agreed that they would maintain contact with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

09-14-06 - After initial doubts on resolution, consensus emerging on Lebanon Israel's friends in Congress are backing away from earlier threats to withhold assistance from Lebanon until it provides assurances that the borders with Syria are secure and that Hezbollah is disarmed. Some legislators already are pressing hard for assistance....Israel has joined the Bush administration in calling for the immediate disbursement of assistance to Lebanon to counter the influence of Hezbollah

09-13-06 - Why the Israel Lobby Wants to Marginalize Chuck Hagel Note that on the Haaretz panel that is trying to sideline Hagel, one of the "experts" is Dore Gold, a former Israeli ambassador to the U.N. who lives in Jerusalem

09-13-06 - Bush meets Israeli FM over Middle East issues U.S. President George W. Bush met here with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on Wednesday, pledging support for the security of Israel, the White House said....Bush also "discussed the threats posed by the Iran and Syrian regimes,"

09-13-06 - Jews score in primary races In Rhode Island, Sen. Lincoln Chafee, a Republican and Israel's toughest critic in the Senate, had national party backing in his successful bid to fend off a pro-Israel rival. Aren't they all pro-Israel in the end? This could be a new reality show: politicians trying to outdo themselves when it comes to their support for Israel.

09-12-06 - The ABC miniseries "The Path to 9-11" lies to serve Israel's agenda ABC lied about what bin Laden's fatwa said. Bin Laden's fatwa is publically available, see for yourself. Here is the fatwa from 1996: And it is also laid out in this CNN interview in PDF format from 1997. Asking why we are attacked and despised does not legitimize or excuse terrorism. But the media and the Bush administration routinely put forth an outright lie - that we were attacked because we are 'infidels' or because of our freedom: total BS. If you discover the real reasons why, and then question how our tax dollars are being spent by Israel, then you are entering dangerous territory to a special interest group that is better served by your ignorance.

09-11-06 - Iran seen clearly as a threat - but powers can?t agree on solution The suggestion of military action to stop Iran from going nuclear ? something Bush administration officials have hinted at since the beginning of this year - earns approval from Israel, which considers a nuclear Iran a mortal threat. .....Netanyahu said the difference was that prewar intelligence on Iraq was never more than an educated guess, while the intelligence on Iran is a sure thing. 'Ok ok, before, we were wrong. But this time, we really have the goods. Attack!'

09-11-06 - Raw sewage taints sacred Jordan River "If there's irreversible damage done ... Israel's going to have another PR battle on its hands," said David Parsons, a spokesman for the evangelical Christian Embassy in Jerusalem, which has joined forces with Friends of the Earth Middle East, a green group. Evidently, the image of Israel means more than the river itself and those who rely on it.

09-09-06 - The Law of Opposites Rep. Ron Paul Fictitious charges and imaginary dangers are used to frighten the American people into accepting an attack on Iran. First it may only be sanctions, but later it will be bombs and possible ground troops if the neocons have their way. Many of the chicken-hawk neoconservative advisors to the administration are highly critical of our current policy because it's not aggressive enough. They want more troops in Iraq, they want to attack Syria and Iran, and escalate the conflict in Lebanon......I find it amazing that we in this country seem determined to completely separate religious expression and the state, even to the detriment of the 1st Amendment. Yet we can say little about how Christian and Jewish religious beliefs greatly influences our policies in the Middle East.

09-08-06 - Rethinking Jewish American deterrence Much as Israel's decreasing centrality to American Jewish life requires that our institutions adjust to this new reality, American Jewry's public affairs organizations should also take the United States' diminished international stature into consideration as they set strategic goals and policy agendas And there it is folks: the real reason for the recent establishment of the Israeli lobby in Europe. What these delusional folks fail to grasp is that the reason that America is isolated in the first place is because of our unconditional support for Israel, and because of the policies of the neoconservatives in this Bush administration. The gall of these folks is astounding.

09-08-06 - Nine U.S. leaders tour Israel Nine non-Jewish community leaders from across the United States will tour Israel?s north to examine the impact of the Israel-Hezbollah war. Why aren't they also touring the total devastation in Lebanon (that we helped Israel to commit, by sending them jet fuel and cluster bombs)?

09-08-06 - Chafee scuttles Bolton vote A Republican U.S. senator cited Israel's planned settlement expansion in delaying confirmation of John Bolton as U.N. ambassador.

09-08-06 - Livni to Washington Tzippi Livni is arriving Wednesday for meetings with the U.S. secretary of state and other top administration officials to discuss how to deal with Iran now that it has refused to end its enrichment of uranium and how to maintain the Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire in Lebanon. The second trip to the US in a week by an Israeli official to discuss Iran.

09-08-06 - Bush: U.S. defends democracies, Israel The United States stands by Israel because it is a democracy, President Bush said. BS. The US stands behind Israel because its lobby here sees to that. And Israel is no more a democracy than fire is water.

09-08-06 - Support of Israel hurts U.S. As Jan Egeland, U.N. humanitarian chief, stated after returning from a visit to Lebanon, "There is something fundamentally wrong when there are more dead children than armed men."

09-08-06 - New Yorkers to study about Israel The New York City Council's education committee approved a curriculum on Israel initiated by the public relations department of the Israeli Consulate in New York. This is totally outrageous - the Israeli government dictating to American schools what to learn, and the NYC council going along with it.

09-07-06 - Netanyahu points to 'cracks' in Iran leadership ** Netanyahu, who met with US Vice President Dick Cheney and a group of senators, said that the Iranian nuclear program could be stopped if the United States led a determined campaign....He refused to give details about his meeting with Cheney, but said that the people he spoke with in Washington understood the danger. That's because Cheney's office brims with neoconservatives.

09-06-06 - All Hands on Deck to Defeat John Bolton's Re-nomination to the United Nations He is the darling of the Israeli lobby, he's not going anywhere anytime soon.

09-06-06 - Senate rejects bill which would limit IDF use of U.S.-made bombs The United States Senate on Wednesday rejected a move by Democrats to stop the Pentagon from using cluster bombs near civilian targets and to cut off sales unless purchasers abide by the same rules. You didn't really think that bill would pass, did you? We are talking about Israel here.

09-06-06 - Israel on Campus leaders meet in D.C. The leaders launched a petition drive to thank congressional leaders for their support of Israel during the war.

09-06-06 - N.J. Democrats: Iraq war endangers Israel Two New Jersey Democrats running to unseat Republicans said the Iraq war endangers Israel.

09-06-06 - RJC launches anti-Democrat campaign The Republican Jewish Coalition launched a campaign saying that support for Israel among Democrats is eroding.

09-06-06 - U.N. Watch: Council a 'disappointment' Neuer, whose Geneva-based organization monitors anti-Israel and anti-Jewish bias at the United Nations, was testifying Wednesday before Congress.

09-06-06 - Israel's ?high-tech ballot-stuffing?, aka Lobbyware® Israelis know that repeating a lie often enough goes a long way. And targeting opinion polls - as unscientific as they are - is highly effective.

09-06-06 - Pro-Israel lobby targets BBC online poll The Give Israel Your United Support (GIYUS) website hosts a downloadable desktop tool called Megaphone. The program alerts users to opinion polls and "talkback" features on news sites so they can respond with pro-Israel views. In turn, users can alert GIYUS operators to any opinion polls they think should be targeted.

09-05-06 - In pre-election session, Congress focuses on homeland security issue "AIPAC is pursuing a robust fall agenda that includes action to impede Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons, further isolate the terrorist-led Palestinian Authority and support the full implementation of the U.N. cease-fire agreement in Lebanon," .....Most of the 2005 funds were allocated to Jewish groups seeking protection at synagogues, schools and community centers. Until this summer, the Homeland Security Department had held up allocation of the 2006 funds, saying it preferred to save them for actual instead of potential threats. Following meetings among Jewish lobbyists, department officials and the staff of the relevant Senate appropriations subcommittee, however, officials now say they expect the department to disburse the 2006 funds and both houses of Congress to agree to appropriate $25 million for 2007.

09-05-06 - Netanyahu, Cheney meet The leader of Israel?s opposition Likud Party met with Cheney and top senators Tuesday on a visit to Washington to explain Israel's position on containing Hezbollah and Iran. They meet with Cheney because it is Cheney that runs the show, not Bush. Paragraph 20.

0 9-05-06 - The Looming Implications of the "Clean Break Plan" Currently, AIPAC is one organization that is not required under FARA to report its activities and finances, allowing it to maintain a veil of secrecy about its work from the American people as well as the government.

09-05-06 - Israeli panel: Giuliani is 'best' presidential candidate for Israel ** The panel also concluded that the chances of any of the candidates ordering future military action in Iran were not very high. Giuliani scored highest on this question, followed by Gingrich and McCain.

09-04-06 - Patrick J. Buchanan: Bush has no authority to launch a war on Iran ** There are powerful forces in this country and Israel that wish the United States to launch a massive preemptive strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, and her military and naval assets as well. They will push the president hard to do this before he leaves office. These forces include the Israelis, their strong lobby in the United States, the neoconservatives, some conservative and centrist newspapers, and GOP prospective presidential candidates

09-04-06 - George Carlin - Who Really Controls America Corporate and foreign interests. They count on OUR IGNORANCE, as I've pointed out in a few places here on my website (the foreign interests anyway). And long ago, when I (DH) had the geocities website, and before I began investigating the Israel angle, I had pointed out the bit about the corporate influence as well (top right). Solution? Get your news from overseas (UK), like I do. Do not be a sheep. We can no longer afford it. And God bless George Carlin, swear words and all.

09-04-06 - Campaign to Free Pollard for Rosh HaShanah Ministers have been asked to make a concerted effort to ask U.S. President Bush to pardon Jonathan Pollard in time for the Jewish New Year, 25 days from now.

09-04-06 - For Peace in the Middle East, Stop AIPAC!

09-04-06 - Israel Lobby Watch

09-04-06 - Netanyahu to meet with US VP on talks on Iran Opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu will leave to Washington on Monday for meetings with US Vice President Dick Cheney and senators about the threat from Iran.

09-03-06 - Israel Lobby Takes a Few Hard Hits

09-03-06 - Israel plans for war with Iran and Syria ** (Note that neocon Perle is quoted in this article). There has been grave concern in Israel over a military pact signed in Tehran on June 15 between Iran and Syria, which the Iranian defence minister described as a "mutual front against Israeli threats". You know as well as I that America will be fighting this one too. Somehow, someway, America will be attacking Iran (and consequently Syria) very soon. This is not a new strategy for Israel, contrary to what they said in the article. Israelis demanded America next take care of Iran and Syria the minute we invaded Iraq. See also this article, and this one, and also this one.

09-02-06 - Get ready for the Democrats The basic attitude of Congress toward Israel is not likely to change, according to some pro-Israel officials busy trying to insure just that

09-02-06 - 'Fascism' Frame Set Up by Neocon Press The aggressive new campaign by the administration of President George W. Bush to depict U.S. foes in the Middle East as "fascists" and its domestic critics as "appeasers" owes a great deal to steadily intensifying efforts by the right-wing press over the past several months to draw the same comparison.....Israel-centered neoconservatives and other hawks have long tried to depict foreign challenges to U.S. power as replays of the 1930s in order to rally public opinion behind foreign interventions and high defense budgets and against domestic critics.

09-02-06 - Congressmember Weiner Gets It Wrong On Palestinian Group He Tried To Bar From U.S. You know, Israel didn't choose to have a war. Yes they did, Anthony Weiner. They planned it a year ago(paragraph 4). This guy is yet another shill for Israel on Capitol Hill.

09-01-06 - Rosa Brooks: Criticize Israel? You're an Anti-Semite! What's most troubling is that it's typical. Typical, that is, of what anyone rash enough to criticize Israel can expect to encounter. In the United States today, it just isn't possible to have a civil debate about Israel, because any serious criticism of its policies is instantly countered with charges of anti-Semitism

09-01-06 - Critical congressman tours Israel The American Israel Education Foundation, which is affiliated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, sponsored the trip, and an AIPAC staffer accompanied Van Hollen.

09-01-06 - Atomic inspectors' report on Iran lays groundwork for united action The top agenda item for U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) for the last congressional session in September, before mid-term elections, is final passage of her Iran Freedom Act, which has garnered overwhelming support in the House of Representatives. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee and an array of other Jewish groups are committed to the act's passage.


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