Tag: AIPAC

Philip Geraldi, What to do about Israel?

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By Jonas E. Alexis Introduction JEA: Philip Giraldi has done it again. He has essentially fleshed out a reasonable solution to the Israel problem. We all know that Israel is a problem child and that if nothing is done to stop this diabolical entity from bleeding America to death in the Middle East and elsewhere, then America will continue to be buried beneath an avalanche of debt and death of precious souls. Two cheers for Giraldi. Philip Giraldi “The rich and powerful have inevitably gone too far and have finally received…

Bought-And-Paid-For: Biden’s Long History Pandering to the Israeli Lobby

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By Editors While Democrats accused Donald Trump of being a Russian agent, they don’t seem to care that Biden is a bought-and-paid-for agent of the Israeli lobby. In the late 1980s, Rannie Amiri, an independent commentator on political affairs, challenged then-Senator Joe Biden on his stance toward the Israel-Palestine conflict following a campus speech that Biden gave, asking him: Rather than succumb to the influence of various lobbying groups in Washington, such as AIPAC [American Israel Public Affairs Committee—which promotes the views of Israel’s right-wing Likud Party], and the untold amount of…

Paul Craig Roberts, US Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Law Protecting Israel From Boycotting

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Paul Craig Roberts The Israel Lobby spent a lot of money to get corrupt legislatures in 32 states to protect Israel from being boycotted. The laws are in violation of the First Amendment and are being struck down. See: https://www.activistpost.com/2021/02/federal-court-strikes-down-arkansas-attempt-to-punish-proponents-of-boycotting-israel-over-its-treatment-of-palestinians.html  The Lobby’s other shield that protects Israel’s theft of Palestine and murder of Palestinians is the anti-semite smear.  Israel is the only country in the world that equates criticism of the Israeli government with hatred of Israel’s Jewish ethnicity.  It is possible to criticize US government policy without being labeled “anti-American,” but to…

Paul Craig Roberts, America on the Ropes

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Paul Craig Roberts The impeachment proceedings orchestrated by the idiot House Democrats with the aid of the corrupt FBI, CIA, NSA and presstitute media have been a boon for Republican fundraising. Jews such as Schiff and Nadler have created the impression for the average gentile American that Jews do not accept that “Trump Deplorables” are qualified to elect their own President, and that Schiff and Nadler intend to overturn the election outcome as it was the result of people who shouldn’t be allowed to vote. Jennifer Rubin adds to this…

Dana Milbank, Netanyahu’s AIPAC Speech is a Knife in the Heart of US-Israel Alliance

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Dana Milbank The gods were toying with Benjamin Netanyahu and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. The Israeli prime minister canceled his Tuesday appearance at the pro-Israel lobbying group’s Washington conference because of violence in Israel, but he attempted a live video address. Netanyahu’s speech was another knife into the heart of the bipartisan U.S.-Israel alliance. He attacked Democrats, singling out one Muslim member of Congress for remarks that were seen as anti-Semitic, while ignoring the many anti-Semitic remarks by Republicans. And he leveled the scurrilous claim that anyone who…

Andrew Levine: Is Ilhan Omar Wrong . . . About Anything?

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Andrew Levine It has been clear for some time that Ilhan Omar owes no one any apologies for her remarks on AIPAC and those who tow its line; quite to the contrary, apologies are owed her.  Developments over the past several weeks underscore how important it is to drive that point home. Before the 2008 publication of John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt’s The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, the subject was, for all practical purposes, taboo. Everything had to be kept hush hush, just as it did with the NSA (no such agency),…

Chris Hedges, Israel’s Stranglehold on American Politics

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Chris Hedges The harder it becomes for Israel to sell its apartheid state, the more pronounced its already massive interference will become. The Israel lobby’s buying off of nearly every senior politician in the United States, facilitated by our system of legalized bribery, is not an anti-Semitic trope. It is a fact. The lobby’s campaign of vicious character assassination, smearing and blacklisting against those who defend Palestinian rights—including the Jewish historian Norman Finkelstein and university students, many of them Jewish, in organizations such as Students for Justice in Palestine—is not an anti-Semitic trope.…

AP: Omar furor reflects intensifying national debate over Israel

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David Crary NEW YORK (AP) — For Congress, the allegations of anti-Semitism directed toward Rep. Ilhan Omar have no precedent. Yet on college campuses, in state legislatures and in many other venues nationwide, the polarized debate about Israel is a familiar conflict and likely to intensify in the months and years ahead. Fueled by a wave of youthful activists, including many Jews aligning with Muslims, criticism of Israel’s policies toward the Palestinians has grown in volume and scope, with persistent calls for boycotts and disinvestment. Pro-Israel organizations and politicians have…

Sanders, Harris, Warren Defend Ilhan Omar Amid Controversy Over Israel Comments

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By Caroline Kelly and Gregory Krieg, CNN   emocratic presidential candidates Sens. Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday defended Rep. Ilhan Omar against the backlash to her comments slamming pro-Israel groups and politicians, which have been called anti-Semitic. Sanders, who is Jewish, said criticism of Omar and efforts to get her taken off the House Foreign Affairs Committee, primarily from House Republicans, are aimed at stopping a discussion about American’s foreign policy toward Israel. “What I fear is going on in the House now is an effort…

HARRETZ (2016): American Jewish Establishment Stifles Free Speech to Silence Zionism’s Critics

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Peter Beinart / HARRETZ [Editor’s note: As Cynthia McKinney explained to Marzieh Hasmhimi on Press TV in 2011 (the video of which has been suppressed), new members of Congress are asked to sign a pledge to put the interests of Israel ahead of those of the United States, where those who decline find themselves confronted with a well-financed alternative candidate next time around or that their district has been redrawn and they no longer have a seat. She was able to overcome those obstacles, but even as notable a member as…