AIPAC
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Jewish-American group Jewish Voice for Peace is launching a campaign aimed at counteracting AIPAC, the lobbying group implicated in a number of scandals involving foreign agents suspected of spying on America for Israel. In a message sent to supporters today, communications director Cecilie Surasky announced that JVP had purchased a truck advertisement circling outside the [...]
Tales from the Israel-U.S. Matrix
Another day, another two stories about Israeli/American politicians/activists fiddling around with each other. 1. The Jerusalem ComPost has the following story about a letter from an Israeli politician to Rahm Emanuel imploring him to remmber his roots. Israel’s National Union chairman Ya’acov “Ketzele” Katz sent a don’t-forget-your-roots-bitch note to White House chief-of-staff Rahm Emanuel. The [...]
Israel Lobby 1, America 0
Chas Freeman, picked by the Obama administration to lead the National Intelligence Council, has withdrawn his agreement to serve in that position. Freeman, a veteran diplomat who was ambassador to Saudi Arabia during the first Persian Gulf war, came under heavy fire from the pro-Israel lobby. Pro-Israel lobbyists opposed the appointment, and made wild accusations [...]
When you’re Black and a politician, you’re probably no longer Black
As usual, Black Agenda Report (BAR) continues to prove itself a true leftist voice. Below is a scathing piece on the Congressional Black Caucus’s support for Israel’s genocidal adventures in Gaza. Only two — Maxine Waters and Gwen Moore — of the 39 members of the CBC voted against supporting Israel’s murder and maiming of [...]
How the Tail Wags the Dog & Sec. Rice has Shame?
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert shared the story of the mysterious American abstention from the UN resolution it led the negotiations on. Last week, as US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was to vote yes on Security Council resolution 1860, she received a call from President George W. Bush ordering her to abstain. Olmert explained [...]
When Do You Know Israel has Gone too Far? When the U.S. Senate Supports it.
If these sacks were full of dollars and not flour, the US Senate would be first in line. Any decent observer will ask: if Israel has been permitted to wreak this much havoc in Gaza by the world powers, at what point is the humanitarian disaster too big to let Israel carry-on? When the Red [...]
First Poll on US Opinion on Gaza: Democratic Politicians Ignore Public Opinion
In one of the more interesting analytical writings on the American (non-)debate on the Israeli assault on Gaza, Glenn Greenwald considers how alarmingly out-of-step Democratic politicians are with their party’s rank-and-file views. He cites the first poll on American public views of Israel’s attack. While there is a general tie between those supportive and opposed, [...]
Arab/Muslim American Lobby?
Throughout this year’s campaign, I have been a strong supporter of Barack Obama. I have volunteered for his campaign in Nevada, driving through the southwest desert from my idyllic Los Angeles orange groves to lend my hand of support. I worked the phone banks with his campaign as well and tried to convince concerned Americans [...]
Gaddafi tries his hand at Frantz Fanon and U.S. electoral politics on the same day
Muammar Gaddafi has diagnosed the motive behind Barack Obama’s AIPAC speech. It turns out, Barack’s support for Israel stems from an “inferiority complex” over his African origins. To prove he’s as good as the white man, he’s acting “more white than white people,” all triggered by Barack’s mother, whose fault this all is for holding [...]
Al Jazeera at the AIPAC Conference
Check this, AIPAC can’t handle Al Jazeera at last week’s conference: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPJsx5dG0tc]
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