A Foreign Policy investigation shows the lengths to which the powerful pro-Israel lobby goes to avoid disclosing its influence. Bill Allison, Foreign Policy –The numbers are eye-opening: The American Israel Public Affairs Committee saw its annual budget skyrocket in just 13 years from $15.8 million to $64.3 million in 2013 — the most recent year […]
In 2008, on the front page, was a color photo of a two year old Iraqi boy being pulled from the rubble of a house that had been destroyed by American missiles. The little boy was wearing shorts and a t-shirt and had on his feet flip-flops. His head was hanging back at an angle […]
By Philip Giraldi – I have become weary of the dancing around by politicians and denial by Jewish organizations over what Israel has been doing to the Palestinians. That anyone can with a straight face deny that there is anything wrong with a nearly fifty year occupation and strangling of the Palestinians because they have […]
Identity politics is a fact of American life. There is a Congressional Black Caucus, a Congressional Hispanic Caucus and a Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus. Jewish lawmakers meet, they consult, their staffs check in with one another. Every four years, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee assembles a “Breakfast with Mishpocha” at political conventions. But there is […]
“…for the Israeli government and Israel’s American lobby, Iran’s alleged nuclear threat has served the same purpose as Saddam’s non-existent WMD—it generates public support against a target that is designated for other reasons… ” By Stephen J. Sniegoski American critics are going all out to derail President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran, which also […]
The bad guys who took aim at Bartlett? They were people defending their homes and families against an invader… his claim that he was maimed by Iranian provided weapons should not go unchallenged. In actual fact, it is a lie. By Philip Giraldi – There is a new entrant in the already crowded field of […]
Vice President Joe Biden had an intimate phone call with a thousand Jewish leaders, beseeching, teaching and preaching the Iran nuclear deal. Biden said, “Quite frankly, I wouldn’t be in this job or any job that I had in elected politics were it not for this community, among others.” Obama said the Iran deal would […]
AIPAC’S “Citizens for a Nuclear Free Iran” will spend $20 million to run ads in 30-40 states. Politico – AIPAC, the powerful pro-Israel organization, has launched a new advocacy group to oppose the Iran nuclear deal. Citizens for a Nuclear Free Iran, a new 501(c)4 group, is dedicated to informing the public “about the dangers […]
… in a closed briefing session with Israeli journalists a spokeswoman for the Israeli embassy in Berlin said it was an Israeli interest to maintain German guilt feelings… The spokes person said “it was an off-the-record conversation, a briefing talk. The way I speak with Israeli journalists is a little different. These things aren’t intended […]
…“discouraging” Israel boycotts would become one of the “principal negotiating objectives” of U.S. officials in bill just passed by both chambers of Congress… The bill’s passage could compromise trade dealings with Europe… AIPAC pushed inclusion of the language… JTA, “Congress writes boycott opposition into trade talks” June 25, 2015 — Congress included a provision in […]