AIPAC, Explained: The Inside Story of America's Powerful and Divisive pro-Israel Lobby

Harretz ^ | 2/28/24 | Ben Samuals

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WASHINGTON – Few people are entirely neutral in their assessment of the work and influence of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Whether revered, feared or reviled, AIPAC is seen by some as an icon of pro-Israel advocacy – or the bogeyman symbolizing everything that's wrong with America's political lobbying and fundraising scene. But no matter how it's characterized, AIPAC's political evolution over the past three years has been one of the defining stories of U.S. politics.

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President Ronald Reagan and AIPAC butted heads over his proposed sale of Airborne Warning and Control Systems to Saudi Arabia in 1981. AIPAC lobbied hard against the sale, but Reagan met with Jewish senators one on one and threatened to unleash dual loyalty charges if they voted against him. Reagan also made a pointed dig: "It is not the business of other nations to make American foreign policy."

[sauropod]

Whoretz again.

[Wuli]

Harretz, the Leftist rag of self-hating Israelis.

[Uncle Miltie]

Lookee here!

The FR ham ass chorus has discovered the communists in Israel and trumpets their propaganda!

Enjoy folks! Knowing the source and its conduit.

[nwrep]

Any citations or links for this?

[jimwatx]

AIPAC represents the interests of a foreign country and needs to be registered as such.

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Apparently when I posted that article from Harretz I used up my last free reads. I’m not about to buy a subscription. It’s from 2/28/24 by Ben Samuals. You should be able to read it if you access it at Harretz’s site. Sorry, I thought the posting was avoiding the paywall. It is a very interesting read if you can get at it.

[gibsonguy]

Harretz, the Leftist rag of self-hating Israelis.“

Old Marcus said it best:
A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

[dfwgator]

The Chaim Rumkowski of Israeli newspapers.

[Socon-Econ]

Powerful? A thing of the past due to demographics.

[NWFree]

They must not be doing a very good job with all the Jew hating going on