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After the price of oil quadrupled in 1973, Syria and other Arab states put pressure on Saudi Arabia to use its new wealth against Israel. Part of the Saudi government's response was to lead a campaign against support for Israel in the U.S. On their own, however, the Saudis lacked the connections and savvy to affect American-Israeli ties. To make up for this, the Saudi state recruited help. In "The American House of Saud" (Franklin Watts, 448 pages, $18.95), Steven Emerson, a journalist and former staff member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, chronicles anti-Israeli activities undertaken in recent years...

More than a quarter of the Senate defied President Barack Obama on Thursday by introducing legislation that could raise sanctions on Iran, and compel the United States to support Israel if it launches a pre-emptive attack on the Iranian nuclear program. The bill, sponsored by 13 Democrats and 13 Republicans, sets sanctions that would go into effect if Tehran violates the nuclear deal it reached with world powers last month or lets it expire without a long-term accord. The measures include a global boycott on Iranian oil exports within one year and the blacklisting of Iran’s mining, engineering and construction...

....Republicans are concerned -- Lake quotes Minority Whip Eric Cantor as saying Freeman's past associations "are deeply alarming" and reports that Rep. Mark Kirk is urging the inspector general to review the appointment -- but so are Democrats. THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned that Senator Charles Schumer called Rahm Emanuel earlier this week to express his concern about the appointment. And while Freeman's appointment is unlikely to be revoked, this story may yet have legs. Freeman has yet to file his financial disclosure forms. He has one month to do so. It will be interesting to see just how dependent...

The Islamo Arab Goliath Mafia LobbyAt the UN, EU, and in Generalhttp://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.13545/pub_detail.asp The Arab lobby crippling police in security http://www.scottishfriendsofisrael.org/united_nations.htm Arab lobby and UN http://www.wzo.org.il/en/resources/view.asp?id=26 The Arab Boycott: Economic War Against the State of Israel http://www.islamreview.com/articles/europeanfears.shtml Arab lobby functioning through European functionaries, built into the European institutions to influence Europeans http://www.jewishagency.org/JewishAgency/English/Jewish+Education/Education+FAQ/Hasbara+-+Israel+Advocacy+Resources The campaigns were fueled by the financial and international political power of the Arab lobby in the UN and the world, which exerted pressure through ... http://www.middleeastfacts.com/Articles/ arabian-fights-how-the-saudis-lobby.php Arabian Fights: How the Saudis Lobby http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=15962 Already the Euro-Arab lobby of the powerful replacement theology models Arafat as a Moses,...