Haim Saban called Ellison “anti-Israel” and anti-Semitic. The ADL called on Democrats to reject him. Alan Dershowitz said he’d leave the party if Ellison were elected chair; Jack Rosen of the American Jewish Congress, emailed DNC members the day before the vote saying Ellison threatened the U.S.-Israel relationship. Perez, on the other hand, courted pro-Israel activists: “One of the privileges of my life was getting to travel to Israel and meet someone who is one of my heroes, Shimon Peres. Uncle Shimon, to me…”
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A history of how Israel out-foxed US Presidents, from Eisenhower to Obama
Over the past six decades, Israeli leaders have refined their strategies for taking advantage of their staunchest ally, the United States. Israeli leaders have frequently manipulated and misled American presidents out of a confidence that U.S. politicians deeply fear the political fallout from any public battle with Israel…
Trump’s “Muslim ban”: Israeli strategic plans to “remake the Middle East” from 2001 and before targeted the same countries
With a single exception, all the countries were targeted for attack in 2001, with similar plans in 1996, 1991, 1982, and the 1950s. The fact is that Trump’s action continues policies influenced by people working on behalf of a foreign country, whose goal has been to destabilize and reshape an entire region. The result has been devastating wars, massive refugee movement that is uprooting entire peoples and transforming parts of Europe, desperate terrorism, and now the horror that is ISIS. If this decades-long effort is not halted, it will increasingly devastate the region, our country, and the world…
Israel-first neocons & thinktanks pushed out by Trump?
Philip Giraldi reports that the Israel-first, pro-war neocons and their affiliated think tanks aren’t having the power under Trump that they expected under Hillary. “That the defeat of Hillary was also a defeat of the neoconservatives and their alphabet soup of institutes and think tanks is sometimes overlooked.” Giraldi writes: Many of the Trump dissidents like…
How pro-Israel neocons pushed for war in Iraq [VIDEO]
Israel and its American partisans played a major role – perhaps the decisive role – in pushing the U.S. to invade Iraq, because they considered Iraq a potential threat to Israel – an invasion that has resulted in the deaths of half a million Iraqis, 7,000 Americans, will cost Americans trillions of dollars, and led to the regional chaos we see today
Tom Brady & Snoop Dogg’s Super Bowl Ad Isn’t What You Think—Here’s Who’s Behind It
They will appear in a Superbowl ad denouncing “hatred.” The ad is paid for by the “Foundation to Combat Antisemitism,” staffed by Israel lobbyists that attempts to equate opposition to Israel’s destruction of Gaza with anti-Jewish racism. It was founded by billionaire Patriots owner and Israel advocate Robert Kraft.
I don’t mean to say I told you so, but…
Stephen Walt: Probably the most controversial claim in my work on the Israel lobby is our argument that it played a key role in the decision to invade Iraq in 2003…
Palestinians show steadfastness on Eid amid violence, grieving, death – Day 254
Beatings in Jerusalem; bombs, prayers, and gravesite visits in Gaza; Netanyahu doesn’t want humanitarian pauses; 7-year-old detained in West Bank; Israel’s record-high weapons sales; freed Israeli hostage looks well cared-for; Israeli former legislator invokes Hitler; Israel lobby tidbits; more
Massie: Politicians have an “AIPAC guy” (who tells them what to do)
Commentators Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss Tucker Carlson’s recent interview with Kentucky Republican Congressman Thomas Massie. Massie, Ball, and Enjeti describe how the pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) influences politicians and others, including taking them on free trips to Israel.
The long-dreaded evacuation of Rafah has begun – Day 212
The evacuation of Rafah, in preparation for invasion (long forecast to be a bloodbath, and denounced by the US) – is underway; UNRWA chief Lazzarini’s accusations against Israel; US may have delayed an arms shipment to Israel; top US scholar says Israel Lobby is why Biden doesn’t reign in Israel; Netanyahu reportedly doesn’t want a ceasefire; reactions to the abrupt (but expected) closure of Al Jazeera-Israel; Palestinian journalist killed; campus protest news…