The Israel lobby is one of the most powerful and pervasive special interest groups in the U.S. It consists of a multitude of institutions and individuals that work to influence Congress, the president, academia, the media, religious institutions, and American public opinion on behalf of Israel. View the list…
Leaked nternal AIPAC materials reveal huge gifts from moguls — and the strategies lobbyists used to score the cash. This names the names.
Israel may or may not allow aid into Gaza; US under fire for ignoring Israel’s killing of Palestinian-American teen; Trump, Netanyahu reaffirm vision for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza; Israel has turned 50% of Gaza into “uninhabitable kill zone”; White House blames Hamas for Israeli execution of Palestinian medics; more.
Hundreds of former employees of Israel lobbying groups such as AIPAC, StandWithUs, & CAMERA are in top newsrooms across the country, writing and producing America’s news. These outlets include MSNBC, The New York Times, CNN, and Fox News.
The detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a prominent Palestinian activist involved in organizing at Columbia University, is the result of more than a year of pro-Israeli think-tank propaganda and lobbying efforts to tie the students to Hamas and erode free speech protections in the United States.
Columbia, which manages & awards the Pulitzer prize, put someone who advocated killing Arab civilians in a position of power, helping determine who in journalism is worthy of its highest award, and creating an atmosphere on campus that makes clear to its Palestinian students that they are unworthy of normal protections under the laws of war.
Professor John Mearshesheimer and Judge Napolitano (formerly of Fox News) are referring to the groups behind the effort to deport Columbia University’s Mahmoud Khalil, a legal US resident.
In light of the recent incarceration of Ali Abunimah in Zurich, it’s useful to examine the Israel lobby in Switzerland. As former HRW official Sarah Leah Whitson noted: “Switzerland has shamelessly kowtowed to the pro-Israel lobby by deporting an American citizen because he advocates for Palestinian rights.”
Israel lobby groups have given Trump over $230 million, part of the lobby’s pervasive influence in shaping American policy in favor of Israel
Death statistics in Gaza; Israel kills another journalist; Israel must be hiding sexual crimes; “defeat Hamas before Trump’s inauguration”; calls to expand attacks on West Bank; many captives are now missing; more.