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Midterm scoreboard reveals massive pro-Israel influence on Congressional candidates

[email protected] November 1, 2018 AIPAC, bill nelson, midterm elections, NORPAC, PACS

A detailed scoreboard on candidates for Congress shows that 28 pro-Israel PACs and numerous pro-Israel individuals have given candidates millions of dollars in campaign contributions. The scoreboard presents 29 bills and resolutions that were introduced on behalf of Israel. 20 passed into law or on-record statement, many by unanimous consent. The legislation has accrued a total of over 3,300 co-sponsors… Over 80 congressional challengers have also accepted donations from at least one pro-Israel PAC; most from more than one, etc. Read the full summary:

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Adelson-Funded IAC and Other Groups May Soon Rival AIPAC for Influence, Power

[email protected] October 24, 2018 AIPAC, Alpha Epsilon Pi, Haim Saban, IAC, Naftali Bennett, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Sheldon Adelson, Tzipi Hotovely, World Values Network, ZOA

The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs details how casino magnate Sheldon Adelson uses his billions of dollars to advocate for Israel.

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WATCH: Suppressed Al Jazeera film details the Israel lobby’s ‘covert war’ to manipulate Americans

[email protected] October 23, 2018 AIPAC, Al Jazeera, billboards, Israel on Campus Coalition, Israeli Cyber Shield, Kela Shlomo, Kenneth Marcus, Louis Brandeis Center, Strategic Affairs Ministry, The Israel Project, Vaknin-Gil

Ha’aretz obtained Al Jazeera’s four-part documentary about the Israel lobby, censored following pressure by Jewish-American groups . It shows how Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry works with pro-Israel U.S. officials and groups to manipulate Americans…

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Mondoweiss: New York Times staff writer praises AIPAC for its work supporting Israel

[email protected] October 10, 2018 AIPAC, Bari Weiss, Bret Stephens, David Brooks, Munich, Roger Cohen, Ronen Bergman, Steven Spielberg

Phil Weiss reports on a talk by Ronen Bergman, who lavished praise on AIPAC for ‘having Israel’s back’… Weiss notes that 4 New York Times writers have had sons in the Israeli military; current Times columnists Roger Cohen, Bret Stephens and David Brooks are proudly Zionist; opinion editor Bari Weiss comes out of a career as an Israel advocate, and her father is a stalwart at AIPAC…

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Israel would get far more than $38 billion under the new deal

[email protected] September 18, 2018 aid to Israel, AIPAC, Haim Saban, Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, Sheldon Adelson

Israel would get far more than billion under the new deal

In an unprecedented gift of our executive power to Israel, the House has passed for the very first time a law that forces the American president to give Israel a minimum of $3.8 billion per year. We have, in effect, crippled our ability to promote US interests in the Middle East. The new House version is even more generous to Israel than the Senate bill and the 2016 MOU… it amounts to $7,230 per minute to Israel, or $120 per second…

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Congress today sneaking through $38 billion to Israel – Call now!

[email protected] September 12, 2018 aid to Israel, AIPAC, anti-Semitism, antisemitism

Congress today sneaking through billion to Israel – Call now!

Israel partisans are sneaking through 2 Congressional bills today! Voters need to phone Congress about them now: the largest military aid package in U.S. history, and a bill for a special envoy who will monitor criticism of Israel worldwide…

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Mondoweiss: Synagogues celebrate Jewish festival of… AIPAC!

[email protected] September 4, 2018 AIPAC, Ammiel Hirsch, Angela Buchdahl, B’nai Jehoshuah Beth Elohim, Beth Israel of San Diego, Beth Yeshurun, Central Synagogue, Congregation Beth David in San Jose, Congregation Beth Israel of Houston, Conservative Park Avenue Synagogue, CT, David-Seth Kirshner, Elliot Cosgrove, Kehilath Jeshurun, North Suburban Synagogue Beth El, Rabbi Daniel M. Cohen, Rabbi David Lyon, Rabbi Elie Weinstock, Rabbi Gayle Pomerantz, Rabbi Jonathan Blake, Rabbi Jonathan Singer, Rabbi Mitchell Hurvitz, Rabbi Steve Morgen, Rodef Sholom of San Rafael CA, Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, Temple Beth Sholom in Miami Beach, Temple Emanu-El, Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel, Temple Sholom in Greenwich, Temple Tifereth Israel of suburban Cleveland, Westchester Reform Temple.

Phil Weiss reports in Mondoweiss that numerous synagogues around the US not only publicly support Israel, they support the Israel lobbying organization AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. The promotion of AIPAC shows how monolithic the American Jewish community largely still is in support of Israel…

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Florida A&M campus newspaper: The relationship between African-American students and Israel

[email protected] August 14, 2018 AIPAC, FAMU, Florida A&M, HBCUs, israel lobby, Jason Ajiake, Julian Coakley, Vincent Evans

Article in the Florida A&M campus newspaper describes how AIPAC woos student leaders from historically black colleges and universities…

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Senate passes $38 billion to Israel – next step House of Representatives

[email protected] August 2, 2018 aid to Israel, AIPAC, Corker, menendez, Senate

Senate passes billion to Israel – next step House of Representatives

The Senate yesterday passed a bill to give Israel $38 billion over the next 10 years. The legislation, heavily promoted by AIPAC, was adopted in a voice vote. The next steps are for the House to pass it, and then for Trump to sign it into law.

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Congress begins passing bills to give Israel more money – Part one: $550 million

[email protected] August 2, 2018 aid to Israel, AIPAC, Congress, Senate

Congress begins passing bills to give Israel more money – Part one: 0 million

Congress just passed a bill that will give Israel $550 million. Now this goes to President Trump to sign into law. Another bill is still pending – this one would give Israel about $38 billion.

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