While some party leaders and big Democratic donors are pro-Israel, actual Democratic voters have moved on from Israel with remarkable speed and consistency. Why does the media keep covering it like a 50/50 issue?
Pro-Israel smear campaigns have ended many political careers in the past, but they’re now falling flat. This shift is one of the clearest signs that Israel’s standing in U.S. politics has changed, likely permanently.
Israel advocate veteran John Podhoretz celebrated the role of “Jewish money” in defeating Massie. But Massie’s primary loss to the Israel Lobby seems to have emboldened him. He also announced that he will honor and memorialize the crew of the USS Liberty on the House floor on Monday at noon.
AIPAC does not have to single-handedly decide an election to shape its outcome. Its power lies in changing the conditions under which the election is fought.
The powerful UK based Israel lobby succeeded in getting Cenk Uygur & Hassan Piker banned from the country (Cenk was scheduled to speak at Oxford)… and that’s not all…
Better Blue Fund is one of the groups acting as a “one-stop shop” for contributions from some of the pro-Israel lobby’s largest longtime donors.
In our broken political system, the pro-Israel lobby has relied on shell political action groups with deceptive names to defeat Israel critics.
Leading neoconservative commentator and staunch defender of Israel, John Podhoretz, warns that “Jewish money” should be used against every candidate who opposes Israel, as was done against Thomas Massie. (video)
No matter what Cruz and his friends say, Massie’s primary made the reality of our corrupt political system impossible to keep hidden. It is all out in the open now
Charity failed to mention it funnels about $45m annually to a Jewish non-profit that organizes Israel trips for teens