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ISRAEL (AIPAC)

Original post made by Jag Singh, Duveneck/St. Francis, on Nov 21, 2006

The recent results of the mid-term election have resulted in a stunning repudiation of Bush’s foreign policy and turned the spotlight on the activities of lobbyists such as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee or AIPAC. AIPAC boasts of being one of the nation’s most influential lobby. Consider some of its more egregious activities:
> Played a key role persuading the Bush administration and US lawmakers to wage the preemptive war on Iraq.
> Continues to exert enormous pressure on US lawmakers to continue the $3 billion a year funding of Israel’s apartheid polices.
> Pressuring US lawmakers to support future military strikes on Iran.
> Lobbied US lawmakers to fund the apartheid wall which cuts into large acres of land belonging to the Palestinians.
> Silences all political opposition to Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian land, targeted assassinations, home demolitions and theft of Palestinian taxes.

However, it is encouraging to hear more and more courageous Americans expressing their opposition to AIPAC’s undue influence.

Two eminent scholars, Professor Stephen Walt of Harvard University, and John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago, published a highly acclaimed paper arguing that AIPAC has adversely influenced U.S. foreign policy compromising our security in order to advance the interest of Israel. I urge readers to contact their local representatives and demand that we call a halt to unconditional support to Israel whose policies have in large measure contributed to the chaos and instability in the Middle East and enormous oppression of the Palestinians.

Comments (2)

Posted by Boaz
a resident of Greater Miranda
on Nov 22, 2006 at 11:29 am

Yawn. More of the same from Jag Singh. Not sure where Jag got this stuff from, but the acclaimed paper was published more than 6 months ago.

For those interested in a nut shell version of the paper and reaction to it can go to:

Web Link

Please note that the paper was praised by David Duke-- a known racist and anti-semite. Of more interest is the fact that the paper was criticized by Stephen Zunes and Noam Chumsky--two people who are never very sympathetic to Israel.
You can read these comments and others--which are fully referenced, unlike Jag's cut and paste jobs at the link above.


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on Jun 5, 2017 at 10:06 pm

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