In 2018 #Netanyahu's govt "pushed through Parliament a new law calling Israel the 'nation-state of the Jewish people'…its primary function is to build a formal foundation for Israel’s annexation of the West Bank—& for a Jewish state eventually to stretch over the whole of Palestine"…In 1948, the Declaration of Independence…created a Jewish state that would ensure 'complete equality of social & political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex'" https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/26/opinion/israel-law-jewish-democracy-apartheid-palestinian.html
"In 2019, #AIPAC applauded Congress for imposing sanctions aimed at forcing the Syrian government to, among other things, permit “the safe, voluntary, & dignified return of Syrians displaced by the conflict.” That same year, the Union for Reform Judaism, in justifying its support for reparations for Black Americans, approvingly cited a UN resolution that defines reparations as including the right to 'return to one’s place of residence.' "
Jewish Americans opposing American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the most powerful wing of Israel's lobbying in the US, write,
"In contrast to AIPAC, we are American Jews who believe that US support for foreign governments should only be extended to those that respect the full human and civil rights, and right to self-determination, of all people."
We are Jewish Americans who have varying perspectives. We’ve come together to highlight and oppose the unprecedented and damaging role of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and its allied groups in US elections, especially within Democratic Party primaries. We recognize that the purpose of AIPAC’s interventions in electoral politics is to defeat any critics of Israeli government policy and to support candidates who vow unwavering loyalty to Israel, thereby ensuring the United States’ continuing support for all that Israel does, regardless of its violence and illegality.
"My fellow Americans are you ok with a lobby group representing the best interests of a foreign government telling you that you need to bust your ass everyday, and have a portion of your earnings taken from you by our federal government and funneled to the Israeli government so they can commit atrocities in the Gaza Strip. Are you ok with that? Cause I'm not ok with that." - Ana Kasparian, The Young Turks
"Meeting: locked down w few SM posts. The goal of this year’s gathering was to fire up attendees for AIPAC’s 2024 agenda, before sending them off to strong-arm Congress on supporting IL.
#AIPAC’s leg. strategy will use to support an unconditional $14B MIL funding package that has thus far been held up, among other policy changes +incl. abolishing the UNRWA to opposing recent restrictions imposed by the Biden admin on Israeli settlers..." https://prospect.org/world/2024-03-14-aipac-talking-points-revealed/
#US / Schumer: 'Israel Cannot Survive if It Becomes a Pariah'
[…] Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the highest ranking Jewish elected official in U.S. history and a pro-Israel stalwart, slammed Netanyahu as having 'bowed to the demands of extremists' and warning the Israeli government that it is 'testing U.S. standards for assistance'
This unprecedented call comes amid growing pressure within the Democratic caucus to condition U.S. military assistance to Israel, with eight senators urging #Biden to halt arms sales if Israel fails to improve aid provision to Gaza.
Schumer's speech has been praised by some as historic and gutsy, while the Republican Jewish Coalition accused him of undermining Israel and meddling in its domestic politics.
[cont'd] Pelosi defends Schumer criticism of Israel as an ‘Act of courage’
#Netanyahu appears to be appealing more to American television audiences than his own constituents in Israel. His recent round of appearances on Sunday morning news shows has garnered a predictable response from those who once offered him unwavering support...
Pelosi called Schumer's (a staunch supporter of Israel and "honorary member" of the infamous #AIPAC) speech an act of courage, stating that Israel's reputation is at risk due to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
She also criticized Netanyahu for not allowing more humanitarian aid into Gaza.
[cont'd] The Pro-Israel Right Wants to Eat Its Cake Too
@MickG59 title says it all, I think [apropos your comment]
[...] American foreign policy is today effectively handcuffed by the lobbying efforts of powerful special interest groups like the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. These organizations are hellbent on ensuring that the U.S. provide Israel unstinting military, economic, and diplomatic support, even as its government rebuffs repeated U.S. requests to allow the creation of a Palestinian state in accordance with international law.
Today Medea Benjamin spoke to lobbyists and profiteers of genocide at Capitol Hill, together with Code Pink.
How AIPAC replied in their own words to uncomfortable questions is telling so much more than Stanfords Prison Experiment data ever could, if accomplished.
Obviously, the fringe right autocratic #Nethanyahu and his zionist racist apartheid #regime of Israel have benefits of Qui Bono, not US citizens, nor the population of Palestine.
#AIPAC isn't even registered as foreign agents while spending a budget of 100 Million dollars to bribe US politicians annually. https://www.aljazeera.com/program/investigations/2017/1/10/the-lobby-young-friends-of-israel-part-1/
That's how easy it is to swing US votes in the interest of zionist Israel, and kind of a "anti-semitic conspiracy theory" for very well uneducated people, too. If this system ever was a Democracy is another question, but without a doubt it's not in a state of corruption like that.
If a computer is corrupted like that, it's wise to replace MS Windows. Better get rid of it's commercial tools and malicious routines with a Free GNU Operating System aka Linux. Sometimes it's necessary to replace an old harddisk with SSD, but each of those computers can run another decade with Free Software. That's good for our environment and what most of our gfkDSGN artists are working on.
CIJA (#Canada’s #AIPAC) is suing the Canadian government for restoring #UNRWA funding to feed starving children, just light & love from these guys: #cdnpoli
#US / everything you need to know about the revered, feared and reviled lobbying and political fundraising group
As the 2024 elections approach, #AIPAC is poised to play a significant role, with a $40 million war chest and plans to target progressive Democrats perceived as insufficiently supportive of Israel.
AIPAC's shift in recent years from its claimed political neutrality to more explicit alignment with the Republican Party and the Israeli right-wing, particularly under Benjamin Netanyahu's leadership led to growing tensions with the Democratic Party's progressive wing and criticism from liberal American Jews, who accuse #AIPAC of not representing the diversity of views on #Israel.
[…] In his memoir "A Promised Land," #Obama wrote that "members of both parties worried about crossing" AIPAC, adding that "those who criticized Israeli policy too loudly risked being tagged as 'anti-Israel' (and possibly antisemitic) and confronted with a well-funded opponent in the next election." He wrote that clashing with Israel "exacted a domestic political cost that simply didn't exist" when dealing with any of the U.S.' other close allies.
[…] It was during the Trump administration that AIPAC's identification with the GOP intensified and it got more explicitly involved in U.S. domestic politics, particularly by criticizing the Democratic Party's rising progressive wing. Since Sen. Bernie Sanders, then a presidential candidate, declined to participate in AIPAC's 2016 conference, the pro-Israel lobby started going on the offensive – but especially after a wave of pro-Palestinian progressive candidates entered office in 2018, several of whom successfully defeated pro-Israel incumbents.
More than 20 progressive groups form a coalition to counter pro-Israel groups before the election
[…] The coalition, called Reject AIPAC, includes Jewish peace organizations and Arab American and Muslim groups that have been organizing in record numbers since the Israel-Hamas war began in October.
[…] The strategy, according to Andrabi, is to link up the grassroots organizations behind a seven-figure “electoral defense campaign” that aims to not only protect members of Congress being targeted by AIPAC but also to bring light to what they see as the group’s divergence from the longstanding values of the Democratic Party.