AIPAC

The Illusion Of AIPAC’s Invincibility

February 10, 2014 Trita Parsi, www.huffingtonpost.com Organize! AIPAC, Iran, Israel, Syria

The defeat of AIPAC's ill-advised push for new sanctions on Iran in the midst of successful negotiations is nothing short of historic. The powerful and hawkish pro-Israeli lobby's defeats are rare and seldom public. But in the last year, it has suffered three major public setbacks, of which the sanctions defeat is the most important one. AIPAC's first defeat was over the nomination of Senator Chuck Hagel for secretary of defense. In spite of a major campaign defaming Hagel, even accusing him of anti-Semitism, his nomination won approval in the Senate. The second was over President Barack Obama's push for military action against Syria. AIPAC announced that it would send hundreds of citizen lobbyists to the Hill to help secure approval for authorization of the use of force.

Rabbi, Prominent Jews Opposed To Attack On Syria

September 9, 2013 Harel B., www.popularresistance.org Resist! AIPAC, Syria, Wars and Militarism

“It is time for American Jews to take a stand against AIPAC, to put America first, to put peace first. “This is the time of the Jewish High Holy Days– Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, when many Jews go to synagogue, for some, the only time of year they go. “They are getting messages from their rabbis. Some are being asked to tell their congressmen to support Obama’s call for support for an attack on Syria.Others are being told the exact opposite, that an attack on Syria is a bad idea. “I’ll wrap up this piece with these words. I am a Jew and I totally oppose the attack on Syria. I also totally oppose AIPAC. I support Israel’s right to exist, but oppose many of its policies, just as I have opposed policies of the recent presidents of the United States.

Is Right Wing Israeli Lobby Trying To Hide Its Work For War In Syria?

September 3, 2013 David Weigel, www.slate.com Educate! AIPAC, Israel, Syria, Wars and Militarism

"One administration official, who, like others, declined to be identified discussing White House strategy, called AIPAC 'the 800-pound gorilla in the room,' and said its allies in Congress had to be saying, “If the White House is not capable of enforcing this red line” against the catastrophic use of chemical weapons, 'we’re in trouble.'" That bit in bold is absent, completely, from the NYT version. For it sins, the NYT was called out by Israel policy critic M.J. Rosenberg; for now, it hasn't explained why the grafs were cut. You could argue that the section wasn't key, I suppose, but it was more interesting than the lede news that the Syria strike plan had "tentative support of one of President Obama’s most hawkish critics, Senator John McCain." He'd been calling for this for months! The appeal to pro-Israel sentiment in this campaign is just dead-bang obvious, from John Kerry putting Assad in the same sentence as Hitler to the references to "Munich" and appeasement.

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