Hossfly
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What Countries are behind us with Isreal
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Typical Nazi rationale when these scumbags get caught lying about and selling their hate for Joooos. "Well, I don't care if there is no proof for my claims, the Elders of Zion ... blah ... blah ... Jew conspiracy ... blah ... blah ... blah...
"People" lie PBrain have no idea how obvious they are.
You have a better chance of seeing Allah but PBrain will now claim "well, I'm sure he said that but even if he didn't, he would have if only he had existed!" It's just how NaziBoy rolls.
sealadaigh
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don't plotz, meshugga goy. what? you want others to fight so you can stay safe at home and play with your motor scooters?
oy vey? have you seen such a scaredy cat in your life, and acting like he is so brave on his scooter?
What the **** is wrong with you?
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Israel lobby in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Campaign donations
"Political campaign contributions", writes Mitchell Bard, "are also considered an important means of influence; typically, Jews have been major benefactors."
According to Bard, objective quantification that the impact of campaign contributions have on "legislative outcomes, particularly with regard to Israel-related issues" is difficult. This is because raw analysis of contributions statistics do not take into account "non-monetary factors" and whether or not "a candidate is pro-Israel because of receiving a contribution, or receives a donation as a result of taking a position in support of Israel."[18]
Targeting
AIPAC does not give donations directly to candidates, but those who donate to AIPAC are often important political contributors in their own right. In addition, AIPAC helps connect donors with candidates, especially to the network of pro-Israel political action committees. AIPAC president Howard Friedman says AIPAC meets with every candidate running for Congress. These candidates receive in-depth briefings to help them completely understand the complexities of Israels predicament and that of the Middle East as a whole. We even ask each candidate to author a position paper on their views of the US-Israel relationship so its clear where they stand on the subject.[40]
This process has become more targeted over time according to Bard, "In the past, Jewish contributions were less structured and targeted than other interest groups, but this has changed dramatically as Israel-related political action committees (PACs) have proliferated."[18] Among politicians considered unfriendly to Israel who AIPAC has helped defeat include Cynthia McKinney, Paul Findley, Earl F. Hilliard, Pete McCloskey, Senators William Fulbright and Roger Jepsen, and Adlai Stevenson III in his campaign for governor of Illinois in 1982.[41] The defeat of Charles H. Percy, Senator for Illinois until 1985, has been attributed to AIPAC-co-ordinated donations to his opponent after he supported the sale of AWACS planes to Saudi Arabia. Donations included $1.1 million on anti-Percy advertising by Michael Goland, who was also a major contributor to AIPAC.[41] Former executive director of AIPAC, Tom Dine, was quoted as saying, "All the Jews in America, from coast to coast, gathered to oust Percy. And the American politicians - those who hold public positions now, and those who aspire - got the message".[42]
Financial figures
A summary of pro-Israel campaign donations for the period of 19902008 collected by Center for Responsive Politics indicates current totals and a general increase in proportional donations to the US Republican party since 1996.[43] The Washington Post summarized the Center for Responsive Politics' 19902006 data and concluded that "Pro-Israel interests have contributed $56.8 million in individual, group and soft money donations to federal candidates and party committees since 1990."[44] In contrast, Arab-Americans and Muslim PACs contributed slightly less than $800,000 during the same (19902006) period.[45]
J.J. Goldberg wrote in his 1994 book Jewish Power that 45% of the Democratic Partys fundraising and 25% of that for the Republican Party came from Jewish-funded Political Action Committees.[46] Richard Cohen, a columnist for the Washington Post, updated those figures in 2006 citing figures of 60% and 35% respectively for the Democratic and Republican Parties. According to the Washington Post, Democratic presidential candidates depend on Jewish sources for 60% of money from private sources.[47]
[edit] Education of politicians
According to Mitchell Bard, Israel lobbyists also educate politicians by
"taking them to Israel on study missions. Once officials have direct exposure to the country, its leaders, geography, and security dilemmas, they typically return more sympathetic to Israel. Politicians also sometimes travel to Israel specifically to demonstrate to the lobby their interest in Israel. Thus, for example, George W. Bush made his one and only trip to Israel before deciding to run for President in what was widely viewed as an effort to win pro-Israel voters' support."[18]
[edit] Think tanks
pbel
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By Janet McMahon
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs | Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
To download Pro-Israel PACs Contributing to Federal Candidates 2004 Election Cycle, click here.
“One of the capital’s toughest and most effective behind-the-scenes lobbies.”
—The Washington Post, Sept. 5, 2004
“A political juggernaut and one of the most effective and controversial lobbying groups in the U.S. [with] close ties to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his Likud Party.”
—Sunday Herald (UK), Sept. 5, 2004
Israel’s “client,” one of the most “consistently potent and reliable...weapons in Israel’s policy arsenel.”
—Haaretz, Sept. 7, 2004
There seems to be little disagreement on the power and influence of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). Contrary to popular perception, however, the Israel lobby’s big daddy does not make campaign contributions to elected officials. That task is carried out by its numerous innocuously named progeny (see chart at right).
Instead AIPAC treats congressmen to junkets to Israel, writes legislation such as the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act, and keeps very close tabs indeed on who does and does not toe the Israel line. The results of its scorekeeping are evident in the reports filed to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) by the baby PACs which dole out the money: after reading the reports of one or two, one can predict with near complete accuracy the recipients of all the others.
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs | Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
To download Pro-Israel PACs Contributing to Federal Candidates 2004 Election Cycle, click here.
“One of the capital’s toughest and most effective behind-the-scenes lobbies.”
—The Washington Post, Sept. 5, 2004
“A political juggernaut and one of the most effective and controversial lobbying groups in the U.S. [with] close ties to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his Likud Party.”
—Sunday Herald (UK), Sept. 5, 2004
Israel’s “client,” one of the most “consistently potent and reliable...weapons in Israel’s policy arsenel.”
—Haaretz, Sept. 7, 2004
There seems to be little disagreement on the power and influence of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). Contrary to popular perception, however, the Israel lobby’s big daddy does not make campaign contributions to elected officials. That task is carried out by its numerous innocuously named progeny (see chart at right).
Instead AIPAC treats congressmen to junkets to Israel, writes legislation such as the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act, and keeps very close tabs indeed on who does and does not toe the Israel line. The results of its scorekeeping are evident in the reports filed to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) by the baby PACs which dole out the money: after reading the reports of one or two, one can predict with near complete accuracy the recipients of all the others.
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Yet contrary to your frequent assertions, AIPAC makes no political contributions and makes no political endorsements.
jillian
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we've never fought "for" israel.
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georgephillip
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"AIPAC is not a political action committee, and does not directly donate to campaign contributions. Nevertheless, according to The Washington Post, 'money is an important part of the equation.'
"The Washington Post states that AIPAC's 'web site, which details how members of Congress voted on AIPAC's key issues, and the AIPAC Insider, a glossy periodical that handicaps close political races, are scrutinized by thousands of potential donors.
"Pro-Israel interests have contributed $56.8 million in individual, group, and soft money donations to federal candidates and party committees since 1990, according to the non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics.
"Between the 2000 and the 2004 elections, the 50 members of AIPAC's board donated an average of $72,000 each to campaigns and political action committees.'"
American Israel Public Affairs Committee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hossfly
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There's AIPAC and then there's Pro-Israel PAC's. Which one does the donating and which one doesn't? The way most of these articles are worded are deceiving, devious and dubious.
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Exactly, US voters overwhelmingly support Israel and AIPAC allows US politicians to show their constituents that they, too, support Israel.
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The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
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For other uses of the term "Israel lobby", see Israel lobby (disambiguation).
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
Author(s)
John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt
Country
United States
Language
English
Genre(s)
Politics
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date
August 27, 2007
Media type
Print (Hardback)
Pages
496 p.
ISBN
0-374-17772-4
OCLC Number
144227359
Dewey Decimal
327.7305694 22
LC Classification
E183.8.I7 M428 2007
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy[1] is a book by John Mearsheimer, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, and Stephen Walt, Professor of International Relations at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, published in late August 2007. It was a New York Times Best Seller.[2]
The book describes the lobby as a "loose coalition of individuals and organizations who actively work to steer U.S. foreign policy in a pro-Israel direction".[3] The book "focuses primarily on the lobby's influence on U.S. foreign policy and its negative effect on American interests".[4] The authors also argue that "the lobby's impact has been unintentionally harmful to Israel as well".[5]
The authors argue that although "the boundaries of the Israel lobby cannot be identified precisely", it "has a core consisting of organizations whose declared purpose is to encourage the U.S. government and the American public to provide material aid to Israel and to support its government's policies, as well as influential individuals for whom these goals are also a top priority".[6] They note that "not..every American with a favorable attitude to Israel is part of the lobby",[6] and that although "the bulk of the lobby is comprised of Jewish Americans",[7] there are many American Jews who are not part of the lobby, and the lobby also includes Christian Zionists.[8] They also claim a drift of important groups in "the lobby" to the right,[9] and overlap with the neoconservatives.[10]
The book was preceded by a paper commissioned by The Atlantic Monthly and written by Mearsheimer and Walt. The Atlantic Monthly rejected the paper, and it was published elsewhere. The paper attracted considerable controversy, both praise[11][12][13] and criticism.[14][15] Some critics also faulted the authors for allegedly having an overly broad and vague definition of the "Israel lobby,"[15][16][17][18][19][20] confusing cause and effect, "cherry-picking" information,[17][21] relying too heavily on unreliable and unsubstantiated information,[17][21] and for misquoting and misstatements. In the book published in August 2007 the authors responded to criticisms leveled against them. They maintained that the vast majority of charges leveled against the original article were unfounded, but some critiques raised issues of interpretation and emphasis, which they addressed in the book.[22]
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
For other uses of the term "Israel lobby", see Israel lobby (disambiguation).
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
Author(s)
John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt
Country
United States
Language
English
Genre(s)
Politics
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date
August 27, 2007
Media type
Print (Hardback)
Pages
496 p.
ISBN
0-374-17772-4
OCLC Number
144227359
Dewey Decimal
327.7305694 22
LC Classification
E183.8.I7 M428 2007
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy[1] is a book by John Mearsheimer, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, and Stephen Walt, Professor of International Relations at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, published in late August 2007. It was a New York Times Best Seller.[2]
The book describes the lobby as a "loose coalition of individuals and organizations who actively work to steer U.S. foreign policy in a pro-Israel direction".[3] The book "focuses primarily on the lobby's influence on U.S. foreign policy and its negative effect on American interests".[4] The authors also argue that "the lobby's impact has been unintentionally harmful to Israel as well".[5]
The authors argue that although "the boundaries of the Israel lobby cannot be identified precisely", it "has a core consisting of organizations whose declared purpose is to encourage the U.S. government and the American public to provide material aid to Israel and to support its government's policies, as well as influential individuals for whom these goals are also a top priority".[6] They note that "not..every American with a favorable attitude to Israel is part of the lobby",[6] and that although "the bulk of the lobby is comprised of Jewish Americans",[7] there are many American Jews who are not part of the lobby, and the lobby also includes Christian Zionists.[8] They also claim a drift of important groups in "the lobby" to the right,[9] and overlap with the neoconservatives.[10]
The book was preceded by a paper commissioned by The Atlantic Monthly and written by Mearsheimer and Walt. The Atlantic Monthly rejected the paper, and it was published elsewhere. The paper attracted considerable controversy, both praise[11][12][13] and criticism.[14][15] Some critics also faulted the authors for allegedly having an overly broad and vague definition of the "Israel lobby,"[15][16][17][18][19][20] confusing cause and effect, "cherry-picking" information,[17][21] relying too heavily on unreliable and unsubstantiated information,[17][21] and for misquoting and misstatements. In the book published in August 2007 the authors responded to criticisms leveled against them. They maintained that the vast majority of charges leveled against the original article were unfounded, but some critiques raised issues of interpretation and emphasis, which they addressed in the book.[22]
Eagle misspoke and apologized.
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