AIPAC in Focus

Sitting between Bibi and Obama, AIPAC criticized by left and right

http://jta.org/news/article/2009/05/07/1004999/navigating-obama-and-neta...

 
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Picking on AIPAC? (Snips)

... AIPAC is generally regarded as one of the three most powerful lobbies in Washington. Unlike most other major lobbies, which engage on a variety of issues, AIPAC has only one objective: strengthening American support for the state of Israel through creation of a "special relationship" between the two countries. AIPAC’s support is uncritical, no matter what Israel does and no matter what the impact on the U.S. might be. Because Congress and the White House are fearful of confronting AIPAC, it enjoys a unique status. Even though it acts as a foreign lobby, it has not been required to comply with the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Not having to register is significant, as it means that AIPAC’s sources of income and its disbursements are not a matter of public record. ...

The third reason to oppose AIPAC is the corruption of the U.S. political system by the Lobby’s money and power, resulting in a bought-and-paid-for Congress and a rule of law for everyone except those guilty of crimes on behalf of Israel. Even when one is caught red-handed and confesses to spying for Israel, it is apparently no big deal, aside from the cost of a lawyer. Israel runs an extremely aggressive espionage program inside the United States involving hundreds of operatives and agents

http://original.antiwar.com/giraldi/2009/05/18/picking-on-aipac/

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More the three-quarters of Senate sign AIPAC-backed letter.

Letter Text:

http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2009/05/20/1005305/more-the-three-...

Signators

http://www.scribd.com/doc/15659382/Signatories-of-the-Senate-Peace-Proce...

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Obama-Bibi: The Preview

http://www.jewishjournal.com/israel/article/obama-bibi_the_preview_20090...

LA Times: I cannot recall a more important meeting between an American president and an Israeli prime minister than today’s meeting between President Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Will the Obama administration have the courage to challenge Netanyahu, or will all the talk of change dissolve in the face of a concerted one-two punch from Netanyahu and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee? I am increasingly convinced that if Obama fails to speak out now, it will doom the two-state solution forever. ....

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Netanyahu in U.S.: AIPAC on Sunday and Obama on Monday.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1086089.html