Tag AIPAC

J Street frames the debate: Global Israel vs. Greater Israel

Polizeros contributor Byron DeLear attended the recent J Street (“the political home for pro-Israel pro-peace Americans”) conference in D.C., a three year old lobbying group with a decidedly more pro-peace message than the troglodytes at AIPAC. A potent meme emerged at the…

Will Rep. Jane Harman become smoking rubble?

According to NSA wiretaps, Rep. Jane Harman ((D-CA) told a suspected Israeli agent she would lobby Justice to reduce espionage charges against two AIPAC officials. The agent agreed to help Harman become chair of the Intelligence Committee after the 2006…

Building a countervailing force to AIPAC

Juan Cole continues his thoughts on why protests in the streets have little, if any, effect on the US policy towards Israel, and what needs to be done. The US Senate and the US House of Representatives are not afraid…