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We Need 'A Street', Not J Street

David Suissa | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jewish Community, Pro-Peace, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Aipac, J Street, Gaza, Israel, Politics News
David Suissa

Can you imagine how transformational it would be if a high profile, "pro-Arab, pro-peace" organization pressured Palestinian leaders to dismantle the teaching of Jew-hatred in Palestinian society -- a hatred that has made a mockery of all moves toward peace?

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Dems in House to Pass Resolution Defending Gaza War

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gaza, Israel, Aipac, J Street, Bibi Netanyahu, Gaza War, Goldstone Report, Politics News
MJ Rosenberg

Some of the very House members who denounce the Iraq war, the Afghanistan war and God knows how many other US military actions (often rightly) go mute when it comes to Israel.

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Inside the J Street Conference

Salena Tramel | Posted 10.29.2009 | World

Read More: Aipac, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, J Street, Capitol Hill, Jeremy Ben-Ami, Amira Hass, Breaking Political News, J Street Conference, 2 State Solution, Pro-Israel Lobby, American Jews, Daniel Sokatch, World News, World News
Salena Tramel

The events harnessed an energy similar to Obama's presidential run last year. Like that campaign, J Street came as a breath of fresh air for many who felt they were part of a silenced majority.

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J Street Conference To Open Amid Controversy

Washington Post | Dan Eggen | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Goldstone Report, Jewish Lobby, Lobbyists, Lobbying, Salam Al-Marayati, Obama, Palestinians, Aipac, J Street, J Street Conference, Middle East, Israel, Michael Oren, James L. Jones, Us, Un, Standwithus, American Task Force on Palestine, Politics News

J Street, an advocacy and lobbying firm created 18 months ago, is holding its first annual conference beginning Sunday, with participation from about ...

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Searching for a Minyan: Our Response to Being Censored by J Street

Kevin Coval | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

Read More: Hillel, Palestine, Aipac, Van Jones, Gaza, Middle East Peace Process, Commentary, J Street, Weekly Standard, Fox News, Israel, Tikkun Olam, World News
Kevin Coval

Some right-wing blogs and pseudo-news organizations have churned the alarmist rumor mill about the J Street conference. What is disappointing, and troubling, is J Street's response: caving.

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The Man Behind the J Street Smear Campaign

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: J Street, Aipac, Lenny Davis, West Bank, Jews and Barack Obama, Judaism, Lobbyists, Arab-Americans, Congress, Israel, Politics News
MJ Rosenberg

There sure is a lot of effort going into discrediting an organization that is, in fact, only a little to the left of the "mainstream" pro-Israel organizations.

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J Street's Shameful Attacks on Aipac

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: The Zoa, Aipac, Gaza, Israel Lobby, J Street, Hamas, Israel, The Adl, Politics News
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

The left-wing Israeli lobby J Street's cheap tactics of creating its name by attacking Aipac, the ADL, and the ZOA is shameful. There's room in the Jewish community for many voices without creating a civil war.

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Goldstone's Rosh Hashanah Bomb

Jamal Dajani | Posted 09.18.2009 | World

Read More: Aipac, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Golstone Report, Gaza, Holocaust Deniers, Middle East, Richard Goldstone, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hamas, Israel, World News
Jamal Dajani

Those of us who covered Israel's three-week Operation Cast Lead in Gaza are not surprised by the findings of the U.N. commission's report accusing both Israel and Hamas of war crimes.

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AIPAC's Proxy War on Obama

James Zogby | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mary Robinson, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Medal of Freedom, Barack Obama, President Obama, Aipac, Anti-Defamation League, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Politics News
James Zogby

Despite the harshness of the AIPAC and ADL attacks, and the hurt, no doubt, they have brought to Mary Robinson, I am convinced that this entire episode had less to do with her than it does with the President.

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Winograd For Congress Sponsors Rare Reading of "My Name Is Rachel Corrie"

Linda Milazzo | Posted 09.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: New York Theater Workshop, Rachel Corrie, Palestinian Territory, Demolitions, My Name Is Rachel Corrie, Jane Harman, Israel, Palestine, Aipac, Congress, Levantine Center, Marcy Winograd, Entertainment News
Linda Milazzo

Progressive Democrat Marcy Winograd is bringing Rachel's story to LA to support President Obama's call to freeze further expansion of Israeli settlements into the Palestinian territory.

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Settlers' Spin

Jamal Dajani | Posted 08.24.2009 | World

Read More: Aipac, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem, Israeli Settlements, Occupied Minds, The Israel Project, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Settlers, Barack Obama, Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Middle East, E-1, World News
Jamal Dajani

The number of Jewish settlers living in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, an area that Palestinians regard as the heart of their future state, is swiftly approaching half a million.

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DOJ: AIPAC Case Witness Asked To Fake Suicide

Politico | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aipac, Aipac Investigation, Keith Weissman, Steven Rosen, Lawrence Franklin, Politics News

Two people asked a Pentagon official cooperating with prosecutors in an investigation into the American Israel Public Affairs Committee to fake his ow...

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Berman, Pelosi Undermine Obama on Iran Diplomacy

Robert Naiman | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aipac, Howard Berman, Congress, Iran, Mike Pence, Iran Election, Nancy Pelosi, Politics News
Robert Naiman

It's interesting to observe when some Democratic Congressional leaders say Democrats have to be "loyal" to Obama and when it's apparently OK to join Republicans in undermining him.

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My Pro-Israel Friends Need Pro-Zac

Larry Gellman | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jews, War on Terror, Jeffrey Goldberg, Obama Muslim, Haaretz, Terrorism, Middle East Politics, President Obama, Obama, Barack Obama, Aipac, Middle East, Pro-Israel Advocacy, Jewish, Obama AIPAC, The Atlantic, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel-Bonds, Muslim, Israel, United-Jewish-Appeal, Israel Gaza Operation, Max Blumenthal, World News
Larry Gellman

What was once a proud, smart, intelligent, nuanced, and diverse movement has devolved into a combination cult-booster club.

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A Defense Against Government Secrecy and Overclassification

Baruch Weiss | Posted 06.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aipac, Warrantless Wiretapping, Classified Documents, Bush Wiretapping Surveillance, Government Secrecy, Steve Rosen, Keith Weissman, Overclassification, Espionage, Politics News
Baruch Weiss

Steve Rosen and Keith Weissman were indicted under the 1917 Espionage Act, an almost-never used relic of World War I. The government also sought to have the defendants -- US citizens -- tried in secret.

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Bibi Goes to Washington: How About a Nuclear Free Middle East?

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: South Africa's Nuclear Program, Iranian Bomb, President Obama, John Bolton, Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Prime Minister Netanyahu, George W. Bush, Iranian Nukes, Iraq, Nuclear Nonproliferation, Pnac, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Dick Cheney, Ploughshares Fund, Iran, Nuclear Free Zone, Benny Morris, Benjamin Netanyahu, Middle East, Project for a New American Century, Aipac, Israeli Bomb, Nuclear Free Middle East, Obama Summit With Netanyahu, Iranian Nuclear Program, Obama-Netanyahu Summit, Obama-Netanyahu Meeting, American Israel Public Affairs Committee, South African Bomb, Bibi Netanyahu, Foreign Policy Initiative, President Barack Obama, Iranian Nuclear Ambitions, Idf, Joe Cirincione, Israel Defense Force, Joseph Cirincione, State of Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Afghanistan, Mordachai Vanunu, William Kristol, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

It might be the case that Netanyahu has far more friends in Washington than does the president.

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Mousawa: An Alternative to a Two-State Solution

Jamal Dajani | Posted 06.08.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Jerusalem, Middle East, Iran, Aipac, Benjamin Netanyahu, Two-State Solution, Israel, Barack Obama, World News
Jamal Dajani

A movement that began amongst Palestinians with Israeli citizenship is now making its way to East Jerusalem and to the West bank. It is called "Mousawa" which means equality.

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AIPAC Agrees To Funding, Talking With Hamas

TAPPED | Posted 06.07.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Aipac, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Government, Aipac Hamas, Foreign Affairs, Hamas, Israel, Advocacy, World News

Coming off their national convention, AIPAC -- the main pro-Israel lobbying group in the United States -- has made a remarkable concession....

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Pelosi the Hawk

Stephen Zunes | Posted 06.06.2009 | World

Read More: Aipac, Israel, Nancy Pelosi, House of Representatives, Congress, Gaza, Speaker of the House, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, World News
Stephen Zunes

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has steadfastly stood by her insistence that the U.S.-backed Israeli government has no legal or moral responsibility for the tragic consequence of the war.

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Who Will Stop AIPAC Before It Is Too Late?

Medea Benjamin | Posted 06.06.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Aipac, Codepink, Israel, Gaza, World News
Medea Benjamin

When is it too late to stop Israel from destroying itself? When is it too late to tell AIPAC attendees that more violence and hatred is not the answer?

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Obama Administration Takes Stronger Line With Israel

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 06.05.2009 | World

Read More: Aipac, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Avigdor Lieberman, Us Israel Policy, Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden, Israel, Barack Obama, Us Israel, Binyamin Netanyahu, Obama Administration and Isreal, Obama Administration, Obama Israel, World News

The rhetorical exhortations this week from the Obama administration and the Netanyahu administration in Israel have been notably unaligned, fulfilling...

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GOP Grotesque, Gingrich Style

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 06.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aipac, Iran, Israel, Newt Gingrich, Republican Party, Newt Gingrich AIPAC, Politics News
Jeffrey Feldman

Gingrich's speech at AIPAC was less politics than a grotesque "B" movie poster. He filled the room with horrifying tales death, destruction, Nazis, holocaust -- and not a Ronald Reagan to be found to save us from it all.

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Peres: Iran A Threat To US, Europe

AP | Posted 06.04.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Shimon Peres, Peres, President Shimon Peres, Iran, Israel Iran, Obama Israel Iran, Iran Europe, Aipac, World News

WASHINGTON — Israel's president charged Monday that Iran's nuclear program threatens the United States, Europe and Arab nations, as well as Isra...

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Newt Gingrich: 'Obama Endangering Israel'

Jerusalem Post | HILARY LEILA KRIEGER, JPOST CORRESPONDENT in WASHINGTON | Posted 06.04.2009 | World

Read More: New Gingrich Israel, Newt Gingrich AIPAC, Obama and Israel, Aipac, Israeli-Palestinian, Obama Israel Position, \Israel Public Affairs Committee, World News

Former US House speaker Newt Gingrich on Sunday blasted the Obama administration for setting itself on a collision course with Israel and endangering ...

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The AIPAC Case in Washington, Iraq, and Beyond

David Bromwich | Posted 06.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aipac, Jane Harman AIPAC, Steven Rosen, Jane Harman, Keith Weissman, Israel, Obama AIPAC, Politics News
David Bromwich

Like many stories about Israel and the neoconservatives, the prehistory of the case against Rosen and Weissman lies somewhere in the run-up and immediate aftermath of the war in Iraq.

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