![]() ![]() Despite AIPAC’s efforts, US support for Israel was minimal before 1970 These and similar examples prove that if AIPAC bought the support of Congress it apparently didn’t get its money’s worth.ģ. President Reagan’s deal to sell AWACs to Saudi Arabia.President Bush’s conditioning of $10 Billion in loan guarantees on Israel freezing settlement building (‘One Lonely Little Guy’ How an Ultimatum From George H.W.President Obama’s Iran deal ( How AIPAC lost the Iran deal fight). ![]() Omar simply assumed that because of its name AIPAC is a PAC, and therefore gives money to politicians.ĪIPAC lobbies for US support of Israel and helps shape the debate in Congress, and indeed in recent decades the US government has often been quite supportive of Israel, but AIPAC has also lost major battles on the most critical issues, such as: It’s quite possible that like many others, Rep. PACS ( political action committees) give political contributions and engage in other campaign activities, but AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, is a lobby rather than a PAC, and has never given political contributions. Omar is factually dead wrong about why the US supports Israel and about AIPAC. That’s why it’s extremely important to note that Rep. Omar, there is no shortage of people who continue to support what she originally said (for example Peter Feld, Glenn Greenwald, Ashley Feinberg and inevitably, David Duke.) Omar deleted and apologized for (sort of) the tweets.ĭespite the earlier partial apology and retreat by Rep. Many have decried her insensitivity and the hurt she has caused Jewish Americans and other supporters of Israel, and under pressure Rep. ![]() First term Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) seems to be obsessed with Israel, especially on Twitter, where she’s offered such gems as “Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel”:Īnd most recently that US support for Israel is bought and paid for by AIPAC: (It’s all about the Benjamins baby): ![]()
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