@StevePocano@jstreetdotorg Nah, they are all Jews who love themselves very much. They hate Jewish peoplehood, Jewish sovereignty, Jewish power, Jews defending themselves. They have a lot of empathy for dead Jews, just not living ones, especially not those living in their ancestral homeland. H/T @DaraHorn
@PeterBeinart Beinartsplaining: Inverting truth, twisting facts, and ascribing nefarious motives in order to impugn a principled, moral political stand.
This @nytimes piece continues a concerning trend by the “paper of record” to print and amplify lies about AIPAC and our 7 million American members.
We are an American organization committed to strengthening bipartisan support for the U.S.-Israel alliance.
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@aarondmiller2 The mullahs in Tehran believe they can tolerate (or even welcome?) economic pain for longer than the Trump administration can withstand political pain. The two clocks are ticking at different rate, and the American one runs out sooner.
Zionism is a national identity, a connection to a land, a yearning for a collective future, and a claim to sovereignty so strong that it has its own name. Is there another national movement that has had, for over a century, a specific term to describe it?
@DovWaxman “Dark money” is what political stakeholders call the financial investments of other political stakeholders with whom they disagree. When applied to Jewish interests and pro-Israel politics, “dark money” can be an antisemitic trope.
Wait, what? Spain occupies territory in North Africa? Does it include illegal settlements? Why is this a story about immigration and not about occupation?
@bennetthaselton@BrandiKruse He was thrown under the bus because he made the mayor look bad. She hired him, approved his Chicago commute, sent him to a conference in Dallas, and fired him when things got tough.
@BarakRavid This is the key: “Hamas has yet to approve the deal.”
Why do “Israeli officials and Western diplomats remain deeply skeptical that the group will follow through on its commitments” – when Hamas hasn’t even committed?
This morning, AIPAC was featured on the @nytimes podcast The Daily. The NYT did not ask us for comment or to verify any of the “facts.” As a result, listeners were subjected to several inaccuracies, omissions, and mischaracterizations about our work and our members. Below are just some of these false claims: