AIPAC Attendees Say Jews Who Criticize Israel Are Traitors, Demand Loyalty To Netanyahu
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[url=http://thinkprogress.org/2011/05/24/aipac-demand-loyalty/]Source[/url]
[release]Today, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke before the U.S. Congress. Despite once again rebuking the long-standing U.S. policy that Israel should withdraw to the 1967 borders with mutally agreed land swaps, Netanyahu was repeatedly applauded by Members of Congress (even moreso than Obama).
One reason the Israeli government has been able to secure such steady support for its policies, even when they conflict with U.S. policies, is due to the efforts of American Israeli Political Action Committee (AIPAC). AIPAC’s lobbying network is considered one of the nation’s finest, and every year it holds an annual convention in Washington, D.C. that is heavily attended by members of Congress, usually drawing at least half of the members of the Senate, for example.
Over the past few days, ThinkProgress attended the AIPAC conference here in Washington, D.C. We interviewed a number of attendees and asked them what they thought about Netanyahu so publicly rebuking the United States and what they think about progressive Jewish advocates who are more critical of the Israeli government.
Attendees told us that they think it’s best for all Jews to simply back Netanyahu no matter what his policies do to Palestinians or to the state of Israel, that if Israel gave up land it would face genocide like the Native Americans, and some even compared progressive, anti-occupation, pro-Israel Jewish activists to traitors. Watch a video compilation of these remarks:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHh9EruXVks&[/media]
Thankfully, Americans who want to resolve the Middle East conflict and help establish a just resolution that includes two safe, secure, prosperous, and free Palestinian and Israeli states do not have to support a hardline organization like AIPAC. Groups like J Street, Americans for Peace Now, and Jewish Voice for Peace offer alternatives.[/release]
:Dawkins102:
Am I the only one that finds it disconcerting that what is essentially an hardline foreign political group has such a stranglehold over American politics?
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Are people agreeing with me because I'm alone with this observation, or because they also think the same as I?
[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;30039020]Am I the only one that finds it disconcerting that what is essentially an hardline foreign political group has such a stranglehold over American politics?[/QUOTE]
Foreign interest lobbyists are [i]very[/i] strong in DC.
Anyone find it funny that Israel is slowly becoming a microcosm of the worst case of antisemitism ever? I mean, you could make a lot of parallels between modern Israel and Hitler-Era Germany. Not the least of which being what they are doing to the Palestinians.
godDAMN i love hardcore nationalists thanks to shit like this.
thisispain is going to be in huge trouble
[QUOTE=Zeddy;30039163]Anyone find it funny that Israel is slowly becoming a microcosm of the worst case of antisemitism ever? I mean, you could make a lot of parallels between modern Israel and Hitler-Era Germany. Not the least of which being what they are doing to the Palestinians.[/QUOTE]
This isn't even the worse I've heard.
[editline]24th May 2011[/editline]
A relative of mine on facebook thinks dem arabs needs to be silenced.
[QUOTE=Zeddy;30039163]Anyone find it funny that Israel is slowly becoming a microcosm of the worst case of antisemitism ever? I mean, you could make a lot of parallels between modern Israel and Hitler-Era Germany. Not the least of which being what they are doing to the Palestinians.[/QUOTE]
Wanna know why Godwin's law exists? Because it's very easy to draw parallels between Nazis and anything. Hell, it's easy to draw parallels between anything and anything else if you think about it, these guys are talking about them as Native Americans.
[editline]25th May 2011[/editline]
As asking Israel to withdraw to 1967 borders isn't a policy of the US, it's just the easiest thing to say when they don't really give a fuck. Netanyahu is talking about getting actual borders, negotiated between both of them deciding what is best for both. How is that worse than some arbitrary wartime line on a map?
lol traitors
they're just being jews
they'll call each other traitors and punks one minute, then they'll kiss and make up when the coffee and tea gets served
though god help them if they didn't put out something to nosh on
[QUOTE=Zeddy;30039163]Anyone find it funny that Israel is slowly becoming a microcosm of the worst case of antisemitism ever? I mean, you could make a lot of parallels between modern Israel and Hitler-Era Germany. Not the least of which being what they are doing to the Palestinians.[/QUOTE]
:godwin:
But of course, I mean, Israel is that which they hate.
[QUOTE=Devodiere;30039559]Wanna know why Godwin's law exists? Because it's very easy to draw parallels between Nazis and anything. Hell, it's easy to draw parallels between anything and anything else if you think about it, these guys are talking about them as Native Americans.
[editline]25th May 2011[/editline]
As asking Israel to withdraw to 1967 borders isn't a policy of the US, it's just the easiest thing to say when they don't really give a fuck. Netanyahu is talking about getting actual borders, negotiated between both of them deciding what is best for both. How is that worse than some arbitrary wartime line on a map?[/QUOTE]
That sounds like something hitler would say.
How can they say Jews who criticize Israel are traitors while at the same time non-Jews who criticize Israel are racists? :psyduck:
At some point logic dictates that at least some people, if not a majority of people who criticize Israel only hate a small subset of the Israeli community, not the [Jewish] community as a whole.
By this criteria I'm a traitor too.
Hang me!
[QUOTE=thisispain;30039910]lol traitors
they're just being jews
they'll call each other traitors and punks one minute, then they'll kiss and make up when the coffee and tea gets served
though god help them if they didn't put out something to nosh on[/QUOTE]
Traitorous scum :colbert:
Fuck Israel
[QUOTE=BloodYScar;30046365]Fuck Israel[/QUOTE]
BloodYScar is a fine example of a great poster:
[QUOTE=BloodYScar;30023202]Fuck Israel[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=BloodYScar;27367047]I hope that Israel attacks and gets nuked from this earth. Hypocritical scum.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=BloodYScar;27216158]Israel has no right to exist. Im sorry for the jews but Israel should be bombed apart.[/QUOTE]
etc' etc' (btw, the 2nd "Fuck Israel" is from another thread)
Well he is german.
[QUOTE=Lambeth;30046843]Well he is german.[/QUOTE]
Alles ist klar.
Yeah, how about no, AIPAC.
[editline]25th May 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Devodiere;30039559]Wanna know why Godwin's law exists? Because it's very easy to draw parallels between Nazis and anything. Hell, it's easy to draw parallels between anything and anything else if you think about it, these guys are talking about them as Native Americans.
[editline]25th May 2011[/editline]
As asking Israel to withdraw to 1967 borders isn't a policy of the US, it's just the easiest thing to say when they don't really give a fuck. Netanyahu is talking about getting actual borders, negotiated between both of them deciding what is best for both. How is that worse than some arbitrary wartime line on a map?[/QUOTE]
Netanyahu would sooner wipe Palestine off the map and take the land then give fair borders.
[editline]25th May 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=captainHOE;30046221]By this criteria I'm a traitor too.
Hang me![/QUOTE]
implying you don't mindlessly defend Israel for every terrible thing they do.
jews lie
Dissent isn't allowed amongst Jews?
[quote]implying you don't mindlessly defend Israel for every terrible thing they do.[/quote]
Implying you even know where Israel is on the globe.
[QUOTE=captainHOE;30047337]Implying you even know where Israel is on the globe.[/QUOTE]
It's where Palestine should be.
[QUOTE=jewsliealot;30047224]jews lie[/QUOTE]
gimmick accounts are gimmicky
[QUOTE=jewsliealot;30047410]It's where Palestine should be.[/QUOTE]
How is it going, Antonescu?
[QUOTE=captainHOE;30047337]Implying you even know where Israel is on the globe.[/QUOTE]
What are you six?
I kinda need to know where it is, seeing as I've been there a few times.
[QUOTE=captainHOE;30047337]Implying you even know where Israel is on the globe.[/QUOTE]
Oh you got him! Damn! Insulting his geographical knowledge. Burrrrn!
[QUOTE=sp00ks;30048400]Oh you got him! Damn! Insulting his geographical knowledge. Burrrrn![/QUOTE]
Point being, he's so ignorant of the subject it's hilarious arguing with him. Starpluck, although having positions which I consider being [i]worse[/i] from amute's, is at least entertaining to argue with - and that's because he [b]knows[/b] what the fuck he's talking about.
[QUOTE=captainHOE;30048477]Point being, he's so ignorant of the subject it's hilarious arguing with him. Starpluck, although having positions which I consider being [i]worse[/i] from amute's, is at least entertaining to argue with - and that's because he [b]knows[/b] what the fuck he's talking about.[/QUOTE]
Blindly defending Israel ^^^
The suggestion that origin and race override individual thought is pretty irrational. People need to be seen as individuals as opposed to belonging to specific races who need to have particular stances because of their race.
I swear, the PM could have said anything and would have gotten standing applause.
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