PULSE The lobby’s accolades for the late Ted Kennedy and his support of Israel mask the generally unknown conflicts fought by the senator’s older brothers. It is likely that lessons from the fiercest of…
Month: August 2009
The first congressional junket to Israel
Large congressional junkets to Israel have become such fixtures in Washington, DC, that few Americans now question their curious origins. These periodic pilgrimages were once contentious and of such dubious legality for…
Why Would Arab Nations Sign Trade Deals with Israel?
Grant Smith, IRmep What would induce Arab countries to normalize trade relations with Israel? When the US negotiated the US Israel Free Trade Area in 1984, when you were still at AIPAC, and you’ll…
Bingo! U.S. donors fund illegal Jewish Settlements
Menassat The Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy (IRmep), a think tank focused on the intersection between US policy towards the Middle East and law enforcement, has documented the case that charities…