Washington Square News – Ishan Talukdar
AIPAC is a lobbying group dedicated to promoting Israeli interests to the American public as well as within the government. It does this by placing people in government and on congressional staffs. It also galvanizes the Jewish community, by both monetary and political means, into supporting those it deems “pro-Israel” while shunning those it deems “anti-Israel.”
The committee definitely has the means to pressure politicians into capitulating to Israeli demands. In fact, AIPAC received funds from the Israeli government itself well into the 1960s. In addition, there have been several incidences and many allegations of espionage perpetrated by AIPAC, or with AIPAC as an intermediary, where information was passed to Israeli officials.
The problem we are faced with is a lobbying group with a substantial amount of power over our politicians. More