AIPAC
Israel and its US lobby Dealt Major Blow by China Saudi Iran Peace Initiative
On Thursday the New York Times ran yet another report about Saudi Arabia’s entry into an “Abraham Accord,” but if only certain conditions could be met. It quoted longtime Israel lobby heavyweight…
AIPAC Israeli Economic Espionage Against US Hits $366 Billion
It’s been nearly 40 years since AIPAC and Israel stole American industry secrets to pass our worst trade bilateral deal, and things are getting worse.
Secretary of Defense Austin dishonored JFK at AIPAC
The annual AIPAC Policy Conference traditionally attracted a mass rather than elite attendance. Jewish federations strategically located in every major population center and other nodes of the $6 billion Israel affinity ecosystem…
2022 US Middle East policy review and 2023 forecast
At the close of 2022, the United States continues to push for the illegal annexation and recognition of 105,709 square miles of territory on Israel’s behalf. This is over ten times the amount of territory that Russia illegally annexed in 2022.
Omnibus bill stuffed with illegal aid to Israel as pundits falsely claim Ukraine gets more
US aid to nuclear Israel is illegal. That didn’t keep members of the U.S. Congress from stuffing aid into the Omnibus spending bill.
Can the FBI investigate the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh?
With the FBI now investigating Israel’s killing of US citizen and al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh, it is useful to review how well the bureau has done on other Israeli criminal…
Final Episode of the “How Israel Made AIPAC” podcast series!
Final Episode of the “How Israel Made AIPAC” podcast series!
Parallax Views
On this edition of Parallax Views, the Institute for Research: Middle East Policy’s Grant F. Smith returns to discuss his new podcast documentary series How Israel Made AIPAC. Grant takes through the…
Why learn AIPAC history now?
Grant F. Smith interview with Kris Welch on KPFA’s “Talkies” radio show about the new podcast series “How Israel Made AIPAC.”
Podcast Series
How Israel Made AIPAC How Israel Made AIPAC Institute for Public Accuracy – 8/2/2022 Grant F. Smith is director of the Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy which has just released a podcast…
Isaiah Kenen and how the Israeli Government formed AIPAC
Scott talked with author Grant F. Smith about his new podcast detailing the founding of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC. They also discuss how AIPAC has recently been getting…
How Israel made AIPAC
Institute for Public Accuracy The Intercept reports on the American Israel Public Affairs Committee: “AIPAC Defeats Andy Levin, Most Progressive Jewish Representative.” Last month, The American Prospect reported: “AIPAC Has Taken Over the Democratic…
As the Midterms Approach, AIPAC Throws Its Weight – and Money – Around Washington
“Grant F. Smith, the director of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy (IRmep), sees these donor disclosures as an opportunity for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement to more strategically target…
Institute for Curriculum Services: How an Israel lobby group infiltrated US education
Institute for Curriculum Services: How an Israel lobby group infiltrated US education
AIPAC Super PAC launders donor identities to influence Democratic campaigns in service to Israel
First quarter AIPAC Super PAC contributors fall into three categories: Likely stalwarts who laundered their identities through the PAC to avoid accountability, Haim Saban’s checkbook, and a mishmash of sub-$500k donors concentrated…
AIPAC Goes PAC and SuperPAC to Cover its Tracks as it Targets Progressives
WASHINGTON – The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the leading organization of the Israel lobby in the United States, launched two political action committees (PACs) last month in a move largely…