Grant F. Smith interview with Kris Welch on KPFA’s “Talkies” radio show about the new podcast series “How Israel Made AIPAC.”
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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…
AIPAC’S New Political Action Committees
Webinar with expert analysis of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s (AIPAC) interaction with political action committees (PACs). We also explored what factors may be driving AIPAC to be more interested in…
Private Israeli inland salmon farm in Virginia potentially netting hundreds of millions in government funding
AIPAC and the Virginia Israel Advisory Board are trying to channel hundreds of millions in government funding into the pockets of Israel’s AquaMaof. But will it pay off?
Virginia About to Subsidize a 161-Acre Israeli Fish Farm
Will Virginia counties again be left holding the bag? Project Jonah was for half a decade the most secretive project of the Virginia Israel Advisory Board (VIAB). Secrecy was needed, according to…
‘Abraham Accords’ Discredit the US: Corrupt side deals and more payoffs to Israel
Clerk of the House of Representatives AIPAC Quarterly Lobbying Reports
Is AIPAC Finished?; No conference, guidance, deference, or Foreign Affairs Committee chair
These are desperate times for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, AIPAC. AIPAC has canceled its single most important program. The lobby’s grip on Congress is slipping and its influence in the…
AIPAC Junket Spawned ‘Project Jonah’; Fish farm sought ‘no conditions’ Virginia loan
Tazewell County in the Southwest corner of Virginia has been hit hard by declines in formerly vibrant industries such as coal mining and furniture manufacturing. Since launching in 1988 the Virginia Coalfield…
U.S. Israel Free Trade Agreement Damage Assessment
Why has the Israel Free Trade Area Agreement (ILFTA) been so bad for America? Will Israel and its lobby advance even worse U.S.-Israel initiatives? On this day 35 years ago following bitter complaints…