A non-profit group focused on U.S.-Middle East policy plans for the second time to use the petition process under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 to call into question Israel’s status…
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Subsidies for Israel, Sanctions for Iran
President Barack Obama’s fiscal year 2010 budget request for $2.775 billion in military aid to Israel is proceeding smoothly through the Congress. On June 17 the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign…
AIPAC Bill will Destroy More American Jobs
“AIPAC legislated restrictions on US businesses and workers already cost 100,000 American jobs per year. New AIPAC legislation targeting Iran could lead to further jobs loss.” An AIPAC effort in Congress seeks…
Nuclear Weapons Key to Israeli Retention of Captured Territory
OpEdNews A newly declassified 1960 report on Israel’s nukes underscores role in foreign policy “assertiveness.” “Possession of a nuclear weapon capability, or even the prospect of achieving it, would clearly give Israel…
DOJ reverses AIPAC espionage case guilty plea and jail time?
On May 14, US attorneys quietly filed a sealed motion (PDF) “as to Lawrence Anthony Franklin” in the Eastern District of Virginia. Judge Ellis then granted a hearing for June 12 at…
Is the US-Israel Free Trade Agreement Harming America? Myths vs Facts
The US-Israel Free Trade Area (UIFTA) became law in 1985, but ongoing violations of American intellectual property rights and trade laws are fueling heavy losses of American jobs. As the US economy…
AIPAC Defamation Lawsuit threatens to Pierce Veil of Secrecy
Observers of this vestigial legacy of the AIPAC criminal trial may hope that Rosen’s attempts at securing “major discovery” will shed additional light on AIPAC’s activities. Whether or not Rosen’s filing is…
The Phony War on Terror
Media Monitors Network …The so-called War on Terror may be extremely profitable for weapons manufacturers, private military corporations, and the venal pro-war pundits they fund, but who else does it benefit? Big…
Glenn Amendment Prohibits US foreign assistance to Israel
Israel Lobby Archive As Congress debates foreign aid legislation, it’s time to remember nuclear nonproliferation restrictions on US taxpayer funded expenditures. Former astronaut and Senator John Glenn amended aid legislation in 1977. …
Israel’s Nuclear Closet
Andrew Sullivan It seems that the Obama administration is beginning to show it means business. This reader helps relieve some of my ignorance:There is a very simple reason why we have to pretend…
“Memories of Iraq”
Conference Announcement Leading Iraq specialists from the US and abroad will discuss the foundations of the Iraqi state and society in public memory. Paper presentations and general discussion from Nadje Al-Ali (University…
Resurrecting “America’s Defense Line”
Book review by Muhammad Idrees Ahmad Supporters of the Israel lobby have long maintained that the reason it does not have to register as an agent of a foreign government is that…
Legal Challenge to AIPAC Trade Deal cites Heavy Loss of American Jobs and Trade Secrets
via BusinessWire A legal filing to the United States Trade Representative (USTR) calls for suspension of the US-Israel Free Trade Area. The Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy (IRmep) “Section 301 of…
Jane’s Harman Us
When taped a few years ago, our gal was talking to someone at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. AIPAC has long controlled a great many American politicians; its website quotes the New…
U.S. Muslim Group seeks to nix U.S.-Israel Free Trade agreement
Global pharmaceuticals companies, which often argue that Israel should pass stricter legislation to protect intellectual property, have received support from an unexpected corner recently: the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy (IRmep),…
Palestinian State Top Obama US Middle East Policy Priority
Radio France Internationale RFI: King Abdullah of Jordan met this week in Washington with President Barak Obama. The monarch was the first Middle East leader invited to visit during the new administration. The…
Suspend the US-Israel Trade Agreement
A 92 page legal filing urges the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to immediately suspend preferential Israeli access to the US market. In 1983 the Israeli Prime Minister and American Israel Public…
Israeli Nuclear Arsenal Prohibits US Foreign Aid Under Symington Amendment
The declassified US Army report titled “The Joint Operating Environment 2008” identifies Israel as a nuclear weapons power. Specifically the US Army highlights “a growing arc of nuclear powers running from Israel…
Trial for AIPAC Employees Indicted Under Espionage Act
Shutting down the current US v Rosen and Weissman case before it goes to trial would similarly short circuit rule of law in the United States. Only a public trial can reveal…
Israel’s government abuses Free Trade Agreement with US
Free trade agreements (FTAs) are supposed to help American businesses improve their profits, create more jobs and build their industries by opening new markets for export of their products with foreign countries…