Author: IRmep
John Mearsheimer: The Israel lobby can finesse Israeli assassinations
By Ronen Bergman’s data, Israel is the leading “Western” state sponsor of assassinations. According to John Mearsheimer, the Israel lobby ensures zero accountability for such killings. Likely why the US State Department…
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…
Ukraine Conflict Appears to Heighten American Awareness of Palestinian Right to Resist
WITHIN INTERNATIONAL humanitarian law, wars of national liberation have been expressly embraced through the adoption of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 as a protected and essential right of occupied people everywhere….
Ukraine Conflict Appears to Heighten American Awareness of Palestinian Right to Resist
IRmep Polls, Telling Hard Truths Since 2014 By Grant F. Smith WITHIN INTERNATIONAL humanitarian law, wars of national liberation have been expressly embraced through the adoption of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of…
Ukraine highlights lack of war crime expert attention paid to George W. Bush
Would war crimes experts like Michael Newton be employable if they went after George W. Bush as aggressively as they’re going after Vladimir Putin and actions in Ukraine? Why was there no…
Is OTFI the Israel lobby’s Treasury Department economic warfare unit?
IRmep filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit on September 1, 2017 against the U.S. Department of Treasury after the agency refused to release the names of employees, their titles, departments and…
Transcending the Israel Lobby at Home and Abroad 2022
Date: March 4, 2022Venue: The National Press Club Topics: How Americans are effectively working to overcome Israel lobby demands to violate international law, undermine freedom of speech, reward Israeli militarism and denigrate…
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…
Israel’s Evolving Strategy to Sway American Politics
Scott is joined by Grant F. Smith to talk about the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s (AIPAC) new strategy for reaching U.S. politicians. AIPAC has largely operated as a lobbying group on…
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…
Walter L. Hixson’s New Book Imperialism and War: The History Americans Need to Own is Now Available!
Washington, DC Distinguished historian and author Walter L. Hixson’s new book chronicles the full sweep of American history. This book provides a clear-eyed assessment rather than a celebratory account of US military history….