Author: IRmep
Israel Lobby Con EXTRA! podcast
IsraelLobbyCon Extra! is an online initiative created in 2020. It advances IsraelLobbyCon’s mission and provides key expertise, analysis and global outreach opportunities between our annual National Press Club conferences. EXTRA! connects those…
Virginia Israel Advisory Board Deal Improper Says IG; Head of a billion-dollar state funding pool promises to behave
On May 1, 2020, the Virginia Office of the State Inspector General formally notified the Secretary of Commerce and Trade
Preventing Israel Lobby Propaganda in Textbooks
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, August/September 2020, pp. 36-37 Education By Grant F. Smith ISRAELI -AMERICAN author and human rights activist Miko Peled convened the first of two online webinars under the banner,…
Israel Affinity Organizations and Businesses Received Millions in Forgivable PPP Loans
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, August/September 2020, pp. 32-33 Web Exclusive By Grant F. Smith Under strong pressure from Congress, on July 6, 2020, the U.S. Small Business Administration, after consultation with…
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…
Countering harmful Israel lobby initiatives at the state level
A conversation with the Virginia Coalition for Human RightsEducational video on VCHR, fighting questionable edits to VA textbooks, the case against VIAB, and the expansion of Israeli human rights violator Energix.
Why Wasn’t Netanyahu Ever Indicted in the US?; Milchan-Netanyahu nuclear trigger smuggling caper impunity
Benjamin Netanyahu’s prosecution for corruption in an Israeli courtroom is now underway. The current Israeli Prime Minister is facing three counts of fraud and breach of trust and one count of bribery….
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…
Why Wasn’t Netanyahu Ever Indicted in the US?
Milchan-Netanyahu nuclear trigger smuggling caper impunity Benjamin Netanyahu’s prosecution for corruption in an Israeli courtroom is now underway. The current Israeli Prime Minister is facing three counts of fraud and breach of…
Poll: Americans Reject Israeli Annexation
But their views remain unsolicited as players secretly craft policy Public opinion polls soliciting the views of American voting age adults on timely policy matters impacting Israel and its US lobby are…
Poll: Americans Reject Israeli Annexation; But their views remain unsolicited as players secretly craft policy
Source: IRmep representative poll of 1,639 American adults through Google Surveys on May 10-12, 2020. Answer order randomly reversed. RMSE score sample bias 3.7 percent.
Americans Oppose U.S. Recognition of Israeli Annexation
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu campaigned promising to annex large swaths of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Annexation is included in the new unity agreement between the governing coalition—Likud and Blue and White—in…
Poll: Americans Oppose U.S. Recognition of Israeli Annexation
IRmep Polls IRmep Poll: “Israel has said it will annex the West Bank, which has a population of 3 million Palestinians and 300,000 illegal Israeli settlers. Should the U.S. formally recognize this…
Talk Nation Radio: The Israel Lobby Enters State Government
David Swanson, host of Talk Nation Radio, interviews Grant F. Smith discusses his latest and ninth book about the Israel lobby called The Israel Lobby Enters State Government: Rise Of The Virginia Israel Advisory…
Major Player in VA Solar Expansion Under United Nations’ Scrutiny
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia’s new Clean Economy Act is paving the way for a burst of solar installations in the Commonwealth. But the United Nations has designated one of the solar providers…
IRS Must Describe Its Search for Israeli Settlement Policies
US tax-exempt Israel charities have long relied on the IRS for impunity On April 22, 2020 Judge Rudolph Contreras ordered the IRS to provide details about the adequacy of its search for documents about…