Four ways the Anti-Defamation League could (but won’t) build bridges On Monday morning NPR’s Tom Gjelten reported the Anti-Defamation League’s recent challenges interfacing with peace and justice groups in the aftermath of Michael Brown’s…
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ADL’s challenge to pro-peace & justice groups
…today it is Muslims, Arabs and Persians in general (Palestinians, Iranians and the territories where they live in particular) that are under constant assault – not by Roget’s – but vastly more…
America’s first and worst bilateral trade agreement Centre for Research on Globalization
…Members of congress, various Israel lobby organization pundits and chambers of commerce occasionally trumpet the deal as a success. In 2009 Martin Indyk, head of the AIPAC research unit that worked hard to lobby in…
May 2016 Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
May 2016 Table of Contents Israel’s Influence: Good or Bad for America? 5 Introduction 6 Welcoming Remarks Dale Sprusansky 7 PANEL 1: Israel’s Influence on Congress and Government Agencies — Moderator Grant F. Smith 7 Ten Ways…
2016 PANEL 1: Ten Ways the Israel Lobby “Moves” America
Dale Sprusansky: Grant Smith is the director of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy, one of the organizations that is, again, co-sponsoring this event today. He’s the author of a brand new…
Podcast Interview: The Israel Lobby, what it does and how it works.
We are supposed to believe that the network of organizations promoting a particular view of Israel and the U.S. relationship with that country doesn’t exist, and that anyone who says it does…
US Aid to Israel Is ‘Too Much’ Say 61.9% of Americans
Yet additional secret U.S. aid may have ballooned to $1.9-$13.2 billion annually A majority Americans say US foreign aid to Israel is excessive – either “much too much” (32.5 percent) or “too…
Who Occupies Whom in Israel-Palestine? Don’t Ask an American
A new poll published by the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy, shows that a plurality of Americans misunderstand a fundamental fact about the Middle East. Specifically, a statistically representative sample of Americans and…
Most Americans Believe Palestinians Occupy Israeli Land
Israel-AIPAC claims of ‘disputed lands’ are working According to an IRmep poll fielded by Google Consumer Surveys the majority of Americans (49.2 percent) believe that Palestinians occupy Israeli land rather than the reverse. The…
U.S. Policy toward Israel called harmful to both countries at conference
U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East was criticized as being unfairly tilted toward Israel, to the detriment of both countries, at a conference Friday examining whether pro-Israel lobbying groups have an…
Israel’s Influence: Good or Bad for America? 2016
Expert panelists and keynote speakers analyzed the enormous impact Israel’s influence has on Congress, establishment media, academia and other major institutions. Website: http://IsraelsInfluence.orgDate: March 18, 2016Venue: The National Press Club
Americans Believe The US Gives Too Much Foreign Aid To Israel – 3/10/2016
Surveying Americans about U.S. aid to Israel requires putting it into proper perspective. Given Israel’s position as the leading single U.S. foreign aid recipient (by a wide margin), asking the foreign aid…
Plurality of Americans Believe Palestinians Occupy Israeli Land
When asked whether Israel occupies Palestinian lands, or Palestinians occupy Israeli lands, a plurality of adult internt users in the United States incorrectly chose “Palestinians occupy Israeli land” (49%). Palestinians occupy Israeli land 49.0% …
Most Brits Believe Israel Occupies Palestinian Land
When asked whether Israel occupies Palestinian lands, or Palestinians occupy Israeli lands, most adult internet users in the United Kingdom correctly chose “Israelis occupy Palestinian land” (62%). Israelis occupy Palestinian land 58.2% Palestinians occupy Israeli land 26.5%…
Most Mexicans believe Israel occupies Palestinian Land
Asked whether Israel occupies Palestinian lands, or Palestinians occupy Israeli lands, most adult internet users in Mexico correctly chose “Israelis occupy Palestinian land” (55%). Israelis occupy Palestinian land 54.7% Palestinians occupy Israeli land 39.5% Other 5.8%…
Most Canadians Believe Israel Occupies Palestinian Land – 3/09/2016
When asked whether Israel occupies Palestinian lands, or Palestinians occupy Israeli lands, most adult internt users in Canada correctly chose “Israelis occupy Palestinan land” (52%). Israelis occupy Palestinian land 51.5% Palestinians occupy Israeli land 33.5% Other…
Former AIPAC Spokesman attempts to swap out journalist Rula Jebreal for a WINEP analyst
…The emails, obtained by The Intercept as part of a FOIA request submitted by the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy, show Block repeatedly instructing the VOA producer that Jebreal “a crazy…