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…
How Ya Gonna Pay For It? Stop Giving Money to Israel
Did you know that the U.S. government has done something odd with your tax dollars? The ones you get so furious and indignant about when they’re used to feed anybody who’s hungry?…
IRmep lawsuit over IRS policy on illegal settlement funding
IRmep filed a federal lawsuit (PDF) to compel the IRS to release records related to the ongoing, long term laundering of tax-exempt donations by American donors through charitable organizations to which the IRS has…
Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Israeli U.N.-Designated Human Rights Violator Energix Pushes Workers to Finish First Solar Utility in Virginia
Hickory, Virginia – April 3, 2020. At high noon on a blustery day, morning shift construction workers driving cars, SUVs and pickup trucks gingerly navigated their way out of the pothole-lined Ballantine Road…
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Is Anti-Zionism Anti-Semitism?
Plurality of Americans say “no.” Addressing the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference on March 2, Vice President Mike Pence proudly proclaimed “It is the position of the United States…
Poll: Is Anti-Zionism Anti-Semitism?
IRmep Polls IRmep Poll: “VP Mike Pence proclaimed, ‘anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism.’ Zionism is a political movement supporting a Jewish state while anti-Semitism is a form of bigotry against Jews. Is anti-Zionism anti-Semitism, or not?”…
Chesapeake should revoke Energix solar energy permits over UN designated human rights concerns
CHESAPEAKE, VA, Feb. 19, 2020/PRNewswire/ IRmep recommends the City of Chesapeake revoke its conditional use permit issued to Caden-Energix Hickory to build a 32 megawatt solar energy facility. Last week the Israeli company Energix Renewable Energy Ltd.,…
None of Trump’s actions favoring Israel have any legitimacy: Jeffrey Blankfort
U.S. President Donald Trump differs from his predecessors only in that the mask of civility maintained by the others has been removed, says a radio host and journalist. BP: Under the plan, the…
Former Air Force Secretary pitches $100k “shark tank” swipes to Israeli military contractors – Virginia Israel Advisory Board confab entwines Israeli military contractors and DoD
Tysons Corner, VA–The premise of ABC’s business reality television series “Shark Tank” is simple. Celebrity investor “sharks” hear proposals from contestants pitching new product ideas. Winning ideas receive funding. Pitches that fall…
Five Things You Can’t Know About Israel and Its Lobby
DC FOIA court curtails releasable information Since 9/11 Israel and its lobby have been hard at work narrowing U.S. policy options toward Iran down to military confrontation. The United States District Court for…
Five Things You Can’t Know About Israel and Its Lobby; DC FOIA court curtails releasable information
Since 9/11 Israel and its lobby have been hard at work narrowing U.S. policy options toward Iran down to military confrontation. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia is also…
Israel and its U.S. lobby finally achieve a long-term objective: Direct US – Iranian military conflict
In 1953 the United States and United Kingdom overthrew the democratically elected Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. The catalyst was the Iranian government’s decision to exert more sovereign control over the extraction,…
Partners in Corruption: The Virginia Israel Advisory Board and the Tobacco Commission
Special Report By Grant F. Smith THIS SUMMER Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission Executive Director Evan Feinman struck a corrupt deal with Virginia Israel Advisory Board (VIAB) Vice Chairman Charles Lessin. Virginians emerged with…
Despite Trump Executive Order, majority still opposes attempts to silence and defund campus critics of Israeli human rights abuses
IRmep Poll: “President Trump issued an executive order allowing him to cut federal funds to colleges and universities where students and/or faculty protest Israeli human rights abuses. Do you support or oppose the…
Despite Trump executive order, majority still opposes attempts to silence & defund campus critics of Israeli human rights abuses
The Israeli government and many of Israel’s U.S. lobbying organizations strongly support the ongoing annexation of Palestinian lands and expulsion of their native inhabitants. They are irritated by the Palestinian Civil Society…
Did four U.S. Presidents promise to violate the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty & AECA for Israel?
IRmep filed a 22-page federal lawsuit (PDF) to compel National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) presidential libraries to release Bill Clinton and George W. Bush-administration letters signed under intense Israeli government pressure. The letters…