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  1. Last week the Forward and Ron Kampeas from the JTA ran similar articles attacking J Street. I challenged both to do similar exposes on AIPAC’s funding. Let’s see if these alleged “journalists” are prepared to do the required research or simply play their parts as mainstream hasbarists.

    1. I just wrote to the Forward’s editor & Kampeas directly daring ’em to do so. We’ll see if they have the guts to go after the Republican pro Israel right. But what I want to know is how Lake got the confidential IRS filings of J St. Naughty naughty. Fr. a Congressional staffer? Disaffected J St. staffer? IRS official?

  2. Frankly, the very minor political issues between American Jewish political groups are very uninteresting. J Street or AIPAC makes no real difference. If J Steet backed Richard Goldstone, then so they bloody should have.
    Neither organisation has any interest whatsoever in helping the cause of Palestinian justice, which is what matters in this instance.

    1. Neither organisation has any interest whatsoever in helping the cause of Palestinian justice

      No, I don’t think they do nor should they. Should Al-Awda or CAIR or any other Palestinian or Arab group “help the cause of Israeli justice?” No. Nor should J St. help Palestinian justice. But it SHOULD help the cause of Israel which, if it did, would help Palestine as well. But it doesn’t help the cause of Israel so much as help the cause of Obama which are 2 diff. things.

  3. Obviously the traction J Street’s getting is really threatening the self-appointed Moses of the Israeli hard right. They’re gonna break the Luchos if J Street doesn’t stop dancing around the Golden Calf of making Israel into a Normal Country with Normal Policies. Don’t they know that Israel operates outside the rules that all other countries have to follow??

    J Street should push ahead full speed. It’s AIPAC that is the false Messiah.

    The problem is that AIPAC seems to have Obama’s ear right now. Obama will only stop listening to them when he is convinced that they are not the primary representative group for the Jewish community. Which is fine. because they are already slipping very fast.

    1. Israeli American –

      When speaking of AIPAC – how are they “Slipping very fast?”

      Recent Iranian legislation, lobbied heavily by AIPAC passed the Senate 99-0 and in the house they had over 400 of the 435 potential votes.

      Seems like they are working very well with both Dems and Repubs. Is there any other organization that has this much success with BOTH sides of the aisle? Certainly not J Street or ZOA…….I can not think of one.

      One of my American friends told me over the weekend that AIPAC is having a record year in fundraising. If they are slipping fast – how can AIPAC bring in such a large number of annual donors, especially during an economic down-turn?

      About 5 years ago – I tried to make a donation to AIPAC, but was told “Thank you – but No Thank You” – simply because they stated to me – “We are an American organization and hence do not accept donations from non-American citizens.” It was a very polite letter – but clearly stated that AIPAC only accepts donations from Americans.

      Though I’m not sure, something tells me that anyone that takes a look, might find out that AIPAC does practice what it preaches and does not accept money from outside the U.S.

      A healthy debate is always nice and I have no problem with these comments – BUT – make sure you have your FACTS CORRECT and don’t make up facts or bend the truth!

      I would ask everyone to be careful and make sure you have your facts correct before submitting a false statement!

      Regardless of who you support, everyone should know that Israel is under constant attack – both from terrorists and the likes of the World public opinion. Just look at the UN – Israel is a permanent agenda item at the security council.

      I just read a story on the front page of the New York Times about 4 days of rapes in The Congo – under the eyes of UN Troops! Where is the world’s outrage at this? Over 200 women in 4 days? If ONE Israeli Soldier was falsey accused of raping ONE women – there would be such an outcry from the World!

      As an Israeli – I count on the United States support for Israel. Now is NOT the time to be divided – please stay united and make sure Israel always has the U.S. support!

      Israel has to make very difficult decision – EVERYDAY – about our security and the safety of our people. These are not easy choices – but they are necessary when a majority of the world wants to see you killed and our country turned over to Terrorists.

      If the other Arab countries care so much about our Palestinian neighbors, then why don’t they do something to help. It’s one thing to pledge money to the PA, but they never pay their pledges – Saudi Arabi is a classic example of this.

      Let’s not forget one important piece of information – In 1948, it was the U.N. that voted on and created TWO STATES, Israel and Palestine. It was the PLO that did not accept this offer. We have turned our country into a land of modern science, creating new medicine, technologies, agriculture, etc. – things that the entire world has benefited from – because of Israel’s desire to be a part of the world.

      What have the PLO & PA done? NOTHING! They have been kicked out of Eygpt and Jordan and NO ONE else wants these people! Let’s not forget – Gaza was once part of Eygpt and when Israel offered to give it back during the Camp David Peace Accords – it was Eygpt that said “NO”

      Why are these people the problem of Israel? Why are they not part of the rest of the Arab world and taken care of by the other 22 Arab countries that surround Israel. Or the other 37 Muslin countries around the world? Its simple, if you ask an Israeli – the PA, PLO, Hamas, Hizballah and almost all other 22 Arab countries want one thing and one thing only – NO MORE ISRAEL!

      That is there goal. What – as Americans – are you going to do to make sure Israel is safe? What are you going to do to prevent another Holocaust? What are you going to do, to make sure that your children and grandchildren have an Israel to visit in the future?

      These are the questions you need to ask yourself! Stop fighting amongest yourself and support The State of Israel.

      THANK YOU!!

      1. they are working very well with both Dems and Repubs.

        Aipac doesn’t “work well” with Congress. It intimidates them. Republicans work willingly with them. Some Democrats as well. But Aipac is a heavily right-leaning pro Republican entity. Democrats go along for the ride out of political expediency. The only ones who buck Aipac are a few hearty Democratic souls in Congress.

        Certainly not J Street

        J St. would love to work w. Republicans & indeed has supported at least one Republican candidate I know of. So you are wrong in that. It’s not J St.’s fault if Republicans by & large shun it like the plague.

        AIPAC does practice what it preaches and does not accept money from outside the U.S.

        I’m not talking about Aipac donations, I’m talking about donations to pro Israel 501c4s which would be nominally independent groups set up by major Aipac donors. I want to know what their donor lists look like. I doubt they make as fine a distinction.

        everyone should know that Israel is under constant attack – both from terrorists and the likes of the World public opinion.

        Blah, blah, blah…Tell us something we hadn’t already heard fr the Hasbara Institute of Shamless Pro-Israelism.

        I just read a story on the front page of the New York Times about 4 days of rapes in The Congo

        OFF TOPIC. Follow the comment rules & READ THEM. Do not publish another comment here before doing so. And stay ON TOPIC. And take my warnings very seriously.

        In 1948, it was the U.N. that voted on and created TWO STATES, Israel and Palestine. It was the PLO that did not accept this offer.

        Say what? Did you learn this in the Israeli school system? The PLO was founded in 1964. How could it refuse an UN decision made in 1948?? This too is OFF TOPIC. Stay on the topic of my post & do not wander. If you continue doing so, you will face moderation.

        Why are these people the problem of Israel?

        Because you exiled them in the Nakba and you conquered them in 1967 and because you continue stealing their land. It’s YOUR problem and will continue to afflict you as the 10 Plagues did the Egyptians until you do justice. And if you don’t, you’ll have the equivalent of the last Plague in which you lose yr first born child & perhaps your entire country someday. And it will be no one’s fault but yr own.

        Gaza was once part of Eygpt and when Israel offered to give it back during the Camp David Peace Accords

        Another historical fallacy. Never happened. Talk about getting yr facts straight!!! I don’t cotton well to commenters who make up history. So it’s you who will have to learn to play by the rules here. If you make up “facts” that’s another comment violation.

        Thanks for entertaining us & reminding that “De-Nile” is not just a river in Egypt, but one that runs right through the soul of Israel.

  4. Eli Lake and The Moonie Times are the “worst of the worst” (to borrow a phrase from “Pricky Dick” Cheney). I would love to see them go out of business, but I suspect they will manage to find a new ‘sugar daddy’ to come to their rescue.

    1. Lake got picked up by Moonie Times when the N.Y. Sun went under. I wonder when the Wash. Times goes under who’ll pick him up. Prob. the Weekly Standard if he’s lucky. He & Kristol were made for ea. other.

  5. Of course nothing J-Street did is illegal. But, as you are always pointing out, progressives are much more moral people than “neo-cons” or “conservatives” or Republicans or “pro-Israel” people. Thus, it is logical for people to have higher expectations from them.

    1. as you are always pointing out

      I have never said that progressives are more moral than neo-cons. They SHOULD be more moral & often are, but they aren’t always…because they’re human. Besides, I never makes such comparative arguments on moral terms (not that there isn’t a moral component to my own analysis). I’d much rather make the argument that neocon policies simply don’t work on a pragmatic, functional level which is self-evident.

  6. Too bad that most of the Jewish billionaires do not seem to share the views of George Soros. If they did AIPAC and its war mongering agenda could not long survive.

  7. I think the trouble is that they know that Mr Soros isn’t going to have them run over or gunned down in the street, whereas with some of those who support AIPAC and its Canadian equivalent, you just can’t bet on this.

  8. neither hagee nor moskowitz have ever hidden their donations, andboth have had their involvement in settlement activity reported on in the press

    so where would the story be?

    until this story broke, nobody knew that soros was donating to j street…so there is a story there.

    1. Not true, Lenny Ben David knew & posted in a comment thread at JPost. If Ben David pitched a story on this or a JPost editor bothered to read their own comment threads, they would’ve had the story before Lake did. Plus, Jeremy had acknowledged Soros’ gift at a Florida J St. event. Soros himself said he hasn’t concealed the gift fr. anyone.

      Hagee & Moskowitz are yr typical non sequiturs. I want to know the major donors to Aipac & RJC affiliated 501c4s–I want those suckers outed too.

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