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american israel. public affairs committee the most influential croak israel lobby group in the us but your. reply went far. this country is desperately in need of a conversation for how we can be leveraging our closeness with israel to end the occupation of the palestinians that is not the conversation that congresswoman omar is having she did not criticize israel what she did was characterize support for israel among americans and among american jews in a way that was just off enough just long enough that it slipped to right into the well worn grooves of anti-semitic tropes what do i mean by that she criticized a pack the israel lobby. of course you can criticize a pack without being anti-semitic i do it all the time the problem was that she mischaracterized apac exactly in a way that fell into an anti-semitic trope just like everyone else you know i read i read the tweets and i thought i don't see this is being particularly anti-semitic riva sickly controversial there are progressive american jews people i know well who hear some of the things that are being said and just it hits somethin

american israel. public affairs committee the most influential croak israel lobby group in the us but your. reply went far. this country is desperately in need of a conversation for how we can be leveraging our closeness with israel to end the occupation of the palestinians that is not the conversation that congresswoman omar is having she did not criticize israel what she did was characterize support for israel among americans and among american jews in a way that was just off enough just long enough that it slipped to right into the well worn grooves of anti-semitic tropes what do i mean by that she criticized a pack the israel lobby. of course you can criticize a pack without being anti-semitic i do it all the time the problem was that she mischaracterized apac exactly in a way that fell into an anti-semitic trope just like everyone else you know i read i read the tweets and i thought i don't see this is being particularly anti-semitic riva sickly controversial there are progressive american jews people i know well who hear some of the things that are being said and just it hits somethin

american israel. public affairs committee the most influential croak israel lobby group in the us but your. reply went far. this country is desperately in need of a conversation for how we can be leveraging our closeness with israel to end the occupation of the palestinians that is not the conversation that congresswoman omar is having she did not criticize israel what she did was characterize support for israel among americans and among american jews in a way that was just off enough just long enough that it slipped to right into the well worn grooves of anti-semitic tropes what do i mean by that she criticized a pack the israel lobby. of course you can criticize a pack without being anti-semitic i do it all the time the problem was that she mischaracterized apac exactly in a way that fell into an anti-semitic trope just like everyone else you know i read i read the tweets and i thought i don't see this is being particularly anti-semitic riva sickly controversial there are progressive american jews people i know well who hear some of the things that are being said and just it hits somethin

over the course of 70 years the american israel public affairs committee. has grown into one of the most influential foreign policy lobbying groups in washington. daniel conference is a key event on the capital's talent a mix of politics pageantry and hardcore partisanship $18000.00 people attended this year's gathering political consultants activists journalists politicians from israel and the u.s. including presidential candidates and congressional leaders. politicians have much to gain by aligning themselves with the group as a disproportionate amount of clout to shape legislation promote pro israel politicians and direct funding very way from allied donors but one of the pacs greatest achievements lies in what is or is not said its ability to effectively set the boundaries of the israel palestine debate in the us across the political and media sphere one thing that's really important to remember is that lobbying is part of the democratic process it's a pretty terrible part it is a corrupting influence apac and not just the uses its power and influence t

over the course of 70 years the american israel public affairs committee. has grown into one of the most influential foreign policy lobbying groups in washington. daniel conference is a key event on the capital's cound a mix of politics pageantry and hardcore partisanship $18000.00 people attended this year's gathering political consultants activists journalists politicians from israel and the u.s. including presidential candidates and congressional leaders. and. politicians have much to gain by aligning themselves with the group as a disproportionate amount of clout to shape legislation promote pro israel politicians and direct funding very way from allied donor but one of the pacs greatest achievements lies in what is or is not say its ability to effectively set the boundaries of the israel palestine debate in the us across the political and media sphere one thing that's really important to remember is that lobbying is part of the democratic process it's a pretty terrible part it is a corrupting influence apac and not just uses its power and influence to