Who is the ‘tirelessly unsuccessful Mideast negotiator’?

by on January 27, 2009 1

Why Dennis Ross, of course. John Tirman's bon mot on Alternet. Never forget, there was method in Ross's madness. He was fathered by AIPAC. And lo, the settlements piled up.

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  1. Israel Lobby Archive says:
    January 27, 2009 at 1:28 pm

    The argument can be made that Dennis Ross, by chairing a Jewish Agency think tank (see link) while actively lobbying in the US is violating the 1938 Foreign Agents Registration Act.

    Back in the early 1960's, the Jewish Agency's "American Section" in New York laundered $35 million from overseas to lobby congress and set up AIPAC.

    http://irmep.org/ila/Senate/default.asp

    The Jewish Agency also entirely funded AIPAC's precursor, the American Zionist Council, which was shut down by DOJ in 1965.

    http://irmep.org/ila/AZCDOJ/default.asp

    The Jewish Agency's "American Section" in New York was also shut down in the early 1970's after a Rabbi and a lawyer forced it to file its secret "covenant agreement" with the Israeli government.

    http://irmep.org/ila/ja/covenant/default.asp

    It is reasonable to assume that Dennis Ross is receiving Israeli government funding through the Jewish Agency. Either way, by working for a Jewish Agency entity, and lobbying in the US, Ross should be registering his activity every 6 months at the FARA office in Washington, DC.

    http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/fara/links/search.html

    This law protects Americans and Congress from foreign influenced propaganda and lobbying.

    At present, Ross is not obeying FARA. How well is he likely to do for America as any sort of diplomat in the region?

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