Author Archives: M.J. Rosenberg

About M.J. Rosenberg

M.J. Rosenberg served as a Senior Foreign Policy Fellow with Media Matters Action Network, and prior to that worked on Capitol Hill for various Democratic members of the House and Senate for 15 years. He was also a Clinton political appointee at USAID. In the early 1980s, he was editor of AIPACs weekly newsletter Near East Report. From 1998-2009, he was director of policy at Israel Policy Forum. You can follow his work at mjayrosenberg.com.

Obama scared AIPAC into silence, then defeated it

Posted on March 8, 2013 by M.J. Rosenberg

The Hagel nomination reveals the weakness of the Israel lobby; many say its powers are ebbing

Posted in Israel/Palestine | 52 Comments

Lobby’s effort to exempt Israel from sequester gets ‘Israel first’-ers into the lexicon

Posted on March 5, 2013 by M.J. Rosenberg

MJ Rosenberg says AIPAC fears that exempting Israel from sequester cuts will create backlash for the country — and it seems to be happening

Posted in Israel/Palestine | 29 Comments

The nonexistent ‘Jewish lobby’ sets out to destroy Chuck Hagel

Posted on December 20, 2012 by M.J. Rosenberg

As for the non-Jews and Christian Zionists that are supposedly part of the Israel lobby, that is just silly. Having worked on Capitol Hill for 20 years, I can attest to the fact that the only voices that matter in Washington on this issue come from Jews

Posted in Israel/Palestine | 147 Comments

J Street sells its soul, completes evolution to AIPAC lite

Posted on October 14, 2012 by M.J. Rosenberg

In response to the letter from Christian denominations urging that aid to Israel be compliant with U.S. law, J Street has joined Abe Foxman of the Anti-Defamation league and the half-million a year hacks that run the other Jewish organizations to blast the Christians.

Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, US Politics | 115 Comments

Career protection and the Israel lobby

Posted on September 14, 2012 by M.J. Rosenberg

Spencer Ackerman is protecting his career when he feeds stupid jokes about the Israel lobby to uberneocon Jeffrey Goldberg

Posted in Israel/Palestine | 76 Comments

Dennis Ross’s neutrality shows lobby is with Romney

Posted on July 29, 2012 by M.J. Rosenberg

Editor: MJ Rosenberg posted this news today on his site. Eli Lake, as faithful a transcriber for AIPAC as any in the media (he has plenty of competition) reports that Dennis Ross is staying neutral in the presidential election.  This … Continue reading →

Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel Lobby, US Politics | 32 Comments

Pro-Israel activists break new ground — an anti-Arab hate video

Posted on June 21, 2012 by M.J. Rosenberg

A new ad encourages Americans who have emigrated to Israel from the United States to work from Israel to counter the effects of voting by Americans who live in the US — Arab-Americans.

Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, US Politics | 14 Comments

Why I am using ‘Israel firster’ again

Posted on June 20, 2012 by M.J. Rosenberg
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M.J. Rosenberg explains why he still insists on using the term “Israel firster,” and why his critics have been especially threatened by it in 2012.

Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Neocons, US Politics | Tagged | 254 Comments