Here's the State Department's report to Congress last year on global anti-semitism. Nice cover, sort of neo-expressionist. On page 33, the report says that it is anti-Semitic to ascribe
policy-making to a "pro-Israel lobby" or a "Zionist lobby," because
that's just traditional anti-Semitic thinking of shadowy Jewish
conspiracies.
And on page 28, it says that these anti-Semites "tend to believe that
Jewish lobbying groups and individual Jews in influential positions in
national government positions seek to bend national policy toward
Israel's interests."
An official of the office that produced the report was Lisa Sherman. Lisa seems to be married to California congressman Brad Sherman. Brad Sherman touts his wife's office's report on his website.
Lately Brad Sherman tweeted his participation at the AIPAC policy conference, in a roundtable with two other Jewish congresspeople, including Jane Harman, who has gotten in trouble for her phone conversation with a "suspected Israeli agent."
A year or so back, Sherman, who is chairman of the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on terrorism, spoke at an AIPAC summit. His subject:
"Top Middle East scholars will explore what can be done to stop Tehran
from acquiring a nuclear weapon and advancing its radical agenda
throughout the region."
You know me. I love to talk about power, to scrutinize power. Sherman's a powerful congressman. AIPAC is the Israel lobby, and Israel is pushing us to stop Iran's "radical agenda throughout the region."
Uh-oh. Was that anti-Semitic? Help me, Mrs. Sherman!
