This was the week Israelis turned on the Israel lobby, but an AIPAC delegation to Israel showed that Democrats aren’t ready to cut ties just yet.
“Aid provides the U.S. with no influence over Israeli decisions to use force,” former ambassador Dan Kurtzer claims. Not true. Cutting aid would be the beginning of the end for the special relationship.
AIPAC’s latest congressional delegation to Israel led by House Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries highlighted the split between the anti-Palestinian wing of the Democratic party and the growing majority who recognize the apartheid reality in Palestine.
So long as Jews and Palestinians don’t have equal rights, Israel risks “dictatorship,” say 750 academics in letter urging U.S. Jews to denounce “apartheid.”
The Zionist lobby in the U.S. is openly anguished over Israel’s political crisis– and we are getting to witness the ordeals of the entitled.
In an important dissent, the Workers Circle has resigned from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations over its failure to condemn Israel’s judicial reform. Americans for Peace Now and National Council of Jewish Women say they will stick with the Conference.
If you want to know how much the Biden Administration prioritizes pressuring the Netanyahu government consider this: the White House established an envoy to push Israel-Saudi normalization, but not to further Israel-Palestinian talks.
The Netanyahu government is causing leading U.S. advocates for Israel to finally acknowledge realities that only critics raised before like Israel practices apartheid and U.S. aid to the rogue government should be cut.
“Even though Dina’s doors and windows are flung wide open, the heat inside the apartment is unbearable, with no fans, air conditioning, or cold water in the fridge.” Tareq Hajjaj’s brilliant reporting from the heat wave in Gaza.
Biden went out of his way last week to warn Netanyahu not to undermine Israeli courts. He did it anyway. Three leading Israel advocates say there will be no consequences to Netanyahu for doing so, because Biden fears politicizing support for Israel with Republicans.