The vice president said a few words about freezing settlement expansion and granting greater freedom of movement to Palestinians as a means of demonstrating Israel’s commitment to Palestinian statehood. “Show me,” he challenged Israel. And he got applause. Not a…
When he called for a two-state solution now, when he came down on settlement expansion, there was just a smattering of applause for John Kerry at AIPAC today. Settlements “empower the enemies of peace in the region,” Kerry said. And…
When he called for a two-state solution now, when he came down on settlement expansion, there was just a smattering of applause for John Kerry at AIPAC today. Settlements “empower the enemies of peace in the region,” Kerry said. And…
How important is Palestinian statehood to the AIPAC faithful? How likely is a confrontation between Obama and the Israel lobby? Answers: Not very important. And, likely. I talked to a dozen AIPAC members last night and this morning and got…
Short, very positive speech from Bibi Netanyahu, by video feed from Israel to the AIPAC policy conference. Seemed just a wee bit groggy, as though jarred from sleep at 3 a.m., but not at all scary. Warm, even fuzzy. The…
Congressman Eliot Engel, addressing a breakout session at his 22d consecutive AIPAC policy conference : You are the key to a safe and secure Israel… There is no more effective lobbying force on Capitol Hill than AIPAC. Bar none. It…
Phil posted yesterday on Jane Harman’s comments at the AIPAC conference yesterday. Here is some video posted by TPM: You can watch the full video on the AIPAC website.
Whoever leaked the wiretap to CQ, that’s who! So says Zach Roth of TPM; quotes someone saying the Justice Department should investigate. Hey, maybe that case would go to trial…
JPost says I’m wrong, that there is a significant difference between the AIPAC line and the Netanyahu government line: While Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is refusing to explicitly endorse a two-state solution to resolve the Palestinian conflict, participants at the…