AIPAC is pandering to anti-Israel leftists

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Recently 18,000 supporters of Israel packed the Walter E. Washington Convention Center for the AIPAC Policy Conference. To the surprise of many, AIPAC’s executive director Howard Kohr endorsed a two-state solution, despite this “solution” not being endorsed by the government of Israel. Many have noticed that AIPAC’s weak leadership has been trying to appease anti-Israel progressives such as Nancy Pelosi and Tim Kaine.

During AIPAC’s Policy Conference in 2016, AIPAC humiliated itself. AIPAC president Lillian Pinkus excoriated many of the AIPAC delegates for rightfully applauding candidate Trump when blasting President Obama’s anti-Israel policies during his AIPAC speech. In 2017, AIPAC unbelievably invited Nancy Pelosi to speak at their policy conference, despite her support for the Iran Nuclear Deal and Obama’s anti-Semitic betrayal of Israel at the UN during the transition period of his administration.

A recent Gallup Poll showed that 74 % of the U.S public views Israel favorably. The AIPAC leadership is making the mistake of their lives by pandering to politicians who represent the minority of Americans, and who do not view Israel favorably and never will.  If AIPAC’s leadership does not make some major philosophical changes, they will become a paper tiger very quickly.

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“AIPAC’s Downward Spiral,” by Isi Leibler, Algemeiner, March 13, 2018:

The American Jewish leadership’s downward spiral has accelerated. This can be traced back to its cowardly silence when then-President Barack Obama began treating Israel as a rogue state, and applied moral equivalence to Israelis defending themselves and Palestinian terrorists.

The leaders of the Reform and Conservative movements and the Anti-Defamation League have effectively become adjuncts of the liberal wing of the Democratic Party. Many have become so obsessed with hatred of President Donald Trump that their bitterness supersedes their support for Israel.

The chaos was reflected in recent weeks by the bizarre Qatari-sponsored visits of leading American Jewish personalities, designed to curry favor with the US. The Qataris, however, did not terminate their massive financial support of Hamas and remain closely allied with Iran and Hezbollah. These and similar misguided actions by Jewish leaders reflect a lack of leadership that will be accelerated with the retirement of Malcolm Hoenlein, the executive vice president of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.

Yet, despite the turmoil, until now, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee had remained a jewel in an otherwise crumbling Jewish establishment.

Its leaders correctly recognize that one of its greatest challenges is to maintain bipartisan support for Israel. Unfortunately, AIPAC’s solution to achieve this could worsen the situation and even prove disastrous.

AIPAC has determined that, come what may, it must seduce liberals into its ranks. To do so, it has embarked on a policy of appeasement or at least paying lip service to progressives. However, this may well become the primary goal in lieu of providing a means of effectively promoting Israel.

This is reminiscent of the recent failed American-Jewish establishment effort to bring all except the most vicious anti-Israel factions into the so-called “big tent.”

It seeks to establish unity and entice liberals by adopting the lowest common denominator. It means giving equal status to Jews committed to Israel and estranged liberals and the disengaged, many of whom consider the security of Israel a low priority.

Such an approach will invariably find AIPAC effectively supporting policies that run counter to the democratically elected government in Israel as well as the positions adopted by opposition parties Labor and Yesh Atid.

This new approach was proclaimed at the opening of the recent AIPAC conference by Howard Kohr, its executive director, who unambiguously committed AIPAC to a two-state solution.

This was endorsed by AIPAC President Mort Fridman, who added: “To my friends in the progressive community, I want you to know that we are partners in this project. The progressive narrative for Israel is just as compelling and critical as the conservative one. But there are very real forces trying to pull you out of this hall and out of this movement. We will not let that happen.”

In conformity with this, a discussion on the two-state solution was removed from the agenda to avoid “friction.”

American Jews, like Israelis, are entitled to have varying views on the two-state solution. But the reality is that in the face of the intensified Palestinian Authority campaign of terror and incitement, most Israelis, like myself, who at one time imagined that a two-state solution could be feasible if the Palestinians genuinely sought peace, now realize that is impossible.

The Palestinians have one goal — the destruction of Israel. Today, the creation of a nascent terrorist state in Judea and Samaria would be opposed by a clear majority of Israelis across the political spectrum. For diplomatic reasons, the government has not explicitly stated this but it has assiduously avoided endorsing a two-state solution. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu states that he supports a “state minus,” i.e., a framework separating Israelis from Palestinians, with Israel retaining security but providing the Palestinians a form of autonomy.

What Israel seeks is negotiations without preconditions. The Palestinians will not contemplate this unless the Americans are marginalized and anti-Israeli UN elements assume the role of arbitrators — which Israel would never accept.

Even the Trump administration, prior to releasing its peace program, repeatedly announced that it would support any decision both parties endorsed, and did not call for a two-state solution.

Bearing this in mind, it is with incredible chutzpah that an organization purporting to act with Israel’s as well as America’s best interests in mind, has formally adopted a two-state policy.

AIPAC is, in effect, pressuring Israel to move beyond what Trump himself has yet demanded. It is also effectively encouraging the administration and Congress to pressure Israel in this direction.

This outrageous behavior is calculated to induce liberals to support AIPAC. It will not do so, but may encourage many of our American supporters to view Israel as intransigent and press it to make further concessions.

When that happens, there will be pressure to be even more independent of Israel and ultimately, AIPAC could even find itself making overtures to J Street….

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DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
6 years ago

Breaking: Clock-boy Stopped. Twice.
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/irving/2018/03/14/clockboy-ahmed-mohamed-lawsuit-irving-isd-city-dismissed

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Irving ISD, the city of Irving and several others filed by the father of a teen who was arrested after bringing a homemade clock to school that was mistaken for a bomb.

U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay on Tuesday ordered that the suit against the defendants be “dismissed with prejudice” and that “all relief requested by plaintiff is denied.”

‘Dismissed with prejudice’ means the plaintiff is prevented from filing a future lawsuit on the same grounds, probably because it was vexatious, or brought in bad faith.

DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
6 years ago

Sometimes non-Jews support Jews
– more than Jews support Jews

DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
6 years ago
Reply to  DemocracyRules

Here’s an example. Support for Israel is about 50% in the US. But Republicans support Israel much more, and this support is growing.

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– so Jewish Democrats are in a party that offers weak support for Israel

DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
6 years ago
Reply to  DemocracyRules

This may seem weird
– but lots of Christians
– disagree strongly with church systems
– for their bizarre pro-socialist postilions

Kat Mandu
Kat Mandu
6 years ago
Reply to  DemocracyRules

Pressure mounts over psychoanalysts’ 2019 conference, slated for Tel Aviv –
http://mondoweiss.net/2018/03/pressure-psychoanalysts-conference/

Millionmileman
Millionmileman
6 years ago

I thought this what the AIPAC Nemesis J-Street did!

Suresh
Suresh
6 years ago
Reply to  Millionmileman

Agree. There is nothing money can’t buy including judenrats !

unite and fightback , its democracy and nobody can impose their views if majority are against it and willing to fight it socially and legally like these American patriots did to stop islamisation of schools https://tinyurl.com/y8yzso88

Michele Coatta
Michele Coatta
6 years ago

Why are you “Pamala Geller” sensoring me and not posting what I wrote because you say u r for free speech so that’s a lie I guess u r as bad as the next

SemurJengkolMaknyus
SemurJengkolMaknyus
6 years ago
Reply to  Michele Coatta

Pamela have banned/block my account couple times …..

She is truly the embodiment of not-so-free speech spirit … …

MAS
MAS
6 years ago

All your base are belong to us…

IzlamDownpressesHumanity
IzlamDownpressesHumanity
6 years ago
Reply to  MAS

LOL. How many people here will get that meme?

MAS
MAS
6 years ago

Thanks, time will tell.

Michele Coatta
Michele Coatta
5 years ago
Reply to  MAS

U can’t even form a sentence your base are belong wtf foreign pos

MAS
MAS
5 years ago
Reply to  Michele Coatta

Miss irony much punkin? Most bots won’t catch the reference to a badly translated Japanese video game but then bots aren’t big on search engine tech either…

MAS
MAS
6 years ago
Reply to  Michele Coatta

Maybe it’s because she feels U R 2 illiterate 2 B posting here?

Michele Coatta
Michele Coatta
6 years ago
Reply to  MAS

Hey mas a$$ Maybe u should suck off some mohamads

MAS
MAS
6 years ago
Reply to  Michele Coatta

Hard to imagine why Pamela would axe your literary genius. As for me? You’re blocked adios…

Michele Coatta
Michele Coatta
5 years ago
Reply to  MAS

Go hang yourself u anti American pos

MAS
MAS
5 years ago
Reply to  Michele Coatta

After you sweetness…

Michele Coatta
Michele Coatta
6 years ago
Reply to  MAS

Hey Mas A$$ maybe u should suck off some mohamads

G P
G P
6 years ago

Oh, the patron saint of islamic terrorists, how fitting. When did she escape her secure facility?

Take advice from a woman who cannot form a coherent sentence and you are doomed.

Wake up leftist Jewish America, you are merely a stepping stone.

IzlamDownpressesHumanity
IzlamDownpressesHumanity
6 years ago

Doesn’t Gaza (spit) fulfill the promise of the two-state solution? A promise that includes a site for launching unguided missiles by the thousands into Israel.

Midnattsol
Midnattsol
6 years ago

And AIPAC will still be hated by both the Sharia sympathizing left and the ultranationalist fringe of the right.

Martin Welt
Martin Welt
6 years ago

How is it possible to have a two State solution? The Koran tells Muslims that they can use guile and deceit to advance the cause of Islam, namely a world Caliphate under Sharia. Jordan and Egypt signed a peace treaty with Israel after getting multi-billion dollar “bribes” from the United States and continuing financial aide. Did you ever see a Jordanian or Egyptian tour group in Israel? AIPAC is off base in trying to cater to the liberal/progressive
J- Street Jewish Democrats who somehow make believe that a true peace can occur.

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