AIPAC

Hollywood actors to visit Israel on a trip co-sponsored by AIPAC

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 04:26
Hollywood actors and industry executives are due to take part in an Israeli propaganda delegation this week, as the Israeli government and US lobbies continue to attempt to stifle the arts and culture boycott against Israeli apartheid.

US aid freeze designed to further punish Palestinians

Michelle Gyeney
11 October 2011
The US Congress has voted to freeze aid to the Palestinian Authority worth $200 million. The common theme of the freeze is the disruption of activities that might reinforce the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) drive for statehood.

Searching for Palestinian voices in the UN bid media coverage

Submitted by Jaime Omar Yassin on Tue, 09/27/2011 - 16:42
Mainstream media published hundreds of articles on the Palestinian Authority’s UN statehood bid from the point coverage began in earnest in the summer to the day of Abbas’ historic speech in the UN. But where were the Palestinian voices?

Can US Congress see beyond the orchestration and opulence in Tel Aviv?

Rev. Carolyn L. Boyd
9 September 2011
Despite the many pressing and unrelenting national challenges facing the United States, a record 81 House members, about a fifth of the chamber, spent a week in Israel last month, courtesy of a foundation set up by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the largest pro-Israel lobby group in the US.

Activists target Illinois Senator Mark Kirk as extremist supporter of lethal Israeli policies

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Thu, 08/18/2011 - 19:58
Palestine solidarity activists in Chicago have launched a campaign targeting Illinois senator Mark Kirk and his “extreme” support of Israeli government policies.

US citizen in Jerusalem arrest video speaks to EI

Maureen Clare Murphy
14 June 2011
Lucas Koerner, the young American Jewish university student shown violently arrested in a Jerusalem Day video, speaks to The Electronic Intifada about his activism and what happened after his arrest.

Move Over AIPAC challenges business-as-usual in Washington

Linda Khoury
Washington, DC
3 June 2011
Late last month AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, held its 2011 annual policy conference in Washington, DC. Just across the street hundreds of social justice activists from all corners of the United States, in addition to a handful of internationals, met with the formidable goal of building a counter-force to AIPAC.

EI in the Press: AIPAC speechifying vs. Sabra boycott referendum

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Wed, 05/25/2011 - 21:07

The progressive magazine In These Times blogs today on last night’s event featuring The Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunimah and celebrated Palestinian spoken-word artist Remi Kanazi at DePaul University — which student activist Sami Kishawi described as “ground zero of the growing campus boycott movement in Chicago” in an op-ed for The Electronic Intifada

EI's Ali Abunimah on Worldview & Al Jazeera's The Listening Post

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Tue, 05/24/2011 - 21:08

EI’s Ali Abunimah appeared on WBEZ Chicago Public Radio’s Worldview and Al Jazeera’s The Listening Post to talk about recent developments related to Palestine. Watch and listen.

Why Sasha Gelzin disrupted Netanyahu at AIPAC - interview

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Tue, 05/24/2011 - 03:03

In an interview with The Electronic Intifada moments ago, Sasha Gelzin, 23, an activist with CODEPINK described what happened when she and four others disrupted the keynote speech of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington on Monday evening.

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