The
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has just completed its
annual summit in Washington. It claims that 18,000 supporters attended
the event, which concluded with a day of lobbying Congress by the
attendees. Numerous American politicians addressed the gathering and it
is completely reasonable to observe that the meeting constituted the
most powerful gathering of people dedicated to promoting the interests
of a foreign nation ever witnessed in any country in the history of the
world.
There
are a number of things that one should understand about the Jewish
state of Israel and its powerful American domestic lobby. First of all,
the charge that the actions of The Lobby (referred to with capital
letters because of its uniqueness and power) inevitably involves dual or
even singular allegiance based on religion or tribe to a country where
the lobbyist does not actually reside is completely correct by
definition of what AIPAC is and why it exists. It claims to
work to “ensure that the Jewish state is safe, strong and secure”
through “foreign aid, government partnerships, [and] joint
anti-terrorism efforts…,” all of which involve the U.S. as the donor and
Israel as the recipient.
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