News Updates
03/30/2016 A Speech That Would Have Made Waves At AIPAC – OpEd
Even less reported, but arguably most important, was a presentation a few days earlier in Washington, DC by Lawrence Wilkerson, a former US Army Colonel and chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell. In his speech at the Israel’s Influence: Good or Bad for America? conference in Washington, DC, Wilkerson challenged the contention that there is any foreign policy or national security benefit whatsoever from unwavering US support for Israel. Indeed, Wilkerson convincingly argues that such support creates danger for America. More
03/23/2016 Alternet: Haaretz Columnist—Americans "Are supporting the first signs of fascism in Israel"
Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy talks to journalist Max Blumenthal about how the Israeli occupation has poisoned not only the region but much of the world, and how BDS might be the last standing hope to dismantle it. More
03/23/2016 Tikkun Daily: Gideon Levy on Israel's Influence on America
In his keynote address to the March 18 “Israel’s Influence: Good or
Bad for America?” conference, Israeli journalist Gideon Levy
described where he would take, and what he would say to, a U.S.
congressional delegation to Israel.
He would take them, Levy said, to meet the Abu Khoussa family in
Gaza, whose 6-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son were killed in
an Israeli missile strike on their home. He would tell them about
16-year-old American Mahmoud Saalan of Tampa, Florida, who had been
shot dead at a military checkpoint by Israeli soldiers, allegedly
for carrying a knife. And, Levy said, he would also take the
American legislators to Hebron, because “I never met an honest human
being who had been to Hebron and didn’t come back after a few hours
in shock.”
More
03/22/2016 The Real News: Gideon Levy: Americans "Are Supporting the First Signs of Fascism in Israel"
Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy talks to journalist Max Blumenthal about how the Israeli occupation has poisoned not only the region but much of the world, and how BDS might be the last standing hope to dismantle it. More
03/21/2016 CDN: AIPAC's influence harmful to the U.S. and Israel
Hillary Clinton, Ted Cruz and Donald Trump have all made the pilgrimage to address AIPAC, but should they? More
03/20/2016 The Real News: Defying AIPAC
Journalist and author Max Blumenthal speaks to leading dissenters of the right wing Israel lobby days before AIPAC's annual summit. More
03/21/2016 Salon: "Israel is occupation-addicted": Israeli journalist Gideon Levy blasts U.S. support for "apartheid" & rise of fascism
The renowned Israeli journalist joined a host of experts at the 2016 Israel's Influence conference in D.C. More
03/21/2016 Antiwar.com: What's up with the Ides of March?
Speaking of Israel and the 2016 presidential election: that was the subject of my talk at a recent conference on “Israel’s Influence: Good or Bad for America?” It was quite an experience speaking to an audience made up of many Muslims, leftists, and others not inclined to contemplate my contrarian view – which is that Donald Trump’s promise to be “evenhanded” on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the most reasonable position of anyone in the race. Yet, as you can see below, the response was much more favorable than I thought it would be. More
03/19/2016 Haaretz: AIPAC is destroying Israel, not safeguarding it
AIPAC corrupted Israel, teaching it that everything is permissible: The day AIPAC weakens, Israel will grow stronger, forced to stand on its own two feet and be more moral. More.
03/19/2016 BE: Washington Report Conference Asks “Israel’s Influence: Good or Bad for America?” at National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
In its third year, the annual conference “Israel’s Influence: Good or Bad for America?” presented by the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. opens a unique forum for activists, academics, former government leaders, NGOs, and journalists to engage in a fearless, open conversation about the Israel Lobby, AIPAC, and its unconditional, unquestioned influence on U.S. foreign policy regarding Israel and Palestine, and impacting the security and stability of countries across the Middle East. More
03/19/2016 Antiwar.com: Conference Video: Israel's Influence: Good or Bad for America?
“Israel’s Influence: Good or Bad for America?” was the theme of a daylong conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on March 18, 2016. More
03/18/2016 Washington Post: U.S. policy toward Israel called harmful to both countries at conference
U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East was criticized as being unfairly tilted toward Israel, to the detriment of both countries, at a conference Friday examining whether pro-Israel lobbying groups have an undue influence on Congress and government agencies. More
03/18/2016 C-SPAN2: Israel's Influence in the U.S.
Israel's Influence in the U.S. Panelists talked about Israel’s influence in the U.S., including on members of Congress and the U.S. media. More
03/03/2016 PRNewswire:
Panels & topics announced for
“Israel’s Influence: Good or Bad for America?” conference
WASHINGTON, MARCH 3, 2016—Organizers of the March 18 conference “Israel’s Influence: Good or Bad for America?” are pleased to announce the following panel topics and keynote addresses More
02/03/2016 PRNewswire: Top Experts Analyze Israel’s Influence on America March 18 at the National Press Club
WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY
3, 2016--
The March
18 all-day
conference “Israel’s
Influence: Good or Bad for America?”
at the National Press Club will feature the following experts:
12/16/2015
PRNewswire:
Keynote speakers announced for “Israel’s Influence: Good or Bad for
America?” conference
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ Rula Jebreal is an
award-winning journalist, author, and foreign policy analyst. Her
first novel, Miral, sold two million copies and was made into a major motion
picture. She frequently appears on CNN, HBO and Bloomberg News, and
has contributed op-eds to The
New York Times, the
Washington Post, Foreign
Policy, The Guardian, Newsweek,
The Nation, and
San Jose Mercury News. Jebreal has anchored multiple television
shows in both Italy and Egypt, and reports extensively from across
the Middle East, Europe, and the U.S., frequently challenging
Islamophobic rhetoric and media on coverage of the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Jebreal will be discussing why lumping
all Muslims into one monolithic, extremist-linked bracket is
actually a victory for ISIS, as well as how and why the media
abrogates its responsibility to cover all sides of the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Gideon Levy is a journalist for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz,
and is widely considered the “dean” of Israeli journalism. His
columns about politics, money, how Israel's military occupation is
changing Israeli society and about U.S.-Israel relations are widely
read and discussed around the world. Video of Levy’s presentation at
last year’s conference has gone viral and received over
200,000
views.
Levy will outline what politicians, members of Congress and media
elites visiting Israel should know about the situation on the
ground—as opposed to what hundreds are told on junkets organized by
the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
11/09/2015 PRNewswire: “Israel’s Influence on America” conference March 18 at the National Press Club
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- “Israel’s Influence: Good or Bad for America?” is the theme of a daylong conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on March 18, 2016. More
