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Originally posted by Jeanius
Anyone notice this thread was moved by Ashley D, who if you look at her posts is an obvious supporter of general israeli political views, into the "Education and Media" category which no one knows exists, instead of "War on Terrorism" where I posted it and it should be?
Pretty sure this is about how israel pushed their political views (scary terrorist Muslims) onto the US by means of trickery and deceit.
If nothing else, why Education and Media instead of General Conspiracies when this is obviously about a huge conspiracy.
Just funny that an israel supporter moved it into a category that doesn't make sense, one that happens to be very s l o w . . .
According to Grant F. Smith, director of IRmep, "It is frightening how easily some in the American news media surrendered to a foreign public relations campaign that spent the 2010 equivalent of $36 million over two years. Time has proven most of the planted content to be misleading, if not dangerous. These historical documents hold many important lessons for Americans who have long needed—but rarely received—straight reporting on key Middle East issues."
The following reports detail how the American Zionist Council used the funding in a sophisticated campaign to cajole and intimidate news media, subvert open debate about Israel and undermine reporting about key issues of the day such as Israel's Dimona nuclear weapons facility, operation Susannah terror attacks on the United States, and the return of Arab refugees to their homes. The AZC tracked and targeted professors and engaged in covert operations obliquely referred to in the following internal reports.
'McCain-Feingold' raised the amount (from $1,000 to $2,300) that candidates can receive from individuals in primary and general elections. A couple can now contribute a combined $9,200 to federal candidates: $4,600 in each of the primary and general elections. Primary elections, usuall low-budget, are particularly easy to sway.
Importantly for the Diaspora, this change also doubled the funds candidates can receive without regard to where those contributors reside. A candidate in Iowa, say, may have only a few pro-Israeli constituents. When campaign support is provided by a nationwide network of pro-Israelis, that candidate can more easily be persuaded to support policies sought by Tel Aviv.
Diaspora-based fundraising has long been used by the lobby with force-multiplying success to shape US foreign policy. Under the guise of reform, John McCain doubled the financial resources that the lobby can deploy to elect and retain its supporters.
Originally posted by Jeanius
This is big.
This senate report shows how israel constructed a VAST effort to distract the US public from their nuclear weapons facility.
It also shows they funneled money into the Atlantic Magazine to prevent a story about Palestinian refugees and much more proving it's not the US that controls israel, but the other way around.
And guess what, this is AIPAC's former organization, probably had to change due to them being found out by the US congress.
No doubt AIPAC does the same.
It also shows which US media outlets took this money to not run stories and run stories instead promoting israel's foreign policy.
Russia sure seems to be doing everything they can to shut up israel, what if China sides with them too?
That calls the US off!
Files declassified in America have revealed covert public relations and lobbying activities of Israel in the U.S. The National Archive made the documents public following a Senate investigation. They suggest Israel has been trying to shape media coverage of issues it regards as important. You can download the files from the web-site of the Institute for Research on Middle Eastern policy. And we can cross to Washington now and talk to Grant F. Smith who is a director at that Institute.
[edit on 19-8-2010 by Jeanius]
[edit on 19-8-2010 by Jeanius]
The influence-peddling process works like this. Candidates are summoned for in-depth AIPAC interviews. Those found sufficiently committed to Israel's agenda are provided a list of donors likely to "max out" their campaign contributions. Or the process can be made even easier when AIPAC-approved candidates are given the name of a "bundler."
Bundlers raise funds from the Diaspora and bundle those contributions to present them to the candidate. No quid pro quo need be mentioned. After McCain-Feingold became law in 2003, AIPAC-identified bundlers could raise $1 million-plus for AIPAC-approved candidates simply by contacting ten like-minded supporters. Here's the math:
Here's the math:
The bundler and spouse "max out" for $9,200 and call ten others, say in Manhattan, Miami, and Beverly Hills. Each of them max out ($10 x $9,200) and call ten others for a total of 11. [111 x $9,200 = $1,021,200.]
Originally posted by daggyz
Does this come from the same reliable source that said there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq?