BRITISH-US-ISRAEL WAR AGAINST ISLAM AND MUSLIMS - DAVID CAMERON PEDDLING LIES

London United Kingdom of Great Israel - 24 September 2005

L'interview Vérité de Robert Faurisson - Meta Tour - (exclusif)

NO PHOTOGRAPH OF ANY WWII HOMICIDAL GAS CHAMBERS EVER PRODUCED!

(Unfortunately I do not know Arabic! Colonised or not, Arab and Muslim political and religious leaders (including the Ottoman imperialists) did not want us to learn Arabic and non Muslim conquistadors, imperialists, colonisers and neo-colonisers banned Islam and Arabic (in my days) in their National Curricula ! So, I'll die an ignoramus in that matter. Even my cultural langauages Urdu and Hindi were banned by the slave masters in my days. I know only a few words and sentences.)

FW: هديّة بسيطة

From Muhammad Al-Maasari

Today Monday 6 October 2014 at 3:54 PM

هديّة قيمة من الأخ ياسر عبد المطلب، أثابه الله.

يعاني من شدة المرض:

ادعوا له بالشفاء والفرج العاجل

خصوصاً منكم معشر حجيج بيت الله الحرام، وأهله

From: Yassir Abdelmouttalib

Sent: Sunday, October 5, 2014 23:06
To: MAHREZ MOON; Muhammad Al-Massari; zouhair; zahrahrifa; zouhair guessous
Subject: Fwd: هديّة بسيطة

THIS TIME WE CANNOT SAY IT IS NOT A SHITTY JEWISH TALMUDADE + A SHITTIER DECADENT CHRISTIAN CRUSADE!!!

Al-Massari

Today Friday 3rd October 2014 at 11:56 AM

IT IS A CRUSADE … NO IT IS NOT .. YES: IT IS … NO … YES

(leaked video from a US Base)

(فيديو مسرب من قاعدة عسكرية أمريكية )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4jLIYdSxOA

Bill Maher Destroyed Again And Again By Reza Aslan

Published on 30 Sep 2014

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He said these “facile arguments” might sound good, but not all Muslim nations are the same. Aslan explained that female mutilation is an African problem, not a Muslim one, and there are Muslim-majority nations where women are treated better and there are even female leaders."* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

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BRITISH-US-ISRAEL WAR AGAINST ISLAM AND MUSLIMS - DAVID CAMERON PEDDLING LIES AT THE ZIONIST UN

But, these ones are not lies, David!

1. INNOCENT MUSLIMS ARE SYSTEMATICALLY CONVICTED OF TERRORIST OFFENCES WORLDWIDE!

2. THE GREATEST MIND CONTROLLERS ARE THE TOTALITARIAN FASCIST STATE OF BRITAIN-ISRAEL, TAVISTOK INSTITUTE, THE MEDIA, THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU, THE CORPORATIONS, ETC., NOT MUSLIM PREACHERS, SOME OF WHICH ("TAKFIRIS", "ISLAMIC STATE", "ISIS", "AL-QAEDA") ARE SECRET SERVICE MERCENARIES, AGENTS AND PATSIES!

3. PREACHER ANJAM CHOWDURY IS A MI5 AND MI6 AGENT! I KNOW OF OTHERS AND HAVE BEEN VICTIM OF ONE OF THEM (WHO I REPORTED TO SCOTLAND YARD AND THEY DID NOTHING!) AND THEY ARE VICIOUS!

4. THE EUROPEAN (WESTERN) WORLD VIEW IS

A. TO BOMB EVERY SINGLE RECALCITRANT NATION (MUSLIM OR NOT) THAT REFUSES NON AND ANTISEMITIC JEWISH KHAZARI DICTATES ON FINANCES AND THEIR MONOPOLIES ON ALL GOODS (INCLUDING WEAPONS) PRODUCTIONS AND SERVICES,

B. THE PEDDLING OF LIES,

C. OCCUPY THE WHOLE PLANET AND ENSlAVE ITS INHABITANTS. THIS IS NOT A MUSLIM WORLD VIEW, BUT A ZIONIST JEWISH (JUDEO-CHRISTIAN) FREEMASONIC ONE!

5. US LARRY SILVERSTEIN 9/11, UK ELSEVIER PETER POWER 7/7 EXPLOSIONS, SANDY HOOK HOAX, MOON LANDING HOAX, BOSTON BOMBINGS, MUMBAI ATTACKS, AND MANY OTHERS WERE ALL STAGED BY THE RESPECTIVE TOTALITARIAN REGIMES IN THE US, UK AND IDIA WITH MEDIA AND ZIONIST JEWS AND ERETZ ISRAEL (BUILT ON STOLEN PALESTINIAN LAND) COMPLICITY.

6. MUSLIMS ARE PERSECUTED ALL OVER THE WORD AND EXTERMINATED AND STARVED TO DEATH WHEN REQUIRED. THEIR LANDS ARE UNDER PERMANENT OCCUPATION: PALESTINE, THE ENTIRE MIDDLE EAST INCLUDING ARABIA, ETC. AS DELIBERATE ACTS OF SATANIC WESTERN-ISRAELI POLICY!

7. THE SLAUGHTER OF SOME 150 MILLION MUSLIMS WORLDWIDE IN THE NAME OF A VARIETY OF WESTERN IDEOLOGIES IS NOT A LIE: WESTERN CIVILISATION, CRUSADES, SLAVERY, COLONIALISM, IMPERIALISM, NEO-COLONIALISM, SECULARISM, NEO-DARWINISM, SOCIALISM, COMMUNISM, ZIONISM, AND NOW TOTALITARIAN LIBERAL DEMOCRACY!

8. THE UN IS A TOTALITARIAN ZIONIST DICTATORSHIP!

9. THE ENTIRE AMORAL AND IMMORAL MODERN WESTERN CIVILISATION IS BUILT ON LIES, DECEIT, WARS OF CONQUEST AND EXTERMINATION, AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FAMILY AND RELIGION, MAINLY CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM.

N.B. As authentic Muslims do not "turn themselves in" because of Satan's lies, MUSLIMS FIGHT BACK, I did not offer to join Pr Nicholas Kollerstrom to turn ourselves in to the Satanic Forces of Britain-Israel!

And, I am also a very busy grandfather with three grand daughters to take care of. So, I am not yet available for "Her Majesty's" prisons unless THEY (who you know) decide otherwise! In the afternoon, I was at school picking up the girls, the same school where one of the governors (it seems), was the untouchable and suprematist Jewish homosexual (so it seems again) and paedophile MARTIN GOLDBERG. I am told by an insider that British public schools and agencies are staffed with an army of lesbians and homosexuals even at the top levels!

PROFESSOR NICK KOLLERSTROM

9/11 activist hands himself in over Cameron remarks

Wed Oct 1, 2014 12:43AM GMT

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A 9/11 British activist hands himself in to UK’s counter terrorism police following British Prime Ministers David Cameron’s speech at the UN General Assembly last week, Press TV reports.

In response to Cameron’s remarks equating people, who question 9/11 and 7/7 attacks in the US and UK as well as the West’s policy towards the Middle East, with Takfiri preachers who radicalize extremists, Nick Kollerstrom handed himself in.

“As the evidence emerges about the backgrounds of those convicted of terrorist offences, it is clear that many of them were initially influenced by preachers who claim not to encourage violence, but whose world view can be used as a justification for it. And we know what this world view is, the peddling of lies: that 9/11 was a Jewish plot or the 7/7 London attacks were staged; the idea that Muslims are persecuted all over the world as a deliberate act of Western policy,” Cameron said while addressing the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 25.

Explaining his actions to the Press TV correspondent in London, Kollerstrom said, “David Cameron has redefined terrorism at the UN to include people, who believe that the London bombings involve government complicity, were to some degree arranged, which I certainly do believe, and I’ve published a book on the subject and also I believe the 9/11 was an inside job. I do think Islamic nations are being selectively targeted, it’s perfectly obvious, and if the police force are going by his directive what constitutes terrorism, it seems to me that they need to arrest me.”

The Press TV correspondent was present while Kollerstrom handed himself in.

“We want to report a possible terror threat, we've got a bit of evidence and wonder if we could come in and report it,” Kollerstrom said at Scotland Yard headquarters in London.

The British police refused to arrest Kollerstrom, but he said that Cameron’s definition of nonviolent extremism will lead to the arrest of many Muslims, who share his views, and described it as another example of racial profiling.

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VINCENT REYNOUARD: WHY I ACCEPT GOING TO JAIL!

Pourquoi j'accepte d'aller en prison

Vincent Reynouard

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Freda Utley “The High Cost of Vengeance” 1949, page 183
Friday, 29 August 2014

BRITAIN-ISRAEL MANUFACTURING NEW 7_7 ATTACKS ON BRITAIN AND BLAMES IT AGAIN ON MUSLIMS.

APOCALYPSE 10 - TOTALITARIAN FASCIST BRITAIN AT WAR AGAIN WITH ISLAM AND MUSLIMS

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Ben Affleck s'énerve en direct à la télévision américaine pour défendre l’islam
Le 05/10/2014 à 14:59

Ben Affleck s'énerve en direct à la télévision américaine pour défendre l’islam

Très discret sur sa vie privée, Ben Affleck n’hésite pas à hausser la voix pour défendre la religion musulmane. Face au commentateur politique Bill Maher, l’acteur ne s’est pas dégonflé.

Alors qu’il s’attendait à parler de son nouveau film Gone Girl, Ben Affleck s’est vite engagé dans un débat politique et concernant la religion musulmane. Condamnant les propos de ses interlocuteurs Bill Maher et l’auteur Sam Harris, l’acteur n’a pas mâché ses mots.

Des propos "dégoûtants et racistes" selon Ben Affleck

Lors de l’émission Real Time With Bill Maher, vendredi 3 octobre 2014, Ben Affleck ne s’attendait pas à entrer dans un débat concernant l’islamophobie. Venu présenter son nouveau film Gone Girl, le nouveau Batman n’a pas pu résister à l’envie de réagir face aux propos de Bill Maher et de l’écrivain Sam Harris. L’acteur n’hésite pas à dénoncer le débat en plein direct en répliquant : "Votre caractérisation est brute et raciste". Alors que les deux hommes tentent de se défendre, Ben Affleck poursuit en déclarant : "Que diriez-vous des plus d'un milliard de personnes qui ne sont pas fanatiques, qui ne punissent pas les femmes, qui veulent juste aller à l'école, avoir des sandwiches, et ne pas faire l'une des choses que vous dites que tous les musulmans font ?". Visiblement irrité, Ben Affleck ne s’arrête pas là en leur demandant : "Quelle est votre solution ? De condamner l'islam ? Nous avons tué plus de musulmans et nous avons envahi plusieurs pays islamiques. Mais sommes-nous exemptés de ces choses ?".

Une carrière qui reprend

Après avoir consacré quelques années à sa femme Jennifer Garner et ses enfants, Ben Affleck est de nouveau prêt à revenir sur le devant de la scène. Bientôt à l’affiche de Gone Girl, l’acteur reprend également le fameux rôle de Batman. Très occupé par sa période de promotion, l’acteur a même raté le mariage de George Clooney. En tout cas, Ben Affleck n’est pas prêt de se reposer puisqu’il sera à l’affiche en 2016 de A Speck In The Sea aux côtés de Matt Damon, qu’il retrouvera également dans The Trade l’année suivante. Enfin, Ben Affleck sera de retour derrière la caméra avec deux projets, un en 2016 baptisé Live by Night puis en 2018 avec Line Of Sight.
Ben Affleck dérape en direct à la télévision américaine

Le Coran déclare que la Terre Sainte a été donnée aux israélites - Sheikh Imran Hosein

Published on 1 Oct 2014

Extrait d'une interview de Morris Herman avec Sheikh Imran Hosein en Malaisie (ajoutée le 17 avr. 2014).

Approfondir le sujet en regardant la conférence suivante : « Réponse avec le Coran aux musulmans sionistes »
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March 7, 2014

Influence of Pro-Israel Groups

Former Representative Paul Findley (R-IL) made opening remarks at a summit critical of the U.S.-Israel relationship. Afterward, panelists talked about the influence of pro-Israel groups on members of Congress and during elections. Former Representative Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) participated with a pre-recorded video.
“How Does the Israel Lobby Influence Congress” was held at the National Press Club by the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy along with the Council for the National Interest, If Americans Knew, and the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. close

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00:00:06	Unidentified Speaker POLICY. THE EVENT FEATURING A NUMBER OF PANELS SS EXAMINES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE U.S. AND ISRAEL AS WELL AS ISRAEL'S INFLUENCE IN U.S. POLITICS AND MEDIA. AUTHORS, JOURNALISTS AND PROFESSORS. IT'S JUST GETTING UNDER WAY LIVE FROM THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB IN WASHINGTON, D.C. >> ON BEHALF OF THE ORGANIZERS, THE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH, WASHINGTON REPORT ON MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS, THE COUNCIL FOR THE NATIONAL INTEREST AND IF AMERICANS KNEW. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME
00:00:38	Scott Horton YOU TO THE NATIONAL SUMMIT TO REASSESS THE U.S./ISRAEL SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP. WE'RE PLEASED YOU'VE JOINED US FOR AN UNPRESS TENTED AND WE FEEL LONG OVERDUE PUBLIC EXAMINATION OF HOW OUR GOVERNMENT'S EXTRAORDINARY SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL AFFECTS AMERICANS. WE HAVE CHOSEN TO INCLUDE AN UNUSUALLY LARGE NUMBER OF SPEAKER, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SUMMIT IN ORDER TO PROVIDE AS THOROUGH AN ARRAY OF EXPERTISE AS POSSIBLE. BECAUSE OF THIS ABUNDANCE OF RICHES, WE WILL OF NECESSITY BE ADHERING TO A VERY RIGOROUS SCHEDULE. QUESTIONS WILL BE HELD AT THE END OF EACH PANEL, AT WHICH TIME WE WILL ACCOMMODATE AS MANY AS TIME PERMITS. FACILITATORS WILL BRING A MICROPHONE TO THOSE WHO WISH TO ASK QUESTIONS. EACH QUESTION MUST BE LIMITED TO ONE MINUTE SO AS MANY ATTENDEES AS POSSIBLE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO ASK A QUESTION. IF ANYONE FAILS TO ABIDE BY THE NECESSARY REQUIREMENT, THE MODERATOR WILL REMIND THE INDIVIDUAL OF THESE SCHEDULED REQUIREMENTS. IF THE INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES WITH INAPPROPRIATELY TYPED OR EXCESSIVELY LENGTHY COMMENTS, WE WILL AGAIN DIRECT THE PERSON TO STOP. IF THE INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO SPEAK OUT OF TURN, WE WILL HAVE TO THEN ASK SECURITY TO ESCORT THE PERSON OUT OF THE ROOM SO THAT THE EVENT CAN CONTINUE. ER WANT ER. EVERYBODY WANTS TO GIVE A SPEECH ON C-SPAN. BUT IF YOU WEREN'T INVITED TO GIVE A SPEECH HERE TODAY, I'M SORRY, YOU'LL HAVE TO STICK TO THE QUESTIONS. APPRECIATE IT. IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, WE WILL NOT BE GIVING SPEAKER'S BIOS DURING THE PANELS. WE HAVE PROVIDED EXTENDED SPEAKER BIOS IN YOUR PROGRAM. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE VIDEOTAPING THE ENTIRE SUMMIT AND WE'LL BE POSTING THIS ON THE WEBSITE. THEREFORE, WE ASK THAT OTHERS NOT VIDEO IT. THE ORGANIZERS PROMISE THAT THE VIDEO WILL BE UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THAT'S AT NATSUMMIT.ORG. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT OF YOUR BUSY SCHEDULES TO BE HERE TODAY. >> HELLO, WELCOME, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I'M HONORED TO INTRODUCE THE FOUNDER OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE NATIONAL INTEREST, THE HONORABLE PAUL
00:02:44	Alison Weir FINDLEY, FORMER UNITED STATES CONGRESSMAN FROM ILLINOIS, EXPERT IN AMERICAN POLITICAL PROCESS, COURAGEOUS AUTHOR WHOSE BOOK "THEY DARE TO SPEAK OUT" FIRST EXPOSED THE POWER OF THE ISRAEL LOBBY. PATRIOTIC AMERICAN WHO SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN WAR AND IN PEACE. AND HUMAN
00:03:19	Paul Findley BEING OF PROFUND INTELLECT, INSIGHT AND INTEGRITY. PAUL FINDLEY. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE WARM WELCOME. THE FIRST ISRAELI SETTLEMENT WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE EARLY 1970s. 40 YEARS AGO. IT WAS WRONG. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RESISTED BY A TORRENT OF PROTESTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IT DID NOT COME. AND I FREELY ADMIT MY OWN PERSONAL GUILT. I SHOULD HAVE DONE MORE. I SHOULD HAVE MADE THIS THE CAUSE OF THE DAY EVERY DAY FROM THEN ON. BUT TODAY I HAVE WHAT I CALL HAPPY NEWS. THERE IS A WAY OUT AND IT'S A WAY THAT IS HUMANE, JUST AND PEACEFUL. NOT ONE SHOT OUT OF A GUN IS REQUIRED. NOT ONE EXTRA DOLLAR OR SCHECKLE IS REQUIRED. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ACTING ALONE CAN EXTRICATE PALESTINE, ISRAEL AND AMERICA FROM THE SEEMINGLY INESCAPABLE QUAGMIRE IN WHICH ALL THREE ARE SINKING THESE DAYS. TO MAKE PEACE POSSIBLE, OBAMA MUST ISSUE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER SUSPENDING ALL AID TO ISRAEL UNTIL ISRAEL AND PALESTINE -- [ APPLAUSE ] UNTIL ISRAEL AND PALESTINE CAN CONCLUDE A PEACE TREATY THAT CREATES A TWO-STATE SOLUTION. ISRAEL MUST RECOGNIZE PALESTINE'S SOVEREIGNTY OVER ALL TERRITORY SEIZED IN THE 1967 WAR. WAR. ALL ISRAELI PERSONNEL AND OFFICIALS MUST LEAVE PALESTINE. ONLY THOSE APPROVED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF PALESTINE WILL BE ABLE TO REMAIN AS FOREIGN NATIONALS. NOW, THAT IS THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF THE PICTURE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF ISRAELIS. LOOK AT THE POSITIVE EFFECT THIS WOULD HAVE ON THE STATE OF ISRAEL. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, ISRAELIS WOULD BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE PEACE AND SECURITY AT HOME AND ABROAD. A PROSPECT THAT'S UNTHINKABLE TODAY. ARAB STATES LONG AGO AGREED TO RECOGNIZE ISRAEL AND HAVE PEACEFUL RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL ONCE PALESTINE BECAME NATIONALLY SOVEREIGN AND POLITICALLY INDEPENDENT WITH ITS BORDERS RECOGNIZED AS LEGITIMATE AND INVIABLE BY THE U.S. SECURITY COUNCIL. WHEN THAT HAPPENED, ISRAEL WILL BE FREE FROM TERRITORIAL EXPANSION AND THE BURDEN OF THE OCCUPATION, WHICH MUST BE HORRENDOUS BUT IS RARELY DISCUSSED. AND IF REQUESTED BY EITHER PARTY, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT U.S. PROVIDE MILITARY POLICE IN ORDER TO KEEP ORDER DURING THE TRANSITION. ISRAEL WILL BE GREATLY STRENGTHENED BY THIS PROCESS. BECAUSE THE ARAB STATES ALL AGREED TO EXTEND NORMAL RELATIONS ONCE PALESTINE WAS SECURE. AND THAT WOULD HAVE AN ENORMOUS EFFECT ON THE FUTURE OF ISRAEL. PLEASED WITH PALESTINE'S NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY AND INDEPENDENCE INDEPENDENCE, HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH, IT'S ISLAMIC JIHAD, AL QAEDA, IRAN AND MANY OTHER COUNTRIES, LONG OPPOSED TO ISRAEL'S ILLEGAL OCCUPATION, WILL HAVE LESS REASON, PERHAPS NONE, TO CHALLENGE THE JEWISH STATE. WHY? BECAUSE ISRAEL WILL HAVE FINALLY AGREED TO ABIDE BY THE FOURTH GENEVA CONVENTION. WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE ISRAEL NOT ONLY SIGNED THE FOURTH GENEVA CONVENTION, IT WAS ONE OF THE DRIVING FORCES FOR ITS ENACTMENT. PALESTINES WILL BE ECSTATIC. THEY WILL ENJOY FULL CITIZENSHIP FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE END OF WORLD WAR 2. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY A HALF CENTURY, AMERICA WILL BE FREE, LIBERATED, FROM COMPLICITY IN ISRAEL'S UNLAWFUL TREATMENT OF ARABS. EXTREMIST GROUPS WILL LOSE ONE OF THE MAIN STATED REASONS FOR BEING. THE SPECTER OF RELIGIOUS WAR BETWEEN THE WEST AND THE EAST WILL BE DRIFTING AWAY. OBAMA'S ACT WOULD ALSO SET FREE THE PEOPLE LIKE US, OF AMERICA AND ISRAELIS ALIKE WOULD BE FREED FROM THE STIGMA THAT HAS EXISTED FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS. FOR HAVING BEEN INTERNATIONAL OUTLAWS. WHICH IS THE RIGHT WAY TO CHARACTERIZE EACH OF US. IF OBAMA ACTS AND PERSEVERES, THE WORLD WILL REJOICE IN HIS STATESMANSHIP AND HISTORIANS WILL RECORD HIM A GREAT PEACEMAKER. HIS EXECUTIVE ORDER, LIKE THE ONE THAT ABRAHAM LINCOLN USED TO EMANCIPATE THE SLAVES, WILL HERALD THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY FOR MILLIONS OF LONG-SUFFERING HUMAN BEINGS. BUT OBAMA MUST ACT AND ACT PROMPTLY AND PERSEVERE. IT WON'T WORK OTHERWISE. ONLY A DREAM, YES, BUT MORE THAN THAT IS A VISION THAT IS AS PRACTICAL AS IT IS HUMANE. IT WILL BECOME THE REALITY IF OUR PRESIDENT SEE SS CLEARLY AN ACT OF STATESMANSHIP AND MOVES DECISIVELY WITH THE OUTSTRETCHED HAND OF DESTINY. NOW THIS IS A TALL ORDER. BUT IT WILL WORK IF OBAMA IS STIRRED TO ACTION. HE HAS EXPRESSED MANY TIMINGS HIS SYMPATHY FOR THE PALESTINES. HERE IS HIS CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. HERE IS SOMETHING -- YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT TOO. BACK IN THE -- ON THE TABLES, SEVERAL HUNDRED COPIES OF PETITION PRESIDENT OBAMA. AND THIS PETITION NEEDS TO HAVE SIGNATURES ON IT. OBAMA NEEDS TO HAVE A PILE OF THESE PETITIONS SHOW UP EVERY MORNING FOR A LONG TIME. IT'S THE ONE HOPE I HAVE THAT THIS MESSAGE WILL FINALLY REACH HIM PERSONALLY. I HAVE TRIED NUMEROUS AVENUES FOR ABOUT FOUR MONTHS TO TRY TO GET THE MESSAGE TO OBAMA. THE BRIGHT PROMISE THAT THIS APPROACH HOLDS FOR HIM PERSONALLY, THE BRIGHT PROMISE IT HOLDS FOR THE STATE OF ISRAEL. THE BRIGHT PROMISE IT HOLDS FOR PALESTINE AND FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE COPIES OF THE PETITION, THERE ARE 200 OR 300 OF THEM ARE IN THE BACK OF THIS ASSEMBLY HALL. AND I HOPE THAT YOU'LL ACT UPON IT. I WON'T GIVE UP. I HAVE OTHER AVENUES I WILL PURSUE. BECAUSE I SEE THIS AS THE GREAT HOPE OF OUR COUNTRY, OF HUMANITY HUMANITY, AND IF WE ACT DECISIVELY THROUGH THE PRESIDENT, GOOD THINGS WILL HAPPEN VERY SOON. OF THAT I'M CERTAIN. SO I INVITE YOU TO TAKE PART. ALL OF US WERE NEGLIGENT DURING THE EARLY DAYS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SETTLEMENTS. TODAY, 500,000 ILLEGAL SETTLERS LIVE ON LAND THAT BELONGS TO THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. 500,000. AND THOSE HALF MILLION PEOPLE ENCOMPASS ONE HALF OF THE LAND THAT ISRAEL HAS OCCUPIED AND TREATED AS A SUBORDINATE GROUP OF HUMAN BEINGS. THAT'S MY MESSAGE. I SEE HOPE TODAY BECAUSE I BELIEVE OBAMA IS AT THE POINT IN HIS PRESIDENCY WHEN HE WILL BE SEEKING A LEGEND, A MEMORIAL TO HIS SERVICE. AND THIS COULD MAKE HIM AN ALL-TIME HERO THAT WOULD BE MATCHED BY NO ONE ELSE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] >>
00:15:55	Janet McMahon THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CONGRESSMAN FINDLEY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE OVER THE YEARS. [ APPLAUSE ] I'M JANET McMAHON. I'M THE MANAGING EDITOR OF THE WASHINGTON REPORT ON MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PICTURE ABOUT THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS. OUR MAGAZINE HAS BEEN COVERING PRO ISRAEL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES OR PACs SINCE 1986. OVER THE YEARS, I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF CALLS FROM PEOPLE WHO WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH THEIR CONGRESS PERSON GOT FROM APAC, THE AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. AND I IMMEDIATELY TELL THEM THAT APAC ITSELF DOES NOT MAKE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT NOT TO ACCUSE APAC OF DOING SOMETHING IT CAN TRUTHFULLY DENY BECAUSE THAT MAKES IT TOO EASY FOR APAC TO DEFLECT THE ARGUMENT AND LET ITSELF OFF THE HOOK. THIS IS NOT TO SAY, HOWEVER, THAT APAC HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND THAT'S SOMETHING I'LL GET TO SHORTLY. IN 1990, WHEN WE PUBLISHED STEALTH PACS, WRITTEN BY OUR EXECUTIVE EDITOR, THERE WERE ABOUT 128 PRO-ISRAEL PACS. NOW THERE ARE AROUND 30. ACCORDING TO THE CENTER FOR RESPONSIVE POLITICS WHOSE WEBSITE OPENSECRETS.ORG I HIGHLY RECOMMEND, 31 PRO-ISRAEL PACS CONTRIBUTED A TOTAL. I'M USING 2012 FIGURES. SINCE THE ELECTION IS OVER, ALL THE NUMBERS ARE IN. WHILE THIS YEAR'S ELECTION IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS AS FAR AS CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS ARE CONCERNED. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS CHART, THESE PRO-ISRAEL PACS GAVE ALMOST 60% OF THEIR CONTRIBUTION, TO DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES IN 2012. SO IT IS DEFINITELY NOT THE CASE THAT ONLY REPUBLICANS ARE EAGER TO DO ISRAEL'S BIDDING. ALL BUT ONE PRO-ISRAEL PAC GAVE TO DEMOCRATS AND ALL BUT SIX TO REPUBLICANS. PRO-ISRAEL PACS HAVE SEVERAL INTERESTING CHARACTERISTICS. FIRST OF ALL, IN THEIR FILINGS WITH THE FEC, THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION, THEY ALL LIST THEMSELVES ALSO AS UNAPHTHALATEUNAFAIL UNAFFILIATE UNAFFILIATED. FOR EXAMPLE, THE SEVEN PACS UNDER THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS UMBRELLA, WHICH OPEN SECRETS LISTS AS THE TOP PAC DONATING IN 2012 ALL LIST THEIR INDUSTRY AS REAL ESTATE AGENTS. EACH OF THE SEVEN PACS INCLUDES ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS IN ITS NAME. I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THE NAMES OF THE 31 PRO-ISRAEL PACS THAT OPEN SECRETS THAT LISTED. WHAT'S VERY INTERESTING ABOUT THEM IS ALL BUT FOUR OF THEM HAVE VERY INNOCUOUS -- ONE MIGHT EVEN SAY -- MISLEADING NAMES. THOSE FOUR EXCEPTIONS ARE THE WORLD ALLIANCE FOR ISRAEL, THE REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION, THE NATIONAL JEWISH DEMOCRATIC COUNCIL AND ALLIES FOR ISRAEL. WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT EVEN THE MOST CONSCIENTIOUS VOTER WHO KNOWS THE NAME OF EVERY CONTRIBUTOR TO A CANDIDATE'S CAMPAIGN MIGHT NOT KNOW THAT THE CANDIDATE IS RECEIVING MONEY FROM PACS THAT ADVANCE THE INTERESTS OF A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT. ANOTHER CHARACTERISTIC OF PRO-ISRAEL PACS IS THAT THEY PREFER TO GIVE TO RELIABLE INCUMBENTS RATHER THAN CHALLENGERS, REGARDLESS OF THE PARTY'S CANDIDATE OR RELIGION. THEY ALSO GIVE TO MEMBERS OF RESPONSIBLE COMMITTEES SUCH AS FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ARMED SERVICES OR BUDGET. AND THEY LIKE TO EXTEND THEIR LARGESS TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, HOUSE MINORITY WHIP'S DENNY STAYIEROYER'S TAKE. TO THE POINT WHERE HE'S NOW RECEIVED MORE THAN $250,000. ANOTHER TACTIC FAIR ICIC FAVORED BY PRO-ISRAEL PACS IS CALLED BUNDLING. WHEN A PAC COLLECTS CHECKS FROM INDIVIDUAL DONORS AND HANDS THEM EN MASSE TO A FAVORITE CANDIDATE. THIS WAY, THE CANDIDATE HAS NO DOUBT ABOUT THE SOURCE OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS BUT THE PAC IS NOT REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE THEM TO THE FEC. BUNDLING BECAME POPULAR AROUND 1994, WHEN TALK OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM WAS IN THE AIR. IT'S A WAY TO MINIMIZE THE PUBLIC IMPACT OF PAC CONTRIBUTIONS. MUCH TRADITIONAL PRO-ISRAEL PACS USE BUNDLING. ACCORDING TO OPEN SECRETS, THE PRO-ISRAEL NOR-PAC, THE NUMBER FIVE CONTRIBUTOR TO SENATOR MARK KIRK'S 2010 CAMPAIGN, GAVE HIM $3,804. BUT INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PAC PONIED UP MORE THAN $58,000. SIMILARLY, KIRK RECEIVED $114,904 FROM PRO-ISRAEL PAC, ACCORDING TO OPEN SECRETS, BUT NEARLY FIVE TIMES THAT MUCH FROM PRO-ISRAEL INDIVIDUALS. SO PAC CONTRIBUTIONS, THANKS TO BUNDLING, ARE JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. WHAT'S MOST STRIKING ABOUT THESE 30-ODD PRO-ISRAEL PACS, HOWEVER, IS THEIR PATTERN OF GIVING. ONCE YOU'VE READ THE SEC FILINGS OF A COUPLE OF THEM, IT'S ALMOST PREDICTABLE WHO THE OTHER ONES WILL BE GIVING TO AND I CAN PERSONALLY ATTEST TO THIS BECAUSE I HAVE GONE THROUGH THESE PAGES OF FEC REPORTS. IN FACT, THESE PACS OPERATE IN LOCK-STEP TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT SOME OF THE PACS THAT NOMALLY REPRESENT A SINGLE STATE DON'T GIVE TO A SINGLE CANDIDATE FROM THAT STATE. FOR EXAMPLE, HERE IS THE WASHINGTON REPORT'S LIST OF THE TOP TEN RECIPIENTS OF PRO-ISRAEL PAC CONTRIBUTION, IN 2012. YOU CAN SEE THAT STENY HOYER WAS NUMBER FOUR IN THE HOUSE. AND THAT DEMOCRATIC BEN CARDIN OF MARYLAND WITH $55,680 WAS NUMBER FOUR IN THE SENATE. NEITHER, BY THE WAY, FACED A TIGHT RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN. NOW, ONE WOULD ASSUME THAT SOME OF THE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THESE TWO MEN GOT CAME FROM THE MARYLAND ASSOCIATION FOR CONCERNED CITIZENS. THE PRO-ISRAEL PAC BASED IN THEIR HOME STATE. BUT HERE ARE THE HOUSE CANDIDATES THE MARYLAND PAC GAVE TO IN 2012. STENY HOYER IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. SIMILARLY, ONE SEARCHES IN VAIN FOR BEN CARDIN AMONG THE SENATE CANDIDATES WOULD RECEIVED MONEY FROM THIS PARTICULAR PRO-ISRAEL PAC. INSTEAD, THE MARYLAND ASSOCIATION FOR CONCERNED CITIZENS GAVE TO CANDIDATES AS FAR AWAY AS NEVADA, NORTH DAKOTA AND CALIFORNIA. BUT TO NOT A SINGLE CANDIDATE IN MARYLAND. THIS SEEMS RATHER CURIOUS, TO SAY THE LEAST. LEADING ONE TO WONDER HOW THESE PRO-ISRAEL PACS CHOOSE THEIR BENEFICIARIES. AND THAT'S WHERE APAC COMES IN. A MEMO LEAKED TO "60 MINUTES" AND "THE WASHINGTON POST" IN 1998 REVEALS THAT APAC EXERCISES A HIGH DEGREE OF OVERSIGHT AND COORDINATION OTHER THE SMALLER MONEY-GIVING PACS. THE MEMO, WRITTEN BY APAC'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS ELIZABETH SH RAYER, INSTRUCTS A SUB BOARD NATE TO DISTRIBUTE SEVERAL PACS TO DIFFERENT CANDIDATES. THE FIRST ITEM SAYS ICE PAC, ANOTHER DESCRIPTIVE PRO-ISRAEL NAME, HAS DONE NOTHING IN THE COLORADO, LOUISIANA AND MISSOURI RACE. THEY'VE GIVEN $500 TO EVANS AND DASCHLE. ON 6/30/86, THEY HAD $11,000. TRY FOR $1,000 TO BOND MORE EVANS, DASCHLE AND REID. MAKES CLEAR THAT CONTRIBUTIONS ARE NOT NECESSARILY SELECTED BY THE INDIVIDUAL PACS MAKING THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS. DESPITE THE SMOKING GUN MEMO, HOWEVER, THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION CLASSIFIES APAC AS A MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION RATHER THAN A POLITICAL COMMITTEE. WHAT THIS MEANS IS APAC DOES NOT HAVE TO REVEAL ITS SOURCES OF INCOME OR ITS EXXPENDITURES. NOW, EACH OF THESE PRO-ISRAEL PACS THAT DONATE MUST ADHERE TO FEC REGULATIONS. WHICH LIMIT CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PACS TO $10,000 PER CANDIDATE, PER ELECTION. $5,000 FOR THE PRIMARY ELECTION, AND ANOTHER $5,000 FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. IF THERE ARE 30 UNAFILLFILIATED PACS ALL GIVING TO THE SAME CANDIDATE. INDEED, FOR HIS FIRST SENATE RACE IN 1998, THE YEAR OF THE APAC MEMO, TOM DASCHLE WHO WENT ON TO BECOME SENATE MAJORITY LEADER, RECEIVED MORE THAN $260,000 IN PRO-ISRAEL PAC CONTRIBUTIONS. IN 2010, MARK KIRK RECEIVED OVER $100,000. MORE THAN ANY OTHER HOUSE OR SENATE CANDIDATE THAT YEAR. AS WE'VE SEEN, THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PRO-ISRAEL INDIVIDUALS. BECAUSE IT'S BROKEN UP INTO SMALLER COMPONENTS, AGAIN, THE EXTENT OF THE LOBBY'S INFLUENCE ON AMERICAN ELECTIONS IS HIDDEN. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE IS NO PRO-ISRAEL PAC LISTED AMONG THE 2010 TOP TEN PAC CONTRIBUTORS BY THE CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE POLITICS, RESPONSIVE POLITICS, I'M SORRY. BUT THAT YEAR, PRO-ISRAEL PACS CONTRIBUTED NEARLY $3 MILLION TO CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES, MAKING IT THE SIXTH LARGEST CONTRIBUTOR, AHEAD OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS. BY COMPARISON, IN 2012, THE TWO ARAB-AMERICAN PACS, THE ARAB-AMERICAN LEADERSHIP COUNCIL PACK AND THE ARAB-AMERICAN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, GAVE A TOTAL OF $20,000 TO -- IN CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. LESS THAN 1% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT CONTRIBUTED BY PRO-ISRAEL PACS. PUT ANOTHER WAY, IN 2012, PRO-ISRAEL PACS GAVE NEARLY 150 TIMES MORE IN CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT APAC AND THE ISRAEL LOBBY BASK IN THEIR REPUTATION OF INVINCIBILITY. THAT REPUTATION MAY BE MORE SHALLOW THAN IT APPEARS. FOR EXAMPLE, IN 2010, IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE LAST PERSON THE LOBBY WANTED AS SENATOR FROM KENTUCKY WAS RAND PAUL. WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE PRO-ISRAEL PACS GAVE HIS REPUBLICAN PRIMARY OPPONENT $33,500. AND $16,250 TO THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR SENATE. FOR A TOTAL OF JUST UNDER $50,000. RAND PAUL GOT JUST $2,000 BUT HE WENT ON TO WIN THE ELECTION. EVEN THE CANDIDATE WHO GOT THE MOST PRO-ISRAEL PAC CONTRIBUTIONS IN 2010, MARK KIRK, WHO NOW HOLDS PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SEAT FROM ILLINOIS, BARELY WON HIS ELECTION. DESPITE A MASSIVE DOLLARS IN PRO-ISRAEL PAC CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND THAT HE RAISED MORE THAN $4 MILLION MORE THAN HIS OPPONENT, HE STILL JUST BARELY MADE IT. KIRK'S HISTORY OF PRO-ISRAEL PACS CONTRIBUTIONS IS INSTRUCTIVE. HE STARTED OUT GETTING $7,000 FOR HIS 2000 RACE AND IT WENT UP DRAMATICALLY FOR EACH RACE THEREAFTER. WHEN HE GOT $91,200 FOR A HOUSE RACE IN '08 IT WAS CLEAR THEY WERE SETTING HIM UP TO RUN FOR THE SENATE. YET UNTIL RECENTLY, I NEVER HEARD KIRK DESCRIBED AS ANYTHING BUT A MODERATE REPUBLICAN. AS FAR AS I KNOW, HIS UNWAVERING SUPPORT OF ISRAEL WAS NEVER A CAMPAIGN ISSUE. AND THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA CERTAINLY DIDN'T RAISE IT. YEMT THE EVIDENCE WAS THERE FOR ALL TO SEE ON HIS SENATE CAMPAIGN WEBSITE. NOT ONLY DOES MARK KIRK WRITE HIS NAME IN HEBREW BUT IT'S NOT IN THE STARS AND STRIPES BUT THE BLUE OF THE ISRAELI FLAG. SO EVEN WHEN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA DON'T TALK, CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS DO. I HOPE AND URGE YOU TO TAKE THIS INFORMATION AND MAKE IT PUBLIC. BY ATTENDING CAMPAIGN EVENTS AND DIRECTLY ASKING THE CANDIDATES WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO DESERVE THIS MONEY. BY WRITING LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, ET CETERA. LET YOUR FELLOW CONSTITUENTS KNOW THAT THEIR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS TOO OFTEN IS PUTTING THE INTEREST OF A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT ABOVE THEIR OWN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] NOW I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE
00:29:05	Cynthia McKinney FORMER REPRESENTATIVE CYNTHIA McKINNEY OF GEORGIA WOULD CERTAINLY KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A TARGET OF THE ISRAEL LOBBY. SHE WAS DISAPPOINTED SHE COULD NOT BE WITH US IN PERSON TODAY BUT SHE HAD A PRIOR COMMITMENT OUT OF THE COUNTRY. HOWEVER, SHE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO VIDEOTAPE A MESSAGE FOR ALL OF US. >> THIS IS CYNTHIA McKINNEY. AND I AM PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS VIDEO PRESENTATION FOR THE WASHINGTON REPORT ON THE MIDDLE EAST. THE WAY IN WHICH ONE CAN BEST UNDERSTAND THE TERRAIN IS TO DO THE RESEARCH. ONE CAN GO TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD AND READ LAYING OUT THE FACTS. EARL HILLIARD WAS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS WHO SERVED ALONG WITH ME. HE WAS FROM ALABAMA. I WAS FROM GEORGIA. HE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO BE ELECTED TO CONGRESS FROM -- SINCE RECONSTRUCTION AND I WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN TO BE ELECTED TO CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF GEORGIA. SO EARL AND I TOGETHER WENT TO WASHINGTON, D.C. AND WE BOTH SERVED ON THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE AND WE BOTH ENDED UP BEING TARGETED BY THE PRO-ISRAEL LOBBY MERELY BECAUSE WE ATTEMPTED TO DO OUR JOB AND REPRESENT OUR CONSTITUENTS AND REPRESENT THE GOOD PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. I'VE WRITTEN A BOOK. THE NAME OF THE BOOK IS "AIN'T NOTHING LIKE FREEDOM." AND IT EXPLAINS MY EXPERIENCES WITH THE PRO-ISRAEL LOBBY FROM CANDIDATE TO HAVING A REDISTRICTING CASE GO ALL THE WAY UP TO THE SUPREME COURT. AND THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE BECOMING A PARTY TO THAT LAWSUIT, JOINING IN WITH FIVE RACIST WHITES WHO DID NOT WANT BLACK REPRESENTATION FOR THEM AND THEIR COMMUNITY IN GEORGIA IN THE CONGRESS. THE COMMENTS I'D LIKE TO MAKE ARE AROUND THIS ISSUE OF BEING CAUGHT IN THE EYE OF THE STORM. IN A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN, THE IDEA THAT'S PUT FORWARD IS THAT YOU HAVE -- IF YOU WANT TO PREVAIL OR YOU WANT TO WIN, MONEY, MESSAGE AND MEDIA ARE WAYS IN WHICH YOU CAN DIRECT THE TORRENTS OF THE STORM, RATHER THAN TO BECOME A VICTIM OF THE STORM. THE PRO-ISRAEL LOBBY USUALLY HAS A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY. THOSE OF US WHO ACT OF CONSCIOUS GENERALLY DON'T. YOU DON'T HAVE TO EQUAL THE DOLLARS IN THE BANK. WHAT YOU DO HAVE TO DO IS HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN ORDER TO DO THE THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN. ENOUGH DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THE SAME AS OR EQUAL TO. I ENDED UP BEING EXTREMELY EMBARRASSED FOR NO FAULT OF MY OWN AND THEN ONLY TO BE TOLD WHEN I CHALLENGED ANDY AND SAID, WHAT HAPPENED, WHY DID YOU COULD THIS, THEN ANDY SAID HE JUST DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE THEM UPSET. HIM NOT MAKING THEM UPSET MEANT THAT I BECAME EXPANDIBLE TO HIM. AND I WAS HIS FRIEND. MY VERY FIRST CHIEF OF STAFF WAS HIS DAUGHTER. AND THAT WAS THE WAY I WAS TREATED. BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE THEM UPSET. ANOTHER ITEM THAT I JUST JOTTED DOWN IN MY NOTES WAS THE NEED FOR CRITICAL DISCERNMENT. KNOWING WHO'S WHO IN THE ZOO. WE NEED TO READ THE MEDIA OF THE OTHER SIDE. SO I MAKE SURE THAT I READ HOROWITZ. I READ FORWARD. I READ THE JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY. KNOWING WHO'S WHO IN THE ZOO WILL ALSO LEAD YOU TO MY NEXT TOPIC, WHICH IS THE 99% CLUB. WE HAVE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO ARE WONDERFUL ON 99% OF THE ISSUES. 99% OF THE VOTES. BUT IT'S THE ONE ISSUE WHEN IT COMES TO ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL IN HOLDING ISRAEL ACCOUNTABLE FOR BREACHES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, BREACHES OF U.S. LAW AND OUR JUST SENSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIGNITY, THEY'RE NOT GOOD ON THOSE ISSUES. WE HAVE LOTS OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO ARE IN THE 99% CLUB. BUT 99% UNFORTUNATELY IS NOT GOING TO GET THAT 99% CLUB, ARE NOT GOING TO BE THE MEMBERS WHO WILL STOP US FROM BEING INVOLVED IN THESE WARS. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE THE MEMBERS WHO WILL SPEAK UP WHEN THE UNITED STATES IS VIOLATING HUMAN RIGHTS AND JUST BASIC DIGNITY OF OTHER PEOPLE. THE LAST ITEM THAT I WANT TO DISCUSS IS WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT. IT'S IMPORTANT, ONE, BECAUSE THERE'S A GROUP OF US, WE CARE ABOUT THE DIGNITY OF THE EARTH. WE CARE ABOUT HUMAN DIGNITY. WE CARE ABOUT LIBERTY. AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT YOU CANNOT SUPPORT THOSE WAR MONGERS. THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO KILL IN AN INSTANT. THOSE WHO HOLD CABINET MEETINGS AND DECIDE THEY'RE GOING TO ASSASSINATE PEOPLE. THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO SUPPORT A PRESIDENT WHO, BY AN EXECUTIVE ORDER, BY WRITING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER, WILL CONDEMN TO DEATH AN INDIVIDUAL. ARE THOSE WHO WILL NOT STAND IN THE WAY OF THE MACHINE, THE THE WAR MACHINE, WHEN IT DECIDES AN ENTIRE COUNTRY HAS TO BE DESTROYED. WE HAVE TO KNOW WHO'S WHO IN THE ZOO. AND 99%, THAT 99% CLUB ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH. IT HASN'T BEEN GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE PEOPLE OF PALESTINIAN. IT HASN'T BEEN GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE PEOPLE OF LIBYA. IT HASN'T BEEN GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE PEOPLE OF SYRIA. IT WON'T BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE. THAT 99% CLUB IS A CLUB AT THE END OF THE DAY IS AT THE CUTTING EDGE OF EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE AGAINST. AND SO THEREFORE, IT'S TIME FOR US TO DECIDE THAT WE'RE GOING TO WIN. IT'S TIME THAT WE BECOME THE CANDIDATES WHO WILL SAY NO TO THIS AWFUL AGENDA THAT DEHUMANIZES, OPPRESSES AND REPRESSES. I HOPE THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED MY MESSAGE AND THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO UTILIZE THE TOOLS THAT ARE THERE BEFORE US, THE WRITINGS OF OTHERS, THE FLOOR STATEMENTS. LAYING OUT THE FACTS. THAT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHO IS OUR FRIEND AND WHO IS IN OPPOSITION TO US. AND SOMETIMES OUR FRIENDS COME FROM PLACES WHERE WE LEAST EXPECT IT. AND THOSE WHO ARE OPPOSED TO US COME FROM PLACES WHERE WE LEAST EXPECT IT. WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WE HAVE TO REMAIN OPEN, OUR SENSES ATTUNED TO SOMETHING NEW, TO THIS NEW PARADIGM THAT HAS BEEN THRUST UPON US. BUT IF WE WANT PEACE AND NOT WAR, IF WE WANT DIGNITY AND NOT REPRESSION AND OPPRESSION, IF WE WANT LOVE AND NOT DIVISION AND HATE, THEN WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO ADJUST TO THIS NEW POLITICAL PARADIGM AND FIND FRIENDS IN PLACES THAT WE DIDN'T FIND THEM BEFORE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T THINK THAT WE COULD DO BEFORE, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO STEP OUTSIDE OF OUR LEVEL OF COMFORT. SO FOR OUR SAKE, AND FOR OUR CHILDREN'S SAKE, LET'S DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO BECOME WINNERS. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >>
00:38:56	Delinda C. Hanley THANK YOU FROM AFAR, CYNTHIA McKINNEY. FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE DELINDA HANLEY. THE WASHINGTON REPORT ON MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS. AND WILL GIVE US A MORE COMPLETE PICTURE ON WHAT CONGRESS HATH WROUGHT. >> THANK YOU. SO YOU HEARD ABOUT THE HIGH COST OF ISRAEL TO OUR DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL PROCESS. YOU'LL BE HEARING MUCH MORE ABOUT THE COSTS AMERICANS HAVE PAID FOR THE ISRAELI/U.S. RELATIONSHIP. I'M JUST GOING TO FOCUS ON THE DOLLARS AND GOOD SENSE. AMERICANS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT DOMESTIC ISSUES. AS OUR NATION EMERGES FROM THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS, WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT UNEMPLOYMENT, RISING FOOD, FUEL, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HEALTH CARE COSTS. WE'RE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT OUR AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, CRUMBLING ROADS, BRIDGES AND DECAYING SCHOOLS. DETEARARERIORATEING WATER SYSTEMS AND ELECTRICAL POWER GRIDS. DESPITE OUR DOMESTIC ECONOMIC FEARS, AMERICANS ARE GENEROUS. MANY OF US BELIEVE WE SHOULD HELP THE POOR. NOT JUST HERE AT HOME WHERE WE HAVE NEARLY 50 MILLION AMERICANS LIVING IN POVERTY. WE ALSO WANT TO GIVE FOOD AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP THE HUNGRY AND VULNERABLE. ESPECIALLY CHILDREN. SURVIVE CONFLICTS AND CRISES IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD. MOST AMERICANS WOULD BE SURPRISED TO SEE HOW LITTLE FOREIGN AID OUR COUNTRY ACTUALLY GIVES AS A PERCENTAGE OF OUR GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT WHEN COMPARED WITH OTHER NATIONS. FOREIGN AID IS ONLY 1% OF OUR FEDERAL BUDGET. BUT IN TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES LIKE THOSE WE ARE FACING TODAY, FOREIGN AID IS SOMETIMES CONSIDERED TO BE LOW HANGING FRUIT, EASY TO CUT, BECAUSE IT DOES NOT DIRECTLY BENEFIT AMERICANS, AND WE ARE CUTTING BACK ON AID COMPARED TO PREVIOUS DECADES. I CHALLENGE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS TO LOOK A LOT MORE CLOSELY AT WHO GETS 3.1 BILLION OF U.S. FOREIGN AID DOLLARS EVERY YEAR. DO YOU KNOW THAT MORE THAN 5% OF OUR FOREIGN AID IS SUBSIDIZING ONE OF THE TOP TEN MOST POWERFUL NATIONS IN THE WORLD? ISRAEL, WITH A POPULATION OF NEARLY 8 MILLION PEOPLE, ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN HONG KONG OR NEW JERSEY, IS THE LARGEST RECIPIENT OF U.S. FOREIGN AID, AND THAT HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR MORE THAN A GENERATION. 16 YEARS AGO, MY DAD, RICHARD CURTIS, WROTE AN ARTICLE CALLED "TRUE LIES ABOUT U.S. AID TO ISRAEL." FOR "THE WASHINGTON REPORT." IT COULD HAVE BEEN WRITTEN TODAY. MOST AID RECIPIENTS, HE SAID, ARE DEVELOPING NATIONS, WHICH EITHER MAKE THEIR MILITARY BASES AVAILABLE TO THE U.S. OR HAVE SUFFERED SOME CRIPPLING BLOW TO THEIR ABILITIES TO FEED THEIR PEOPLE, HE SAID. ISRAEL, WHOSE TROUBLES ARISE SOLELY FROM ITS UNWILLINGNESS TO GIVE BACK LAND IT SEIZE HIS IN THE 1967 WAR, IN RETURN FOR PEACE WITH ITS NEIGHBORS, DOES NOT FIT THOSE CRITERIA. ISRAEL TRY, TO GIVE AMERICAN, THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY ARE IN GRAVE DANGER. THEY FACE ANNIHILATION. THEIR URGENT APPEALS BRING IN SIGNIFICANT CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS. BOTH FROM WELL-MEANING EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS AND AMERICAN JEWS. SOFT-HEARTED AMERICANS SEND U.S. TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS TO 27,000 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN ORDER TO HELP THE NEEDY, INCLUDING JEWISH IMMIGRANTS AND ISRAELI SOLDIERS. WHO KNEW THAT WE COULD GET A TAX WRITEOFF BY SENDING PIZZAS AND SODAS TO ISRAELI SOLDIERS IN TANK,S AT CHECKPOINTS? BIRTH RATE ISRAEL SENDS YOUNG JEWISH PEOPLE ON FREE TEN-DAY TRIPS TO ISRAEL EACH YEAR. WEALTHY AMERICANS DONATE $660 MILLION A YEAR FOR THESE TRIPS. AND THE STUDENTS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO TRAVEL TO THE WEST BANK, GAZA OR EAST JERUSALEM. DOES ISRAEL REALLY NEED OUR HANDOUTS? LET'S COMPARE ISRAEL'S ECONOMY TO OTHER COUNTRIES. ISRAEL'S 2013 PER CAPITA GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT WAS 34,900. THAT PUT IT BELOW BRITAIN AT 37,300 AND FRANCE AT 35,700 AND JUST ABOVE THE EU AT 34,500. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL POWER INDEX, ISRAEL'S ARMY RANKS SIXTH IN THE WORLD. ISRAEL HAS NUCLEAR WEAPONS. UNLIKE ANY OF ITS NEIGHBORS. ISRAEL RANKS FOURTH IN TECHNOLOGICAL CAPACITY AND IS AMONG THE WORLD'S LEADERS IN SCIENCE. ACCORDING TO HERETZ, ISRAEL'S UN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS 6.2%. AMERICA'S IS 7%. EUROPE'S AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT IS 12%. ISRAEL RANKS 15 ON THE U.N. DEVELOPMENT INDEX. ILLUSTRATING THE HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE FOR JEWS LIVING IN ISRAEL. ISRAELIS CAN EXPECT TO LIVE UNTIL THEY'RE 81.8. AMERICAN'S LIFE EXPECTANCY IS 78.6. ISRAEL'S STATE-FUNDED HEALTH CARE IS RANKED FOURTH IN THE WORLD. AND THE U.S. IS IN THE BOTTOM OF BLOOMBERG'S LIST OF 48 COUNTRIES. AS I MENTIONED, ISRAEL RECEIVES MORE THAN $3.1 BILLION IN DIRECT FOREIGN ASSISTANCE EACH YEAR. WHICH IS ROUGHLY ONE-FIFTH OF AMERICA'S ENTIRE FOREIGN AID BUDGET. U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CHUCK HAGEL RECENTLY PROMISED THAT THIS AID WOULD NOT BE REDUCED, EVEN WHILE HE LISTED SIGNIFICANT CUTS TO AMERICA'S DEFENSE BUDGET. IN FACT, IN JUNE 2013, THE HOUSE ARMED SERVICE ALSO COMMITTEE VOTED TO GIVE ISRAEL AN EXTRA HALF A BILLION DOLLARS IN MILITARY AID FOR INTERCEPTION SYSTEMS. THE U.S. HAS NEVER GIVEN SO MUCH MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL AS UNDER HIS PRESIDENCY. MacARTHUR, "THE WASHINGTON REPORTS" CONGRESS WATCH EXPERT. AS A CONSERVATIVE DEFENSIBLE ACCOUNTING OF U.S. DIRECT AID TO ISRAEL, McARTHUR ESTIMATES -- McARTHUR'S ESTIMATE DOES NOT INCLUDE THE COST RESULTING FROM IT IS THE U.S. INVASION AND OCCUPATION OF IRAQ. HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, WHICH MANY BELIEVE TO BE UNDERTAKEN FOR THE BENEFIT OF ISRAEL. FOR THE YEAR 2014, ISRAEL HAS RECEIVED $3.4 BILLION FROM THE FOREIGN AID BUDGET, AND $2 BILLION IN FEDERAL LOAN GUARANTEES. THAT'S $9.315 MILLION PER DAY. 365 DAYS A YEAR. IF YOU ADD GRANTS AND LOAN, ISRAEL HAS RECEIVED SINCE 1949, A GRAND TOTAL OF $134.21 BILLION. EXCLUDING THE $10 BILLION IN U.S. GOVERNMENT LOAN GUARANTEES IT'S DRAWN TO DATE. IN SHERYL MacARTHUR'S CALCULATIONS ARE MODEST. A RESPECTED ECONOMIST, DR. THOMAS DAUFER, ESTIMATED ISRAEL COSTS THE U.S. ABOUT $1.6 TRILLION BETWEEN 1973 AND 2003 ALONE. MORE THAN TWICE THE COST OF THE VIETNAM WAR. AND THAT'S NOT ALL. ISRAEL GETS SOME UNIQUE BENEFITS. WASHINGTON HAS GRANTED ISRAEL $19 BILLION IN LOAN GUARANTEES IN RECENT YEARS TO MAKE IT EASIER TO BORROW OVERSEAS. ISRAEL GETS ITS AID MONEY AT THE START OF EACH YEAR, UNLIKE OTHER NATIONS. THIS MEANS ISRAEL CAN START EARNING INTEREST ON THE MONEY RIGHT AWAY. AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, WHICH OPERATES AT A DEFICIT, MUST BORROW THE MONEY TO PAY ISRAEL AND THEN PAY INTEREST ON THE AMOUNT ALL YEAR LONG. ISRAEL CAN USE 25% OF U.S. AID TO BUY ARMS FROM ISRAELI COMPANIES. CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION REQUIRES US TO MAINTAIN ISRAEL'S QUALITATIVE MILITARY EDGE. THAT MEANS ANY TIME ANOTHER COUNTRY IN THE MIDDLE EAST BUYS U.S. ARMS, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE ISRAEL GETS BETTER WEAPONS. WE REGULARLY TRANSFER SURPLUS MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO ISRAEL. ISRAEL IS NOW MORE THAN $1.2 BILLION. WELL, AMERICA ALSO GIVES $1.5 BILLION TO EGYPT'S 85 MILLION PEOPLE. WELL, ACTUALLY MOST OF THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO EGYPT'S MILITARY FOR MEETING ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE 1979 EGYPT/ISRAEL PEACE TREATY. JORDAN'S 6.5 MILLION PEOPLE GET $660 MILLION A YEAR FOR KEEPING PEACE WITH THEIR NEIGHBOR. AID TO ISRAEL IS A SUBJECT THAT RARELY MAKES IT INTO THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA. WE WERE STUNNED WHEN WALTER PINKUS WHO REPORTS ON INTELLIGENCE DEFENSE AND FOREIGN POLICY FOR "THE WASHINGTON POST" TACKLED THIS NORMALLY UNMENTIONABLE SUBJECT. DAYS AFTER ISRAEL'S CABINET CUT NEARLY $2 MILLION FROM ITS RAIL'S OWN DEFENSE BUDGET, ON OCTOBER 18th, 2011, PINKUS POINTED OUT, IF ISRAEL CAN REDUCE ITS DEFENSE SPENDING BECAUSE OF DOMESTIC ECONOMIC PROBLEMS, SHOULDN'T THE UNITED STATES, WHICH MUST CUT MILITARY COSTS BECAUSE OF ITS MAJOR BUDGET DEFICIT, CONSIDER REDUCING ITS AID TO ISRAEL? I'D LIKE TO CONCLUDE BY STATING THE OBVIOUS. THE U.S. PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS GIVE AID TO ISRAEL FOR DOMESTIC REASONS. IN ORDER TO PLEASE JEWISH AND EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN VOTERS WHO ARE OFTEN MORE PRO-ISRAELI THAN ISRAELIS. IT IS MIND-BOGGLING THAT WHEN IT COMES TO ISRAEL, U.S. TAXPAYERS LARGESSE HAS NO PRECONDITIONS. ISRAEL HAS A GREEN LIGHT TO USE AMERICAN TAX REVENUE FOR MILITARY OPERATIONS. WHICH DESTROY PALESTINIAN OR LEBANESE ROADS, WATER TANKS, SEWAGE LINES, ELECTRICAL POWER PLANTS, AND POLICE STATIONS, NOT TO MENTION SHOPS, HOMES, SCHOOLS, ORCHARDS, AND LIVES. SOMETIMES ISRAEL DEMOLISHES PROJECTS LIKE PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, PORTS, AND OTHER VITAL INFRASTRUCTURE PAID FOR BY AMERICAN TAXPAYERS AND DONORS. IT'S PAST TIME TO HALT U.S. AID UNTIL ISRAEL COMPLIES WITH U.N. RESOLUTIONS, WITHDRAWS FROM THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES, AND MAKES PEACE. ACCORDING TO SURVEYS, A GROWING NUMBER OF AMERICANS WANT ISRAEL ISRAEL -- ISRAELI AID LEVELS THE SAME, REDUCED OR CANCELED. WITH THE PROSPECT OF PROLONGED FISCAL AUSTERITY IN THE UNITED STATES, OVERALL AMERICAN PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR FOREIGN AID MAY DIMINISH IN THE YEARS AHEAD. ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN THE UNITED STATES SHOULD AFFECT FUTURE AID TO ISRAEL. CUTTING OFF AID TO ISRAEL IS THE LOGICAL AND ECONOMICAL AND ETHICAL THING FOR AMERICANS TO DO. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU DELINDA. THAT WAS VERY SOBERING. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, WE CAN TAKE THEM NOW. AND INCLUDING QUESTIONS FOR CONGRESSMAN FINDLEY. HE IS IN THE AUDIENCE NOW BUT WE CAN GET A MICROPHONE OVER TO HIM IF YOU'D LIKE TO ASK HIM SOMETHING. LET'S SEE WHERE --
00:51:09	Q & A DO WE HAVE SOMEONE WITH A MICROPHONE HERE? OKAY, SO WE'LL START WITH YOU. >> MY NAME IS ILAN KAHN. AND I AM FROM [ INAUDIBLE ] I'M 72 YEARS OLD. SO I LEARNED SO MANY THINGS IN MY LIFE, ESPECIALLY LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES FOR 40-PLUS YEARS AND I WAS A LITTLE BOY, I WAS GUEST IN SOME DISTANT AUNT'S HOUSE AND SHE HAD HER OWN SON, TOO. SO WHEN THE TIME COME TO EAT LUNCH, SHE WILL MAKE BREADS. AND RUB A LITTLE BIT OF BUTTER ON TOP OF THE BREAD FOR ME, AND GIVE THE BREAD TO HER SON, HAS NO BREAD ON TOP OF IT. AND I SAID, WHY? THEN I FIND OUT ONE DAY THAT SHE PUT BIG CHUNK OF BUTTER INSIDE THE POCKET OF THE BREAD. THIS IS HOW WE
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00:52:16	Janet McMahon I GUESS WE'LL ALTERNATE SIDES HERE. >> WHY HAS IT NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TO DESIGNATE APAC AS A FOREIGN LOBBY? >> WELL, THE FEC, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS CLASSIFIES IT AS A MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION, AND WE ACTUALLY, THE WASHINGTON REPORT, AND OTHER DISTINGUISHED PEOPLE BROUGHT A SUIT AGAINST THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION ASKING THAT IT CLASSIFY ISRAEL AS A POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE. AND WE DID NOT WIN THAT SUIT. IT WAS THROWN OUT, BECAUSE APAC -- BECAUSE THE FEC CHANGED ITS RULES AND ALL OF A SUDDEN APAC DID FIT THE CRITERIA FOR A MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE. THE FOREIGN LOBBY, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING GRANT MIGHT TALK ABOUT, TOO, IS THAT'S PART OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. RIGHT? AND THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT ENFORCED -- THEY'VE JUST KIND OF LET IT SLIDE. THEY HAVE NOT INSISTED THAT APAC BE A FOREIGN LOBBY. AND, IN FACT, WHEN IT START -- I SHOULDN'T TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE GRANT IS REALLY THE EXPERT, BUT WHEN IT STARTED OUT IT WAS A FOREIGN LOBBY AND IT KEPT MORPHING INTO DIFFERENT FORMS, AND NOW THEY DON'T -- PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT APAC DON'T HAVE TO REGISTER AS AGENTS OF A FOREIGN
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00:52:49	Unidentified Speaker GOVERNMENT. SO, THE RULES THAT ARE THERE ARE NOT ENFORCED. AND OTHER RULES MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR APAC AND OTHER LOBBY ENTITIES TO JUST FLY UNDER THE RADAR. >> MY NAME IS YOUSEF BARAKAT. I WAS BORN IN HAIFA, PALESTINE IN 1935. I BECAME A REFUGEE IN MY
00:53:37	Q & A 12th BIRTHDAY IN AUGUST, 1947. I NOW LIVE IN RUSH GONE, AND I'M 78 YEARS OLD. AND I PLAN TO BE A CANDIDATE FOR THE U.S. SENATE FROM MICHIGAN. [ APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK ALLISON WEIR AND ALL THE GROUP THAT HAS BROUGHT THIS TO LIGHT. IT IS REALLY PHENOMENAL NOW THAT ISRAEL IS BEING EXPOSED FOR WHAT IT REALLY IS. I DID HEAR CONGRESSMAN FINDLEY SPEAK ABOUT THE TWO-STATE SOLUTION. I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, CONGRESSMAN, WITH ALL RESPECT, IT
00:54:09	Unidentified Speaker IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE FOR US. IT IS ONLY 28% OF THE LAND AND WE WILL ALWAYS BE REFUGEES. I THINK WE SHOULD OPEN UP THE BORDERS, AND MAKE PALESTINE AND ISRAEL ONE NATION AND ALL PEOPLE LIVE THERE. THANK YOU. >> I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY IN RESPONSE THAT MY -- WELL BESIDES MARK KIRK, IN THE SENATE
00:54:45	Janet McMahon CARL LEVIN, WHO IS RETIRING AS SENATOR FROM MICHIGAN THIS YEAR, AND HE'S RECEIVED -- GOOD -- HE HAS RECEIVED MORE PRO-ISRAEL
00:55:14	Unidentified Speaker PAC MONEY THAN ANY OTHER MEMBER OF CONGRESS AND HIS CAREER TOTAL IS ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION DOLLARS. >> MY QUESTION IS REGARDING WHAT YOU HAD SAID ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PRO-ISRAELI PACS HAS BEEN SHRINKING OVER THE YEARS. FROM YOU SAID OVER
00:55:19	Q & A 100 TO NOW THERE ARE CURRENTLY ABOUT 30. AND I WAS WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY CERTAIN TREND WITH REGARD TO PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS DONATING BECAUSE WE SOMEHOW THAT SHELDON ADDLESON DONATING I BELIEVE IT WAS 10 MILLION TO MITT ROMNEY AND THEN YOU HAVE I
00:55:46	Unidentified Speaker BELIEVE ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE DONATING ALL THESE MILLIONS, AND DO YOU THINK THIS IS KIND OF -- DO YOU HAVE ANY OPINION OF WHETHER THIS IS PURPOSEFUL OR IS THIS JUST, THEY JUST HAPPEN TO BE SEEING MORE PRIVATE DONATIONS? >> I THINK THE LANDSCAPE HAS CHANGED WITH THE SUPER PACS, AND THE CITIZENS UNITED RULING. IT'S JUST MAKING IT
00:56:00	Janet McMahon POSSIBLE FOR NEW CATEGORIES OF CONTRIBUTORS TO ENTER THE ARENA. SO I THINK THAT THE LAW HAS CHANGED.
00:56:23	Unidentified Speaker AND THAT'S ENABLED THESE OTHER LARGE PACS TO COME IN TO EXISTENCE. AND IN SOME WAYS, I THINK A LOT OF THEM DON'T HAVE TO REPORT THEIR DONORS. WELL THE SMALL PACS DO HAVE TO REPORT THEIR DONORS SO IT'S EVEN LESS VISIBILITY. IT'S LESS TRANSPARENT THAN THE SMALL PACS ARE REQUIRED TO BE. >> MY NAME IS LIN CARLTON FROM CONNECTICUT. I USED TO READ THE NEAR EAST REPORT WHICH COMES FROM APAC. AND YEARS AGO I READ IN THERE
00:56:30	Q & A THAT THEY ASK EACH OTHER AND EVER INCOMING CONGRESSMAN TO SIGN A PLEDGE OF LOYALTY TO
00:57:04	Unidentified Speaker ISRAEL. AND I'D LIKE TO ASK PAUL FINDLEY IF HE KNOWS ABOUT THAT, AND I'D LIKE TO ASK ANYONE ELSE IF THEY COULD RESPOND TO THAT. DOES EACH AND EVERY CONGRESSMAN HAVE TO SIGN A PLEDGE OF LOYALTY TO ANOTHER COUNTRY? >> THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT. BUT MANY OF THEM DO. AND THOSE WHO DON'T ARE HEADED
00:57:09	Paul Findley FOR TROUBLE, BECAUSE THE LOBBY FOR ISRAEL WANTS A PURE SUPPORT, PURE LEVEL OF SUPPORT IN BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS. THEY DON'T ALWAYS GET IT. THIS PAST YEAR WE'VE SEEN TWO OCCASIONS WHEN THE LOBBY DID NOT PREVAIL. ONE HAD TO DO WITH OBAMA'S DESIRE TO FIRE A WARNING SHOT OVER SYRIA. AND THE PEOPLE BACK HOME MADE IT VERY PLAIN TO THEIR REPRESENTATIVES THAT THEY DID NOT WANT THAT TO HAPPEN. AND THERE WAS ANOTHER OCCASION IN WHICH ISRAEL DID NOT GET ITS WAY AND THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE PRELIMINARY AGREEMENT ON NEGOTIATIONS WITH IRAN. THERE ARE TWO, THE LOBBY DID NOT PREVAIL. NOW, IT MAY BE THEY'RE ON THE YAWNWARD SLIDE. I SURELY HOPE THAT'S TRUE. BUT MAYBE, MAYBE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE BEING BETTER INFORMED ABOUT ISSUES LIKE IRAN AND ANY OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT COME BEFORE CONGRESS. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE BOUGHT AND PAID FOR, YOU MIGHT AS WELL FACE IT, AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE, NO RESOLUTIONS THAT WE PASS HERE WILL DETER THEM. IN FACT, I THINK MY BOOK "DARE TO SPEAK OUT" HAD TWO IMPACTS. ONE OF THEM VERY DESIRABLE. THE OTHER NOT. ONE IMPACT WAS TO ALERT MANY PEOPLE TO THE MENACE POSED BY THE LOBBY TO OUR COUNTRY. BUT THE OTHER WAS A SIGNAL TO THE NEW MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE THE FATE THAT CAME TO PAUL FINDLEY AND A FEW OTHERS, YOU BETTER GO ALONG WITH ISRAEL. SO IT'S BEEN A TWO-EDGED SWORD. I'M -- I'M DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR WHAT THE REPORT DOES ON AWAKENING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO THE FACTS OF LIFE. THEY REACH A BIG AUDIENCE, I THINK ABOUT 25,000 READERS OF THE MAGAZINE, BUT IT'S ONLY BEGINNING. ONE THING WE ALL COULD DO IS TO ENCOURAGE OTHER PEOPLE TO READ THAT MAGAZINE. I HAVE A
00:57:40	Unidentified Speaker NUMBER OF FRIENDS IN JACKSONVILLE WHO LOOK TO ITS ARRIVAL EVERY MONTH OR EVERY OTHER MONTH, AND THEY CONSIDER IT THE BEST IN THE WORLD. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] THE GENTLEMAN
01:00:17	Q & A HERE IN THE SECOND ROW. >> MY NAME IS HAMED HUSSEINI. I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU, YOU SUGGESTED BOTH THAT AID TO ISRAEL SHOULD BE CUT OFF UNTIL EITHER ACCEPT PEACE, BUT IN THE ABSENCE OF VALUES OF FAIRNESS AND JUSTICE, RIGHT AND WRONG,
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01:00:53	Unidentified Speaker WHAT DO YOU SAY -- WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT ARAB WORLD SHOULD DO IN ORDER TO CONVINCE THE UNITED STATES THAT THEIR NATIONAL INTERESTS ALSO IS WITH THE ARAB WORLD? >> WOULD YOU LIKE TO START THAT, PAUL? THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION, AMBASSADOR. >>
01:01:01	Paul Findley THE COMMENTS I MADE PERHAPS WERE NOT WELL UNDERSTOOD. I THINK IT HAS UNIQUE MERIT BECAUSE IT APPEALS TO THE ISRAELIS WHO ARE TROUBLED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF A JEWISH MAJORITY STATE. THE DEMOGRAPHIC TIDE OF ARAB BIRTH RATES AND ANOTHER GENERATION IS GOING TO RESULT IN MORE PEOPLE OF ARAB ANCESTRY THAN JEWISH PEOPLE IN THE AREA THAT ISRAELI CONTROLS. NOW, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO DEAL WITH THAT WHEN THE CRISIS COMES? WELL, THEY ABIDE BY WHAT RABBI CALLED FOR A BOOK HE WROTE IN A BOOK SOME YEARS AGO, ARABS MUST GO OR THEY HAVE TO, FOR THEIR OWN SURVIVAL AS A JEWISH MAJORITY STATE, WELL THEY HAVE TO DRIVE ARABS OUT OF THE TERRITORY THEY'RE NOW IN. THAT'S HARDLY A PROSPECT THAT APPEALS TO ANYONE. I DON'T BELIEVE. AND THAT'S WHY I AM VERY PLEASED WITH THE PROPOSAL THAT I MADE, WHICH GUARANTEES THAT ISRAEL WILL CONTINUE TO BE A JEWISH MAJORITY STATE FOR A LONG TIME. BECAUSE UNDER MY PROPOSAL, THE ENTIRETY OF PALESTINE WILL BE OUTSIDE THE PERIMETER OF ISRAEL, AND NOT COUNTED. THE PEOPLE, THE ARAB PEOPLE IN EAST JERUSALEM WILL BE OUTSIEDDE SO I THINK IT GIVES AN INCREASED LIFE SPAN OF ABOUT THREE OR FOUR GENERATIONS TO A JEWISH MAJORITY STATE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT BRINGS IN TO BEING A STATE OF PALESTINE, AND THAT, I THINK, IS HIGHLY TO THE ADVANTAGE OF EVERY PARTY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AND EVERY PARTY WORLDWIDE. SO I HOPE YOU'LL GIVE SERIOUS THOUGHT TO THE CHOICES, BECAUSE WE'RE HEADED FOR A DIZ MALPERIOD IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING. WHEN THAT ARAB MAJORITY OCCURS, THERE WILL BE CONSTANT PRESSURE TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE STATE TO PALESTINE. THAT WILL CAUSE A TERRIBLE BACK LASH BY THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN PALESTINE, IT'S FAR BETTER TO MAKE THE COMPROMISE THAT BRINGS ABOUT AN INDEPENDENT PALESTINE RIGHT NOW AND ALSO BRINGS ABOUT THE ASSURANCE OF A JEWISH
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01:01:32	Unidentified Speaker MAJORITY ISRAEL FOR SOME TIME TO COME. >> I'D LIKE TO ADD ONE MORE THING TO THE ARAB LEAGUE AMBASSADOR'S QUESTION OF WHAT ARAB COUNTRIES SHOULD DO AND I THINK THEY'RE ALREADY DOING
01:04:28	Delinda C. Hanley A LOT. THEY'RE STARTING TO BUY WEAPONS FROM OTHER NATIONS. THEY'RE STARTING TO REALLY LOOK TO CHINA AND OTHER COUNTRIES, TO, YOU KNOW, BUY THING SO THAT THEY CAN USE THEIR ECONOMIC POWER, AND THEY ARE ALREADY. I THINK AMERICANS, WE'VE BEEN, YOU'VE BEEN FRIENDS WITH US FOR A LONG TIME,
01:04:52	Unidentified Speaker AND MAYBE IT'S TIME TO SHOW US SOME TOUGH LOVE. AND I'M GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A HOG HERE AND ASK PAUL FINDLEY A QUESTION HERE. WHAT DO COMMERCE PEOPLE SAY IN THE LOCKER ROOMS ABOUT BEING BEHOLDEN ALL THE TIME TO ISRAEL WHEN THEY -- WHAT DOES -- WHAT DO THEY TALK AMONG THEMSELVES? >> WELL, A FEW OF THEM WILL SAY, PAUL, I AGREE WITH YOU, I ADMIRE WHAT YOU'RE DOING BUT I CAN'T DO
01:05:12	Paul Findley IT. YOU UNDERSTAND. THAT'S THEIR ATTITUDE. I THINK MOST OF THEM ARE -- ARE GOOD CITIZENS, OR WANT TO BE. AND THE INFLUENCE OF ISRAEL AS OF TODAY IS SO GREAT ON CAPITOL HILL THAT THEY SEE DANGERS OF NOT SURVIVING THE NEXT ELECTION IF THEY CHALLENGE WHAT
01:05:43	Unidentified Speaker ISRAEL IS DOING. AND IT MAY BE A DISAPPOINTMENT TO YOU TO HEAR, BUT MOST PEOPLE IN THE CONGRESS LIKE TO GET RE-ELECTED. THAT'S NUMBER ONE. >> WE CAN TAKE A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS. OKAY. OH, YES, SORRY. >> IF I WANTED TO ADD, REALLY WHAT THE ARAB AMERICAN IS DOING
01:06:06	Q & A HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, PLEASE, CAN YOU ANSWER ME. WHAT THE ARAB-AMERICAN DOING IN THE UNITED STATES. I MEAN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE REGION, BUT WHAT ABOUT US HERE? WHAT ARE WE DOING? >> YOU MEAN WHY DON'T YOU HAVE PACS AND -- >> EXACTLY, EXACTLY. >> WELL, I THINK ARAB-AMERICANS ARE FROM MANY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. AND THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING, AND IN A VERY POTENTIALLY HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT. I MEAN THERE WAS DEFINITELY A CHANGE AFTER 9/11. I THINK THAT PEOPLE WERE VERY FEARFUL OF SPEAKING OUT, YOU KNOW, AND SO IT'S JUST, THEY'RE NEWER TO THIS COUNTRY. THEY'RE NOT COALESCED AROUND A SINGLE ISSUE, AND THE JEWISH LOBBY HAS BEEN IN DEVELOPMENT, AS ALLISON WEIR AND OTHERS WILL EXPLAIN LATER, FOR 100 YEARS. YOU KNOW, SO IT'S AN
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01:06:57	Unidentified Speaker UPHILL BATTLE BUT I THINK YOU HAVE TO START PARTICIPATING AND JUST KEEP AT IT UP. KNOW. AND HOPE THAT, AS THAT IS HAPPENING, OTHER AMERICANS ARE GETTING MORE INFORMED ABOUT WHAT THEIR MONEY IS DOING AND WHAT THEIR GOVERNMENT IS DOING. I DON'T THINK IT'S ONLY UP TO ARAB AMERICANS BY ANY MEANS AT ALL. OKAY, I GUESS THAT'S IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] AND NOW DELINDA HANLEY
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