Basically, AIPAC evolved out of a "system of interlocking nonprofit corporations doing end-runs around the clear intent of the Foreign Agents Registration Act." Seed money provided by the government of Israe…
Basically, AIPAC evolved out of a "system of interlocking nonprofit corporations doing end-runs around the clear intent of the Foreign Agents Registration Act." Seed money provided by the government of Israel. The intent was always to avoid the requirements of the FARA.
I try to see a glimmer of hope here. AIPAC is getting some bad publicity, especially among the next generation. May we all live to see the decline and death of this egregious organisation.
"Seed money provided by the government of Israel." That's it. No government funds an org in a foreign country without the expectation that the org will be accept their direction. End of story. Even if the correspondence is 100%.
Speaking of seed money, nobody put it better than Dolly Levi in Hello Dolly (with Streisand, of course!):
“Money, pardon the expression, is like manure. It's not worth a thing unless it's spread around, encouraging young things to grow.” And here we are. But we’re in far more dangerous territory as concerns the future of our republic than Dolly ever imagined.
That's correct Mark. Samuel Huntington wrote about this in his book, "Who are We?" Huntington found the dual citizenship to be a problem and noted the success of AIPAC was being duplicated by governments like Mexico who realized that putting lobbyists to work on behalf of Mexico was the best way to improve the fortunes of their emigrated citizens and a source of funding for their government. In other words they all learned to play the game and we suffer for it. Schumer pledging fealty to greater Israel was sickening.
More details about the genesis of AIPAC and how the loophole came about (a link within your linked article):
https://original.antiwar.com/smith-grant/2007/10/09/where-did-aipac-come-from/
Basically, AIPAC evolved out of a "system of interlocking nonprofit corporations doing end-runs around the clear intent of the Foreign Agents Registration Act." Seed money provided by the government of Israel. The intent was always to avoid the requirements of the FARA.
I try to see a glimmer of hope here. AIPAC is getting some bad publicity, especially among the next generation. May we all live to see the decline and death of this egregious organisation.
"Seed money provided by the government of Israel." That's it. No government funds an org in a foreign country without the expectation that the org will be accept their direction. End of story. Even if the correspondence is 100%.
Speaking of seed money, nobody put it better than Dolly Levi in Hello Dolly (with Streisand, of course!):
“Money, pardon the expression, is like manure. It's not worth a thing unless it's spread around, encouraging young things to grow.” And here we are. But we’re in far more dangerous territory as concerns the future of our republic than Dolly ever imagined.
That's correct Mark. Samuel Huntington wrote about this in his book, "Who are We?" Huntington found the dual citizenship to be a problem and noted the success of AIPAC was being duplicated by governments like Mexico who realized that putting lobbyists to work on behalf of Mexico was the best way to improve the fortunes of their emigrated citizens and a source of funding for their government. In other words they all learned to play the game and we suffer for it. Schumer pledging fealty to greater Israel was sickening.