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Overcoming AIPAC is not enough

by Lawrence Davidson October 2, 2010

By Lawrence Davidson* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Two stories have recently appeared, each discussing a different approach to overcoming the influence of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the pro-Israel lobby that presently has enough clout to substitute its own parochial interests for the national interest. As John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt’s 2007 [...]

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More pointless talks with Israel?

by Stuart Littlewood August 28, 2010

By Stuart Littlewood* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Send in the clowns The Palestinians’ champion – their White Knight – is preparing to ride forth next week and do battle at the negotiating table with the racist regime’s Black Knight and his minder, the Great Satan. The rules of chivalry don’t apply, so the outcome [...]

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Max Ajl – J Street conference only step one

by SR Editor November 10, 2009

By Max Ajl * | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Was the recently held J Street conference the herald of an incipient peace treaty in Israel-Palestine? The supporters of the new lobby group hope so. For decades, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has had a cloaked but powerful grip on American discussion of Israel. [...]

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Time for a democratic discourse

by SR Editor October 25, 2009

By Kevin Coval and Josh Healey * This weekend, J Street, a new Jewish “Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace” Washington-based public action committee is holding its first national conference. The two of us, along with another artist, were scheduled to perform and read poems at several sessions during the conference. Specifically, we were invited to lead a workshop [...]

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