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Israel Lobby Damage Assessment
by IRmep
Periodic reporting on U.S. Middle East policy formulation.
Episodes
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Why AIPAC is still Israel’s foreign agent - KKFI
Grant F. Smith, the director of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy, discusses the influential American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). Smith has written several books on AIPAC. which was started with $60 million in foreign funding, largely from Israel, but eluded U.S....
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The Israel Lobby Versus The Innocents of Gaza - KZYX
On this January 18 episode of Corporations and Democracy Steve Scalmanini and Annie Esposito discussed "The Israel Lobby vs The Innocents of Gaza" with Norman Solomon, Executive Director of the Institute for Public Accuracy and author of “War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of…
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AIPAC’s foreign startup funding
60 years ago today, the Senate uncovered $60 million in Israeli and foreign seed money had been laundered into the US to set up AIPAC. What really happened and what has been the impact? Grant F. Smith gives an overview of the 1963 Senate investigation of Jewish Agency money laundering into the…
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The Netanyahu - Milchan nuclear espionage scandal that is tearing Israel apart
James Bamford’s new book Spyfail: Foreign Spies, Moles, Saboteurs, and the Collapse of America’s Counterintelligence devotes nine chapters to the impunity of Israel, its spies and U.S. lobby. Bamford is best known as America’s premiere chronicler of the ultra-secretive National Security Agency in...
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Israel and its US Lobby Dealt Major Blow by China Saudi Iran Peace Initiative
On Friday explosive news broke that China had successfully concluded a secret peace agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia. The plan aims to restore diplomatic relations by reopening embassies within two months. They also agree to restart their April 2001 Security Cooperation. Also back on the...
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AIPAC Israeli Economic Espionage Against US Hits $366 Billion
2024 will mark the fourth decade since AIPAC and the Israeli Minister of Economics stole classified American industry data to aid passage of America’s worst bilateral trade deal. Among all bilateral “Free Trade Agreements” (NAFTA and CAFTA are multilateral) the 1985 U.S. Israel deal has produced...
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Virginia communities oppose Energix solar projects
The Israeli company Energix Renewable Energies has been lavishly subsidized by U.S. solar energy tax credits and the cadmium telluride solar panel manufacturer First Solar. But Energix has also been listed by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights as a category g human rights violator over its...
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ADL’s penetration of the FBI & negative consequences for human rights activism
The ADL has been trying to liaise with the FBI by offering ADL investigators as informants, offering to exchange files to “avoid duplication of investigation” and “train” FBI and law enforcement personnel since the 1940s. What have been the negative consequences for human rights activists? IRmep...
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Secretary of Defense Austin dishonored JFK at AIPAC
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III was the perfect keynote speaker at the January 10, 2023 AIPAC Political Leadership Forum. Austin prioritizes Israeli over American defense priorities, advocates illegal land grabs that benefit Israel, inserts Israel into places it does not belong, and uses...
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Will Israel and its foreign influence operation AIPAC continue to undermine America in 2023?
2022 US Middle East policy review and 2023 forecast. US Middle East policy continued its downward spiral in 2022. The president and Congress aided and abetted illegal Israeli objectives over better policies preferred by overwhelming majorities of American voters. In poll after poll, Americans…
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“Palestine, Propaganda and the President” - Ali Abunimah
American journalist Ali Abunimah is co-founder of the Electronic Intifada and author of "One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israel-Palestine Impasse'' and "The Battle for Justice in Palestine." He discussed post-election administration policy on key issues. Will the administration demand any...
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The Virginia Israel Advisory Board - VIAB
Grant F. Smith is the author of seven books about the Israel lobby, and research director of IRmep. His most recent books are "Big Israel: How Israel's Lobby Moves America" (2016) and "The Israel Lobby Enters State Government: Rise of the Virginia Israel Advisory Board" (2019). Continuing an...
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Professor Walter L. Hixson and Settler Colonialism
Historian and author Walter Hixson answers cross disciplinary questions about foreign policy, the Israel lobby and settler colonialism. What are the core objectives of settler colonialism? Why must the population targeted for removal be the object of hatred and portrayed as primitive, uncivilized...
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The Israel Lobby - KKFI Jeremy Rothe-Kushel - Understanding Israel-Palestine
Interview with Jeremy Rothe-Kushel of the program "Understanding Israel-Palestine" on the rise of the Israel lobby in America, prominent figures, Israeli nuclear weapons espionage and related topics. Check out other IRmep content at https://IRmep.org
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Countering harmful Israel lobby initiatives at the state level
A conversation with the Virginia Coalition for Human Rights. Fighting questionable edits to VA textbooks, the case against VIAB, and the expansion of Israeli human rights violator Energix in Virginia. Check out other IRmep content at https://IRmep.org
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The Israel Lobby Enters State Government: Rise Of The Virginia Israel Advisory Board
David Swanson, host of Talk Nation Radio, interviews Grant F. Smith to discuss his latest and ninth book about the Israel lobby called The Israel Lobby Enters State Government: Rise Of The Virginia Israel Advisory Board. Find the paperback at Middle East Books & More. Check out other IRmep…
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VIAB: The Israel lobby corruption scandal nobody knows about
Grant F. Smith of the Institute for Research for Research: Middle Eastern Policy discusses the findings of his new book, The Israel Lobby Enters State Government: Rise of the Virginia Israel Advisory Board at Middle East Books and More. Check out other IRmep content at https://IRmep.org
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The Abraham Scam - Palestine Center
IRmep presentation at the Palestine Center’s annual conference. It covered the how the Gallup Organization’s misleading polls about U.S. "sympathy" for Israel would have been deployed to falsely claim Americans support the Kushner-Friedman-Greenblatt Middle East "Deal of the Century," much like...
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Lessons from FBI’s ‘Niger Uranium Forgeries’
Grant Smith elaborates on his May 20th article, “”Lesson from FBI’s ‘Niger Uranium Forgeries’ File: There will be no consequences for twisting intelligence to attack Iran.” It was based on his obtaining, through FOIA, and analyzing the 640 pages of FBI records In which he describes then FBI...
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The IRS ”Taxpayer Advocate” and US charitable funding for illegal settlements
Grant F. Smith, director of research at IRmep, exposes the IRS's long history of aiding and abetting billions of dollars of U.S. charitable contributions flowing through tax-exempt charities into illegal West Bank settlements during a live broadcast with the IRS Taxpayer Advocate. Check out other...
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The FBI’s ‘Niger Uranium Forgeries’ investigation - Stymied by Robert Mueller - Takes on the World
Grant Smith elaborates on his May 20th article, “”Lesson from FBI’s ‘Niger Uranium Forgeries’ File: There will be no consequences for twisting intelligence to attack Iran.” It was based on his obtaining, through FOIA, and analyzing the 640 pages of FBI records In which he describes how then FBI...
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A Brief History of unprosecuted Israeli foreign agent, smuggling and espionage cases
Grant F. Smith presentation at the National Summit to Reassess the U.S.-Israel "Special Relationship".
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AIPAC spies will never be prosecuted
Grant Smith discusses with INN host Leonard Charles the factors weighing against the AIPAC espionage case making it to trial in April of 2008.
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UN Ceasefire Resolution 1701
Grant Smith appeared on WWRL Radio with Dr. Ron Daniels to discuss the UN Ceasefire resolution and new information revealing the attacks on Lebanon as a "dry run" for future attacks on Iran. Check out other IRmep content at https://IRmep.org
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Neocon Clean Break plan Update - LinkTV
Grant Smith appeared on the LinkTV show Viewpoint to discuss IRmep's book "Neocon Middle East Policy: the 'Clean Break' Plan Damage Assessment." Other topics included legal violations of key neoconservative policymakers, flaws in core policy, and how rejection of international law has also...
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US Charitable Contributions, Illegal Settlements, and Suicide Terrorism
Law enforcement briefing at the Russell Senate Office Building "US Charitable Contributions, Illegal Settlements, and Suicide Terrorism."
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The Gaza Withdrawal and Mythologies of the 1967 Arab Israeli War - Armstrong Williams
Was the 1967 Arab Israeli war inevitable? What is the true refugee status of Palestinians? What do the data say about how to really confront suicide terrorism? Grant Smith clears up common misconceptions in a debate with Armstrong Williams.
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Neocon Clean Break plan or Beirut Declaration? - Jim Greenfield Show
On November 10, Grant Smith appeared on the Jim Greenfield show to discuss IRmep's book "Neocon Middle East Policy: the 'Clean Break' Plan Damage Assessment." (Available at http://www.irmep.org/cbda.htm) Other topics included tackling the real causes vs the hype factor and rhetoric in the news...
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