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AIPAC, the religious right and American foreign
policy

Front page / Opinion / Columnists

22.08.2006

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Pages: 1234

Nobody can understand what's going on
politically in the United States without being aware that a political
coalition of major pro-Likud groups, pro-Israel
neoconservative intellectuals and Christian Zionists is
exerting a tremendously powerful influence on the American
government and its policies. Over time, this large pro-Israel
Lobby, spearheaded by the American Israel Public Affairs
Committee (AIPAC), has extended its comprehensive grasp over
large segments of the U.S. government, including the Vice
President's office, the Pentagon and the State
Department, besides controlling the legislative apparatus
of Congress. It is being assisted in this task by powerful
allies in the two main political parties, in major corporate
media and by some richly financed so-called "think-tanks",
such as the American Enterprise Institute, the Heritage
Foundation, or the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

On Capitol Hill, 'The Lobby' seems to be
in charge

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AIPAC is the centerpiece of this co-ordinated
system. For example, it keeps voting statistics on each House
representative and senator, which are then transmitted to
political donors to act accordingly. AIPAC also organizes
regular all-expense-paid trips to Israel and
meetings with Israeli ministers and personalities for
congressmen and their staffs, and for other state and local
American politicians. Not receiving this imprimatur is a major
handicap for any ambitious American politician, even if he can
rely on a personal fortune. In Washington,
in order to have a better access to decision makers, the Lobby
even has developed the habit of recruiting personnel for
Senators and House members' offices. And, when elections come,
the Lobby makes sure that lukewarm, independent-minded or
dissenting politicians are punished and defeated. It is a
source of such political power, campaign financing and media
propaganda that no U.S. politician can dare ignore its demands
without fear of being destroyed. As veteran columnist Robert
Novak recently pointed out, thanks to the influence of AIPAC
and the Lobby, "Washington remains largely a bipartisan,
criticism-free zone for Israel."

This is understandable. AIPAC's techniques
are so efficient that one can easily have the impression that
it is a 'parallel government' in Washington D.C. In the words
of its president, Howard Friedman, consigned in a hubristic
bulletin to supporters, it relies on two techniques in
particular:

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