The Israel Lobby Con EXTRA! Podcast
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The following is a presentation made at the 2015 Israel Lobby Con held at the National Press Club.
Former Congressman Nick Joe Rahall II, a grandson of Lebanese immigrants, represented West Virginia in the U.S. Congress from 1977 to 2015. When he was elected, the 27-year-old became the youngest member of Congress.
Rahall was one of only 8 House members to vote against the Authorization for Use of Military Force against Iraq in 2002 that preceded the Iraq War.
Rahall has repeatedly expressed concern about America’s relationship with Israel, stating, “Israel can’t continue to occupy, humiliate and destroy the dreams and spirits of the Palestinian people and continue to call itself a democratic state.” He has affirmed that America’s interests would be served by getting the peace process back on track, and regretted the U.S. vetoes of U.N. resolutions against Israeli settlement building.
The Congressman pressed the State Department to end a ban on travel to Lebanon until the ban was finally lifted in 1997. Rahall also expressed concern over a bipartisan resolution supporting Israel in the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict without adding language urging restraint against civilian targets. Rahall helped draft a resolution that urged “all parties to protect innocent life and civilian infrastructure.”
The conference is solely sponsored by the American Educational Trust, publisher of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, and the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy (IRmep).
Prof. Kirk J. Beattie: How Congress shapes Middle East policy, and how AIPAC shapes Congress.
Dr. Roger Mattson: Did Israel steal U.S. weapons-grade uranium, and did it have help from U.S. citizens?
Grant F. Smith: Ten ways the Israel lobby ‘moves’ America.
Reza Marashi: The Iran Nuclear Deal
Gareth Porter: The Israel lobby push for war on Iran
Congressman Paul Findley: What I should have done, and what Congress can do today.
Paul Pillar: AIPAC/Netanyahu objectives and the American interest.
Former AIPAC employee MJ Rosenberg: Is it all about the money?
Gideon Levy: Does unconditional support for Israel endanger Israeli voices?
Miko Peled: How the Lobby enables Israeli policy: Views of an Israeli in America
Ahmad Saadaldin: Overcoming obstacles: Students for Justice in Palestine successes.
Dima Khalidi: Pressures on universities to discipline and punish students and faculty for speech activities.
Amani Al-Khatahtbeh: Daring to speak out on campus.
Dr. Jack Shaheen: The use of cultural stereotypes to shape policy
Dr. Alice Rothchild: Silencing voices that question Israeli actions.
Jeffrey Blankfort: The ADL: Covert action, censure, and courting law-enforcement.
Seth Morrison: From the Jewish National Fund to Jewish Voice for Peace and BDS.
Grant F. Smith: How big is the Lobby and what does it do? An overview of the 501(c) universe.
Roger Waters: ”The positive impact of artist boycotts targeting Israel and how to educate fans.” IsraelLobbyCon 2022
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