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Fri, 05/13/2011 - 12:00am
Interviews with SHAC's Judith Gellin, Raed Jarrar & George Rishmawi with the Intl Mid-East Media Cen

Here it is at last the Big List of AIPAC Facts:

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) was incorporated in 1963 by Isaiah L. "Si" Kenen. www.waronyou.com

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has a dangerous stranglehold over U.S. foreign policy towards the Middle East. Moveoveraipac.org

Pro-Israel interests have contributed $56.8 million in individual, group, and soft money donations to federal candidates and party committees since 1990, according to the non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics. Metapedia.org

 

Between the 2000 and the 2004 elections, the 50 members of AIPAC's board donated an average of $72,000 each to campaigns and political action committees." Metapedia.org

AIPAC claims it "has a stranglehold on Congress." With a $47 million a year budget and more than 100 full-time staffers, it is no doubt a formidable advocate for Israel's interests. Isreview.org

AIPAC has lobbied heavily for U.S. funding of various Israeli weapons programs, including Israel's Arrow missile defense system. Rightweb.irc-online.org

Total direct U.S. aid to Israel amounts to well over $140 billion in 2003 dollars. Israel receives about $3 billion in direct foreign assistance each year, which is roughly one-fifth of America's entire foreign aid budget. Ifamericansknew.com

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