Does Your Congressperson Represent You — or Israel?
9 August 2011 | AlterNet In this time of economic austerity, when jobs are being slashed and Americans are fearful about their future, the Congressional recess is the time for our elected...
View ArticleList of Representatives Going on an Israel Lobby Junket
Partial list of the 81 Congresspeople touring Israel on an AIPAC-affiliate junket during the August Congressional Recess: First NameLast NamePolitical PartyState (District) DanBenishekRepublicanMI (1)...
View ArticleCODEPINK Files Complaint with Congressional Ethics Committee Against...
Calls for end to loophole that allows front group to act as conduit for Lobby trips The peace group CODEPINK has filed a formal complaint with the Congressional Ethics Committee, calling for an...
View ArticleCODEPINK’s Complaint to the Congressional Ethics Committee
I would like to file a complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics against the Congressional trips to Israel organized by the American Israel Education Foundation (AIEF). These trips violate the...
View ArticleCongress Sees Middle East Through AIPAC-Colored Glasses
During August recess this year, 81 members of Congress went on a junket to Israel funded by the Israel lobby group AIPAC (well, funded by the American Israel Education Fund, but they are really one and...
View ArticleVisiting the Office of Congressional Ethics About AIPAC Junkets to Israel
By Medea Benjamin Two members of CODEPINK, Tighe Barry and myself, along with Grant Smith from IRmep had a meeting with three lawyers from the Office Of Congressional Ethics (including the OCE’s...
View ArticleOccupy AIPAC to Host a Sneak Preview of ‘Roadmap to Apartheid’
Join us on Friday night, March 2nd in Washington DC for a sneak preview of the soon to be released film, Roadmap to Apartheid. With a discussion led by Nehad Khader. Nehad Khader is an educator,...
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