AIPAC 2012 March 4-6 (Obama to Speak)

Idris

(AIPAC 2012 is expected to have one of it's biggest years..lot's of War talk, elections around the corner and also a growing protest http://www.occupyaipac.org/ against it)

US President Barack Obama will address the annual conference of the pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC on March 4, one day before meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“The president welcomes this opportunity to speak to the strengths of the special bonds between Israel and the United States,” White House press secretary Jay Carney said.

The president’s election-year address to the conference comes at a time of tensions between the U.S. and Israel over Iran’s nuclear ambitions and rising concern in Washington that Israel might attack Iran’s nuclear facilities.

Mr. Obama is scheduled to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House the day after his speech.

US politicians often flock to AIPAC to gain backing and air their pro-Israel positions -- with the November election approaching, this year's event is set to be even more hotly political than usual.

In his address to the group last year, Obama pledged to stand by the Jewish state through thick and thin, stressing Washington's "ironclad" commitment to Israel's security.

His upcoming talks with Netanyahu comes amid rising tensions with Iran, and with increased speculation over whether Israel is planning to attack Iranian nuclear facilities.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/obama-address-pro-israel-lobby-meet-march-4-231941655.html

Gingrich, Romney also to speak at AIPAC,

http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/iran_center_stage_at_aipac_conference/30132

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/israels-netanyahu-visit-u-next-month-181115735.html

Some video highlights (below) of Obama at AIPAC, so an idea of what to expect. YouTube 'AIPAC Obama' for more videos (full),

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXyUgFyhT1w

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and some old files released about AIPAC

AIPAC Director's Use of Classified Missile Data Harmed National Security - US State Department

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/aipac-directors-classified-missile-data-154300456.html

AIPAC and Espionage:

http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0805-33.htm

http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2005/09/30/aipac-and-espionage-guilty-as-hell/

Idris

(2 day's left)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rae-abileah/occupy-aipac-saying-no-to_b_1314559.html

Occupy AIPAC: Saying No to K Street Control of Congress and War on Iran

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has contributed to a disastrous American course in the Middle East and will be back at it this week in Washington, D.C. Self-described as a "pro-Israel lobby" whose goal is to "enact public policy that enhances the U.S.-Israel relationship," the organization has enhanced this relationship while simultaneously making the region far more dangerous.

More than ever in this election year with Republicans calling for the bombing of Iran and candidate Newt Gingrich claiming Palestinians are an "invented" people, AIPAC has the US Congress and presidential candidates in its thrall. Yet this year's AIPAC policy conference in Washington, D.C. is more controversial than ever as Occupy activists seek to highlight the role of big-money lobbyists in elections while standing in solidarity with the global 99% opposed to Israel's violations of human rights and international law.

Each year at AIPAC's policy conference in Washington, D.C., the president, powerful senators and members of Congress parade across the stage in order to prove their loyalty to the Israeli government.

AIPAC is also known for drafting extreme anti-Palestinian, anti-human rights legislation that it then funnels into Congress. AIPAC Director Howard Kohr will likely appear on stage this March at the 2012 AIPAC conference to make the annual roll call, rattling off the names of congressional representatives, diplomats and dignitaries present in the room as if he is the auctioneer at an estate sale. And in a way, he is.

This week, over 10,000 citizen lobbyists with AIPAC will push the country in the dangerous direction of war with Iran and ongoing occupation of Palestine. Activists will stage "Occupy AIPAC" -- a counter-conference along with creative protests outside the AIPAC convention, in opposition to these policies. Millions of Americans hopeful of emerging from the recent recession must push back against another Middle East war promoted by many of the same people and organizations that brought us the catastrophic consequences of the war with Iraq.
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gimmesometruth27

obama is spineless with regard to israel and aipac.

what israel's hardline government wants, they will get.

i still say if they want to start a war with iran they can fight that themselves. leave us out of it.

mikepegg44

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

i still say if they want to start a war with iran they can fight that themselves. leave us out of it.

they are like a black belt in karate that still hides behind their old brother after they talk shit...

they can handle themselves...we simply do not need to be involved...

if only