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IsraelLobbyCon Extra! is an online initiative created in 2020. It advances the IsraelLobbyCon.org mission and provides key expertise, analysis and global outreach opportunities between our annual National Press Club conferences.
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Saturday Apr 02, 2022
Saturday Apr 02, 2022
The following is a presentation made at the 2022 Transcending the Israel lobby at Home & Abroad conference held on March 4 at the National Press Club.
Longtime Palestinian human rights activist and civil rights attorney Huwaida Arraf explains why she is running for the U.S. Congress.
Since 2015 the annual IsraelLobbyCon conference series at the National Press Club explores the latest research, innovations and tactics for countering the Israel lobby’s damaging policies in the U.S. and around the globe. See https://www.IsraelLobbyCon.org for more information.
Friday Mar 25, 2022
Friday Mar 25, 2022
The following is a presentation made at the 2022 Transcending the Israel lobby at Home & Abroad conference held on March 4 at the National Press Club.
Edward Ahmed Mitchell is an attorney and former journalist who serves as the deputy director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States.
He discusses how CAIR fought back against an infiltration campaign by Steven Emmerson's "Investigative Project on Terrorism" which was also tasked by Benjamin Netanyahu's office in Israel to produce opposition research against Students for Justice in Palestine.
Since 2015 the annual IsraelLobbyCon conference series at the National Press Club explores the latest research, innovations and tactics for countering the Israel lobby’s damaging policies in the U.S. and around the globe. See https://www.IsraelLobbyCon.org for more information.
Friday Mar 18, 2022
Friday Mar 18, 2022
The following is a presentation made at the 2022 Transcending the Israel lobby at Home & Abroad conference held on March 4 at the National Press Club.
Jeanne Trabulsi, coordinator of the Virginia Coalition for Human Rights "eject Energix" committee explains why Energix Renewable Energies Ltd. was listed on the UNHCR list of human rights violators in "category G," how it obtained undue influence in Virginia, and how taxpayers are unwittingly subsidizing Energix.
She concludes by summarizing how Energix is manifesting its worst practices from overseas, and how Virginia communities are fighting back.
Since 2015 the annual IsraelLobbyCon conference series at the National Press Club explores the latest research, innovations and tactics for countering the Israel lobby’s damaging policies in the U.S. and around the globe. See https://www.IsraelLobbyCon.org for more information.
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
The following is a presentation made at the 2022 Transcending the Israel lobby at Home & Abroad conference held on March 4 at the National Press Club.
Jeanne Trabulsi, coordinator of the Virginia Coalition for Human Rights education committee, reveals how Israeli affinity organizations insert Israeli propaganda into textbooks behind the scenes. She outlines the role of the Institute for Curriculum Studies, an entity housed inside an Israeli public relations organization. Finally, she reveals how VCHR has pushed back so that ICS recommendations were not included in textbook updates while outlining strategies other state human rights groups can take to preserve the quality of textbooks.
Since 2015 the annual IsraelLobbyCon conference series at the National Press Club explores the latest research, innovations and tactics for countering the Israel lobby’s damaging policies in the U.S. and around the globe. See https://www.IsraelLobbyCon.org for more information.
Saturday Mar 12, 2022
Saturday Mar 12, 2022
The following is a presentation made at the 2022 Transcending the Israel lobby at Home & Abroad conference held on March 4 at the National Press Club.
Paul Noursi, co-President of the Virginia Coalition for Human Rights, discusses the recent win against anti-BDS legislation in the commonwealth of Virginia.
Since 2015 the annual IsraelLobbyCon conference series at the National Press Club explores the latest research, innovations and tactics for countering the Israel lobby’s damaging policies in the U.S. and around the globe. See https://www.IsraelLobbyCon.org for more information.
IsraelLobbyCon 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).
Wednesday Mar 09, 2022
Wednesday Mar 09, 2022
The following is a presentation made at the 2022 Transcending the Israel lobby at Home & Abroad conference held on March 4 at the National Press Club.
Since 2015 the annual IsraelLobbyCon conference series at the National Press Club explores the latest research, innovations and tactics for countering the Israel lobby’s damaging policies in the U.S. and around the globe. See https://www.IsraelLobbyCon.org for more information.
IsraelLobbyCon 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).
Monday Mar 07, 2022
Monday Mar 07, 2022
The following is a presentation made at the 2022 Transcending the Israel lobby at Home & Abroad conference held on March 4 at the National Press Club
Since 2015 the annual IsraelLobbyCon conference series at the National Press Club explores the latest research, innovations and tactics for countering the Israel lobby’s damaging policies in the U.S. and around the globe. See https://www.IsraelLobbyCon.org for more information.
IsraelLobbyCon 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).
Friday Jan 21, 2022
Friday Jan 21, 2022
The distinguished historian and WRMEA columnist Dr. Walter L. Hixson discussed the unique and distinctive aspects of the US-Israel "special relationship." What assumptions underpinning the “special relationship” traditionally fit neatly into America's own history and national identity, such as "manifest destiny," "chosen" peoplehood, vanquishing the "savage" and settler colonialism? How did the rise of the formidable Israel lobby--by far the most powerful lobby representing a foreign nation in American history—exploit that identity to win the tiny nation of Israel more US military assistance and unconditional diplomatic support than any other country in the world? Now that Americans are grappling with their founding mythologies, can Israel's and its lobby's grip on the American psyche and body politic endure? Copies of Hixson's latest two books are available from Middle East Books and More.
Imperialism and War: The History Americans Need to Own https://www.middleeastbooks.com/products/imperialism-and-war-the-history-americans-need-to-own-by-walter-l-hixson
Architects of Repression: How Israel and Its Lobby Put Racism, Violence and Injustice at the Center of US Middle East Policy https://www.middleeastbooks.com/products/architects-of-repression-how-israel-and-its-lobby-put-racism-violence-and-injustice-at-the-center-of-us-middle-east-policy-by-walter-l-hixson?_pos=1&_sid=86a622183&_ss=r
Thursday Dec 23, 2021
Thursday Dec 23, 2021
Expert analysis of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's (AIPAC) interaction with political action committees (PACs). We also explored what factors may be driving AIPAC to be more interested in tightly coordinating campaign spending. We also discussed what impact this may have on Americans and took questions from participants.
Janet McMahon, former Founding Managing Editor at the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
Dr. Walter L. Hixson, Distinguished Historian, Author, and Columnist, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs and author of the new book Architects of Repression: How Israel and Its Lobby Put Racism, Violence and Injustice at the Center of US Middle East Policy
Grant F. Smith, Director of Research at IRmep and author of numerous books about AIPAC and the Israel lobby.
Related links: https://www.wrmea.org/web-exclusives/aipac-forming-political-action-committees-to-tighten-grip-on-u.s.-elections.html
Middle East Books & More
https://www.middleeastbooks.com/products/stealth-pacs-how-israels-american-lobby-seeks-to-control-u-s-middle-east-policy-by-richard-h-curtiss
https://www.middleeastbooks.com/products/architects-of-repression-how-israel-and-its-lobby-put-racism-violence-and-injustice-at-the-center-of-us-middle-east-policy-by-walter-l-hixson?_pos=1&_sid=7a8cbf993&_ss=r
Audible https://www.audible.com/pd/Architects-of-Repression-Audiobook/B09158G699
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs: https://WRMEA.org
Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy: htts://IRmep.org
Tuesday Oct 05, 2021
Tuesday Oct 05, 2021
Extended interview with distinguished historian and author Walter L. Hixson focusing on Chapter 7, "AIPAC in Command" of his book "Architects of Repression: How Israel and Its Lobby Put Racism, Violence and Injustice at the Center of US Middle East Policy."
Grant F. Smith of IRmep asks Hixson about his research background, when he started looking into the Israel lobby and books published by elite academic publishers.
They then turn to a single chapter from the book to explore the role and function of the Israel lobby in the United States.
Related links:
YouTube: "The Israel Lobby: What Everyone Needs to Know." https://youtu.be/GPhMT_c8M20
YouTube: "Israel’s Armor: The Israel Lobby and the First Generation of the Palestine Conflict" https://youtu.be/5frVOAuW6Gg
YouTube: "Settler Colonialism from America to Palestine" https://youtu.be/H38MYjCcX3U
Middle East Books & More https://www.middleeastbooks.com/products/architects-of-repression-how-israel-and-its-lobby-put-racism-violence-and-injustice-at-the-center-of-us-middle-east-policy-by-walter-l-hixson?_pos=1&_sid=24ef9d5c9&_ss=r
Audible https://www.audible.com/pd/Architects-of-Repression-Audiobook/B09158G699
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Architects-Repression-Israel-Violence-Injustice/dp/0982775776