Congress-lady confirms: EVERY member MUST SIGN Pledge to Israel--else they get no funds, sucka

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Cynthia McKinney: Every Member of US Congress Must Sign Pledge to Israel

Link: http://leaksource.wordpress.com/201...er-of-us-congress-must-sign-pledge-to-israel/

[also ck link for vids of in-person testimony]

In News on February 18, 2013 at 7:43 PM

Former US lawmaker Cynthia McKinney says every candidate for Congress has to sign a pledge to vote for supporting the military superiority of Israel.



“Every candidate for Congress at that time had a pledge. They were given a pledge to sign … that had Jerusalem as the capital city,” McKinney said.

“You make a commitment that you would vote to support the military superiority of Israel that the economic assistant that Israel wants that you would vote to provide that,” she added.

McKinney said that if a candidate does not sign the pledge or perform accordingly, “then you do not get money to run your campaign.”

The former Congresswoman said that after she made the pledge issue public “the tactic changed.”

“But this is what is done for 535 members of the United States Congress, 100 senators and 435 members of the House of Representatives have to now write a paragraph which basically says the same thing.”
 
Documents reveal how US let Israel off the hook over ‘execution’ of American Furkan Dogan

Link: http://mondoweiss.net/2013/02/documents-execution-american.html

by Alex Kane on February 22, 2013 2

American citizen Furkan Dogan was killed by Israeli forces as they raided the Mavi Marmara ship on May 31, 2010. (Photo via Associated Press)

In May 2010, 18-year-old American citizen Furkan Dogan was shot at point-blank range by Israeli naval commandos as he was standing on the deck of a ship and filming the violent raid on the flotilla to Gaza. It took three days for the U.S. to contact his family--and that was after the U.S. made repeated inquiries to the government of Israel for information about his death.

That information was recently revealed by the Center for Constitutional Rights after obtaining documents that have now been published as a result of Freedom of Information Act requests to the U.S. government. The documents reveal new details on the U.S. government’s actions in the aftermath of the flotilla.

In the immediate aftermath of the flotilla raid, Ahmet Dogan, the father of Furkan, desperately called U.S. officials to inquire about the whereabouts of his son, who was a passenger on the flotilla trying to break the blockade of Gaza. Ahmet did not know where his son was, but was extremely worried after he saw news reports stating that the Israeli military had violently raided the ship in international waters and killed 9 passengers in the early morning hours of May 31, 2010. On June 3, 2010, Ahmet Dogan identified his son’s body as being amongst the dead after he saw his son’s body riddled with bullets in Turkey.

That same day, e-mail messages between U.S. officials in Istanbul and Washington concerning the death of Furkan Dogan were being sent back and forth. One morning message from Richard Appleton, the U.S. Consul General in Ankara, Turkey, confirms that by then the U.S. government knew about the death of Furkan. “Here is what we know,” wrote Appleton in an e-mail. “Turkish-American Furkan DOGAN DOB 20OCT91 was one of the killed in the Gaza Flotilla event.” In a separate e-mail sent in the afternoon of that day, Appleton wrote that “his family had been calling at least twice a day for several days...Before we contact we are going to get confirmation thru [the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs].”

Appleton and other U.S. officials repeatedly said they would speak with Ahmet Dogan only after talking to the Israeli government. (After the Israeli government failed to give details to the U.S. about the death of Dogan, Appleton finally decided to contact Ahmet Dogan.)

The e-mails are a telling snapshot of the larger story of how the U.S. government abandoned one of its own citizens who was killed by the Israeli military and deferred to Israel. And just as the U.S. failed to pressure Israel over the death of Furkan Dogan, they failed to pressure Israel over the returning of property, like electronic equipment, to American citizens who had also taken part in the flotilla. While this narrative is by now well-known, the documents show conclusively how the U.S. treats its citizens who challenge the Israeli government’s rule over Palestinians.

The e-mails from Appleton and other U.S. government documents were published by the CCR, which has been working with the Dogan family and other American citizens to try and obtain accountability for Israeli human rights violations committed in the course of the takeover of the Mavi Marmara. Other revelations include the fact that Federal Bureau of Investigation counter-terrorism squads had conducted research on 561 individuals involved with the flotilla, though the details of the FBI investigation are largely redacted.

“The documents related to Furkan reveal that the U.S. has an unquestioning deference to the government of Israel, even when the life of an American teenager is at stake,” Jessica Lee, a lawyer working with the CCR on the aftermath of the flotilla, told Mondoweiss. “Despite this barbaric murder...the U.S. declined to investigate and deferred to Israel.” Though Ahmet Dogan repeatedly demanded a U.S. investigation into his son’s killing--and at one point wondered whether the U.S. didn’t care about Furkan because he was a Muslim--the U.S. has refused to do so.

Another telling episode revealed by the documents was a February 23, 2011 meeting in Washington between Ahmet Dogan and James Pettit, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Overseas Citizens Services. Months earlier, the documents show, the State Department said that the Israeli government had “not yet provided detailed information” on Furkan Dogan’s death. But at the 2011 meeting, Pettit told Dogan that the U.S. would not conduct an investigation into Furkan’s death and was waiting for the UN Secretary General’s report on the flotilla incident. Pettit told Dogan that “as a rule” the U.S. does not conduct investigations into the deaths of citizens overseas, though State Department spokesman PJ Crowley said in June 2010 that “we have the option of evaluating the circumstances and if we think a crime has been committed, then working with the host government we have the option of our own investigation.”

At the meeting with Pettit, Dogan brought up the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) report (pdf) on the flotilla raid which said that Furkan Dogan was killed in a “summary execution.” The report states:


Furkan Doğan, a 19-year-old with dual Turkish and United States citizenship, was on the central area of the top deck filming with a small video camera when he was first hit with live fire. It appears that he was lying on the deck in a conscious, or semi-conscious, state for some time. In total Furkan received five bullet wounds, to the face, head, back thorax, left leg and foot. All of the entry wounds were on the back of his body, except for the face wound which entered to the right of his nose. According to forensic analysis, tattooing around the wound in his face indicates that the shot was delivered at point blank range.

The Turkish government’s investigation told a similar story. The UN HRC report also said that, while activists involved with the Turkish organization IHH prepared to defend the ship from a takeover by Israeli forces and did so with makeshift weapons, the commandos had fired from helicopters before landing on the Mavi Marmara. The report concludes that “much of the force used by the Israeli soldiers on board the Mavi Marmara and from the helicopters was unnecessary, disproportionate, excessive and inappropriate and resulted in the wholly avoidable killing and maiming of a large number of civilian passengers.”

But Pettit dismissed the UN report as “rushed.”

Still, no U.S. investigation was launched even after the UN Secretary General-backed Palmer Report stated that “Furkan Doğan, was shot at extremely close range. Mr. Doğan sustained wounds to the face, back of the skull, back and left leg. That suggests he may already have been lying wounded when the fatal shot was delivered, as suggested by witness accounts to that effect.”

The U.S. government’s insistence that the Israeli government was up to the task of the investigation came despite past U.S. disapproval of how the investigation into Rachel Corrie’s death was carried out. Corrie, an American, was run over by an Israeli military bulldozer in Gaza as she was trying to protect a Palestinian home from being demolished. In 2004, a year after Corrie’s death, “Lawrence Wilkerson, chief of staff to then-Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, wrote that Israel had not fulfilled its promises of a thorough, credible and transparent investigation,” according to the Washington Post.

The deference to Israel “happened with Rachel Corrie. This happened with Furkan Dogan. And unfortunately from what we’re seeing, this might happen again, because the U.S. is not taking the safety of its citizens seriously,” said the CCR’s Lee.

The U.S. trust in the Israeli investigation (the Turkel Commission) into the flotilla incident, which said that Furkan Dogan wanted to be a martyr based on a Turkish media report, also came despite early indications that Israel may have been trying to hide something. (Asked by Haaretz about the media report that Furkan wanted to be a martyr based on a diary entry Furkan wrote, Ahmet Dogan said: “As far as I know, his last entry was written that night, when it was feared that something bad was about to happen. Under normal circumstances, he never would have written anything like that. If my son had planned to become a martyr, he would not have gone out of his way to ask me to submit his university application forms in the event that he got held up in Gaza. He had big plans, he was very ambitious. You think he all of a sudden forgot about all of his plans for the future and decided to die?”)

U.S. government documents show that the day after the flotilla raid, a consular official named Eve Zuckerman trained in the identification of remains visited the morgue in Israel where the victims were taken.

A CCR analysis of the flotilla documents states that “instead of viewing the bodies of the deceased passengers, she was shown what she was told were photos of nine men killed during the attack, which were frontal photos from the shoulders up. None of photos of the deceased showed evidence of bullet wounds, damage, or distortion, except for bruises and hematomas.” After returning to the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, Zuckerman was shown a photo of Furkan Dogan, but said that she did not see anybody that looked like him at the morgue in Israel.

“It seems that Israel was hiding the fact that he was killed,” said Lee.

Lee insists that the U.S. could have done more to demand adequate Israeli action on Furkan’s death, even if the U.S. did not want to launch its own investigation. “We don’t see a lot of high-level pressure to ensure that this [Israeli] investigation was carried out in an appropriate and non-biased manner,” said Lee.

Part I of the Israeli investigation into the flotilla concluded that the Israeli naval forces had the right under international law to raid the ship and that Israeli forces used appropriate force and that the activists on board the ship had engaged in violence against the Israeli commandos. But Human Rights Watch, and other human rights organizations, cast doubt on the credibility of the internal Israeli investigation. Amnesty International said that the report “certainly appears like a 'whitewash', with the Israeli authorities exonerated of wrongdoing although their actions left nine people dead.”

In addition to documents relating to Furkan Dogan’s death, the CCR published additional documents related to the electronic equipment taken from American passengers on the flotilla. While U.S. officials repeatedly inquired about the status of the electronic property and expressed frustration at the Israeli response, there was no high-level pressure to ensure that it was returned.

The electronic property held by Israel included the video camera Furkan Dogan was holding on the ship, which may contain evidence as to what transpired on the Mavi Marmara. A CCR analysis concludes: “As of February 2013, property belonging to the U.S. passengers aboard the 2010 Gaza flotilla remains missing, presumably within Israeli custody.”

Lee said: “It’s very troubling that the United States wasn’t able to get this property back.”
 
‘The Final Piece Of The Puzzle’: Former Democrat Congresswoman Blames ‘Zionists’ For 9/11 Attacks

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Link: http://www.tathasta.com/2021/06/the-final-piece-of-puzzle-former.html

Former Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) posted an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory on Twitter on Monday that falsely claimed that “Zionists” were behind the September 11, 2001, Islamic terrorist attacks.

McKinney posted a picture of a puzzle that showed the World Trade Centers on fire. The puzzle said, “Zionists did it.” McKinney posted the picture and added: “The Final Piece of the Puzzle…

Not only did McKinney post the tweet, she also pinned it to the top of her Twitter account, meaning that the tweet is featured at the top of her page so people see it if they visit her account.Some top responses to the anti-Semitic tweet included:

◾Jason Rantz, Seattle-based conservative radio host: “Former Democrat congresswoman from Georgia and Squad member emeritus. Current anti-Semite.”
◾Avi Mayer, Managing Director of Global Communications for AJC Global: “This individual, who is promoting an insane conspiracy theory alleging that Jews carried out 9/11, served six terms as a member of Congress. @Twitter , why is @CynthiaMcKinney still permitted to use this platform to spread hate-filled lies?”
◾Yair Rosenberg, Senior Writer of Tablet Magazine: “This person is no longer consequential, but the antisemitic bigotry she is reflecting still is. Notice how she doesn’t say “the Jews” did 9/11, she says “the Zionists” did it. This substitution is one of the most common ways antisemites today lazily try to launder their hate.”
◾Harry Khachatrian, Daily Wire contributor: “I look forward to the follow-up tweet where she explains how blaming the Jews for 9/11 is merely an innocuous criticism of the Israeli government.”
◾Lahav Harkov, Editor at The Jerusalem Post: “I don’t need to solve a puzzle to know you’re a bigot.”
◾Logan Ratick, Newsmax correspondent: “Ringleader and hijacker Mohamed Atta is unavailable for comment because he flew a plane into the North tower. One of the reasons he did was because our country supports Israel. Mask off for this tinfoil hat-wearing former Congresswoman.”

The Anti-Defamation League summarized her anti-Israel activism in a report:

Cynthia McKinney, a former U.S. Congresswoman from Georgia and 2008 Green Party presidential candidate, participated in a variety of anti-Israel campaigns and events in 2009. McKinney has a history of using anti-Israel rhetoric, including accusing the pro-Israel lobby of sabotaging her political career and alleging that Israel of committing genocide, apartheid and war crimes. She has repeatedly condemned U.S. support for Israel.

She has also taken part in multiple organized efforts to bring Westerners to Gaza in order to attract media attention to their anti-Israel agenda. McKinney has used the attention these campaigns have received to further promote her opposition, and explicit hostility, toward Israel and Zionism. While McKinney has supported anti-Semitic groups such as the Nation of Islam and the New Black Panther Party and aggressively opposed Israel and its supporters for many years, her efforts in 2009 demonstrate the degree to which her opposition has become a priority.
 
Con Inc Declares Total War On Ben And Jerry’s For ‘Not Loving Israel Enough’

by Chris Menahan | Information Liberation
July 23rd 2021, 2:59 am

Link: https://www.infowars.com/posts/con-...-ben-and-jerrys-for-not-loving-israel-enough/

Imagine if conservatives fought this hard for America!

Imagine if conservatives fought this hard for America!

Ben & Jerry’s will end sales of our ice cream in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Read our full statement: https://t.co/2mGWYGN4GA pic.twitter.com/kFeu7aXOf3

— Ben & Jerry’s (@benandjerrys) July 19, 2021

Over 30 states in the United States have passed anti-BDS legislation in recent years. I plan on asking each of them to enforce these laws against Ben & Jerry’s. They will not treat the State of Israel like this without a response.

— יאיר לפיד – Yair Lapid (@yairlapid) July 19, 2021

DeSantis Uses Power of the State to Blacklist Ben and Jerry’s For Not Loving Israel Enoughhttps://t.co/nEc5iwFt7K

— Patrick Howley (@HowleyReporter) July 22, 2021

NEW: Florida @GovRonDeSantis, citing his state’s anti-BDS laws, says if Ben & Jerry’s and Unilever don’t end their boycott, the State Board of Administration “must refrain from acquiring any and all Unilever assets consistent with the law.” @newsmax pic.twitter.com/rCj2BP9aGW

— Logan Ratick (@Logan_Ratick) July 22, 2021

From National File, “DeSantis Uses Power of The State To Blacklist Ben And Jerry’s For Not Loving Israel Enough”:

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is placing Ben and Jerry’s on an official government blacklist because the ice cream company is removing its product from Israel in protest of the Zionist regime’s war actions. DeSantis is standing against free speech and the free market by using the power of the state to blacklist a private company choosing to do business the way it wants. This case has massive implications for civil liberties in America going forward. Which business will be targeted next for not supporting Israel? DeSantis previously banned criticism of Israel or Jewish people in public schools and colleges.

DeSantis stated that “It has come to my attention that Ben & Jerry’s has announced plans to remove its products and prohibit the sale of its ice cream in Judea and Samaria. These actions taken by Ben & Jerry’s fall squarely within the prohibited activities defined by Section 215.4725(1)(a), Florida Statutes. Ben & Jerry’s is a wholly owned subsidiary of Unilever, a publicly traded company in which Florida holds multiple investments. Therefore, I am requesting the State Board of Administration (SBA) immediately place Ben & Jerry’s and Unilever on the Continued Examination Companies that Boycott Israel List, and initiate the process to place Ben & Jerry’s, and by extension Unilever, on the Scrutinized Companies that Boycott Israel List. Please provide an update on the status of this process to me and the other Trustees as soon as possible. Should the State Board of Administration affirmatively place Unilever and its corporate entities on the Scrutinized Companies List and these companies do not cease the boycott of Israel as required by Florida law, the Board must refrain from acquiring any and all Unilever assets consistent with the law.”

The whole gang showed up:

“Abbott signed bill into law that would force pension funds to divest from any company boycotting Israel. State Comptroller Glenn Hegar, who controls billions of dollars in assets for Texas public pension fund has already told his office to take action.” https://t.co/qFKhFMZ9UP

— Murtaza Hussain (@MazMHussain) July 22, 2021

Ben & Jerry’s shameful move to boycott parts of Israel is an outgrowth of the anti-Semitic BDS movement.

State laws against this hateful movement should be applied wherever applicable to push back against Ben & Jerry’s disgraceful decision.

— Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) July 22, 2021

I wonder what changed? pic.twitter.com/eOLU2ryneo

— The Once and Future Goy (@Guy_Buttersnaps) July 20, 2021

#Benandjerrys has now decided they know more about Jerusalem than the Israelis. If Ben & Jerry’s wants to have a meltdown & boycott Israel, OK is ready to respond. Oklahoma has an anti-boycott of Israel law in place

— Sen. James Lankford (@SenatorLankford) July 21, 2021

We should immediately block the sale of all #Benandjerrys in the state and in any state-operated facility to align with our law.

— Sen. James Lankford (@SenatorLankford) July 21, 2021

Discrimination against Israel & Israeli Jews is hate, pure and simple.

Americans shouldn’t stand for it. #BenAndJerrysBigotry https://t.co/F5OKO8ojRN

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) July 22, 2021

Israel’s president: Ben & Jerry’s boycott is part of ‘a new form of terrorism’ https://t.co/2y1H2WM8pL

— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) July 21, 2021

An Israel-backed app is directing a “troll army” to influence the online conversation surrounding Ben & Jerry’s decision to halt operations in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories https://t.co/02M4CfOnHc

— Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) July 22, 2021

Ben & Jerry’s losing its kosher certification for deciding not to sell ice cream in illegal settlements strikes me as a wild conflation of religious practice with support for the occupation https://t.co/OD84nvQRfT

— Michael Bueckert (@mbueckert) July 21, 2021

Prime Minister Bennett spoke with Alan Jope, CEO of Unilever which owns Ben & Jerry’s and made it clear that he views with utmost gravity the decision by Ben & Jerry’s to boycott Israel and added that this is a subsidiary of Unilever, which has taken a clearly anti-Israel step.

— PM of Israel (@IsraeliPM) July 20, 2021

Prime Minister Bennett emphasized that from the perspective of the State of Israel, this is an action that has severe consequences, including legal, and it will take strong action against any boycott directed against its citizens.

— PM of Israel (@IsraeliPM) July 20, 2021

New York State needs to follow its own Executive Order, lead by example, and disassociate entirely from Unilever and Ben & Jerry’s for their anti-Israel and anti-Jewish discrimination. Read my full statement⬇️ pic.twitter.com/VbcMbegTez

— Lee Zeldin (@RepLeeZeldin) July 20, 2021

“This was a decision that was taken by Ben & Jerry’s and its independent board,” Unilever CEO Alan Jope told investors. “If there’s one message I want to underscore” it’s “that Unilever remains fully committed to our business in Israel.” https://t.co/VmQ1QaPacu

— Algemeiner (@Algemeiner) July 22, 2021

.@StateDeptSpox: We firmly reject the BDS movement, which unfairly singles out Israel.
The US will be a strong partner in fighting efforts around the world that potentially seek to delegitimize Israel pic.twitter.com/8IibYuN5zi

— יונה לייבזון yuna leibzon (@YunaLeibzon) July 20, 2021

Allies stand together.@StateDeptSpox: “We firmly reject the BDS movement, which unfairly singles out Israel.” pic.twitter.com/2AiuA4q6an

— AIPAC (@AIPAC) July 21, 2021

Did we see any reaction like this from the GOP to the corporate boycotts against North Carolina in 2015 for their bill banning men from girls’ bathrooms?

Democrats and Rino GOP Threatened Trump with War unless he conceded to their coup, Owen Shroyer breaks it down on The War Room.

How about the latest organized boycott against Georgia that was backed by Biden?

Most states have passed (blatantly unconstitutional) laws banning boycotting the foreign state of Israel but none have passed laws banning boycotting states here in America!

Can it be any more obvious what is going on here?

Biden Kneels Before Israeli President; Pledges Unconditional Support to Israel https://t.co/qaFLGtAtlQ

— Chris Menahan (@infolibnews) July 5, 2021

Forget just the GOP, have we ever seen any reaction like this with both parties uniting to stand up against boycotts of America?

A leaked internal memo from the Anti-Defamation League in 2018 revealed the pro-Israel lobby group thought that anti-BDS laws were “unconstitutional” and would ultimately be “harmful to the Jewish community.”

The ADL feared that anti-BDS laws would “raise the profile of the BDS movement while giving ‘the appearance that the Jewish community exercises undue influence in government,’ ” Forward reported, quoting from the memo.

The ADL is the most extreme pro-Israel lobbying group in America but even they thought these laws were going a step too far! Of course, as we’ve seen, they went on to back anti-BDS laws anyways and decided to just try and crush all dissent with mass censorship!
 

The American People, Unlike US Congress Leaders, Are Not United for Israel

Written by Adam Dick
Tuesday July 12, 2022

Link: http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/arc...s-congress-leaders-are-not-united-for-israel/

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A Pew Research Center poll conducted in March indicates that Americans have rather evenly divided views in regard to the government of Israel. While 48 percent of polled Americans stated they have a favorable view of the Israeli government, nearly as many — 44 percent — said they have a negative view.

In contrast, among United States Congress top leadership members — both Republican and Democratic, the support for the government of Israel appears unanimous and over the top.

“The United States takes great pride in our ironclad bond with Israel,” proclaimed US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) in a May 4 press release concerning the anniversary of the Israel’s Independence Day.

Meanwhile, in the House minority, Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) issued a February 21 press release touting McCarthy being on a trip in Israel with over two dozen Republican members of the House “to reaffirm the special relationship” between Israel and the US. Also visiting Israel at the same time were 14 Democratic House members. In his press release McCarthy proclaimed:
America supports Israel. And Israel supports America.
The story is much the same with top Democratic and Republican leaders in the US Senate.

“Israel is a staunch and steady ally and we must work with our ally to ensure it has the means to sufficiently defend itself from deadly terrorist rocket attacks aimed at Israeli civilians,” stated Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in a December 20, 2019 press release announcing the Senate’s approval spending a half billion dollars on weapons for Israel.

Then there is Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Republicans’ leader in the Senate. McConnell made a May 17, 2021 post at Facebook including video of him praising Israel. The post started with the following printed statement by McConnell similar to some of McConnell’s comments in the video:
I’m proud to support Israel. Let’s leave no doubt where America stands. The United States needs to stand four-square behind our ally.
This statement by Sen. McConnell seems to well describe where he and his fellow congressional leaders stand, but it is not an authentic description of where the American people stand.

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Pro-Israel candidate Glenn Ivey wins Maryland primary, where AIPAC spent almost $6 million on his campaign​

The primary drew the attention of pro-Israel groups and was perceived by many as a proxy battle over the issue within the Democratic Party.
BY MICHAEL ARRIA JULY 20, 2022 7

Link: https://mondoweiss.net/2022/07/pro-...-his-campaign/?ml_recipient=61241982228367078

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GLENN IVEY (CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS)
On Tuesday former lobbyist and prosecutor Glenn Ivey defeated ex-congresswoman Donna Edwards in the Democratic primary of Maryland’s 4th district. Ivey was up by nearly 20 points when the Associated Press called the race. Ivey is expected to easily prevail in the general election.
The primary drew the attention of pro-Israel groups and was perceived by many as a proxy battle over the issue within the Democratic Party. American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s (AIPAC) Super PAC, the United Democracy Project (UDP), spent almost $6 million in ads promoting Ivey or attacking Edwards. None of these ads mentioned Israel. Democratic Majority for Israel (DMFI) spent over $426,000 supporting Ivey. The liberal Zionist group J Street backed Edwards but spent less than $1 million.
“United Democracy Project congratulates Glenn Ivey on his significant primary victory..”, tweeted the Super PAC after his win. “Ivey is committed to advancing the U.S.-Israel relationship in Congress and his win sends a clear message that when given a choice, Democratic voters choose the pro-Israel candidate.”

Edwards, who represented the 4th district from 2008 to 2017, isn’t exactly a consistent defender of Palestine but she drew the ire of pro-Israel lobbying groups over a number of House votes. She voted “present” on a resolution “recognizing Israel’s “right to defend itself” and “present” on a bill to enhance security cooperation between Israel and the United States. Ivey, who unsuccessfully ran for the congressional seat on two previous occasions has consistently expressed unfettered support for Israel. He’s a critic of the Iran nuclear deal and opposes Israel’s military aid being conditioned in any way. In a 2021 interview with Jewish Insider he attacked the BDS movement. “I get why people are doing it, and I hear what they’re saying, but I just don’t think it’s the right approach,” he said. “I do kind of wonder about their motives, to say the least. I’ll leave it at that.”
Ivey wasn’t the only pro-Israel Democrat to win on Tuesday. Incumbent Rep. David Trone scored a a massive victory in the state’s 6th district primary, while Rep. Steny Hoyer easily prevailed in the 5th.
AIPAC has faced increasing criticism from Democrats over its support for a number of Republicans who refused to certify the presidential election results, while the organization has consistently defended its vast spending across party lines. “We’re exercising our democratic first amendment rights in participating in these elections,” UDP spokesman Patrick Dorton told The Guardian this week. “In part UDP was formed because there were an increasing number of candidates with radical anti-Israel views running for Congress. Our view is that is dangerous for American democracy and could negatively impact the the bipartisan support for the US-Israel relationship.”
The group’s involvement in the race was heavily criticized by some on Twitter. “Of course Donna Edwards lost yesterday in Maryland,” tweeted Jewish Currents Editor-At-Large Peter Beinart. “Groups dedicated to unconditional US support for Israel–no matter how many homes it demolishes + children it jails–spent over $6 million. For progressives, this constitutes an existential threat.”

The morning after Ivey’s victory, Israeli Prime Minister tweeted a picture of himself posing with AIPAC President Betsy Korn and CEO Howard Kohr. “Strengthening bipartisan support for that alliance is a top priority,” tweeted Lapid.
 
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