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St. Louis Jewish Light
April 18, 2018
Unlike AIPAC, which remains the pro-Israel powerhouse in Washington, D.C., and whose hallmark is bipartisanship, the Israeli American Council will back legislation even if it has only Republican backing. The council was an early backer of the Taylor Force Act, which slashes funding to the Palestinians asÃâà...
Al-Monitor
April 16, 2018
He mentioned Sanders and himself as well as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., a clear favorite at the annual AIPAC policy conference last month. While AIPAC considers Cardin's anti-boycott bill as a vital tool to combat the pro-Palestinian boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement,Ãâà...
Splinter (blog)
April 9, 2018
Seven Jewish activists were arrested on Monday after dozens of protesters barricaded the entrance to Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer's ... Last month, he spoke at the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference, where he offered his support for Israel usingÃâà...
The New Arab
April 3, 2018
The long read: Despite declining support for the Israel lobby among young Jews and progressives, AIPAC's conference is still the place to be seen and gain ... Senator Chuck Schumer from New York (the largest recipient of AIPAC financing) took the liberty to distort history, blame the failure of the peaceÃâà...
International Middle East Media Center
April 1, 2018
As part of his two-week tour, the crown prince has already met Bill and Hillary Clinton, Senator Chuck Schumer, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He is expected to meet Oprah Winfrey, a media mogul andÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 29, 2018
As part of his two-week tour, bin Salman has already met Bill and Hillary Clinton, Senator Chuck Schumer, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He is expected to meet Oprah Winfrey, a media mogul and majorÃâà...
Haaretz
March 28, 2018
... Bill Clinton and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, Senator Chuck Schumer, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and businessman and former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg. MBS was also reportedly set to meet with Jewish leaders, with groups represented at the meeting including AIPAC,Ãâà...
Jewish Exponent
March 21, 2018
Key mentions of support for two states came from AIPAC Executive Director Howard Kohr, Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Israel's Labor Party Chairman Avi Gabbay and others. Vice President Mike Pence also reiterated that if both parties agree, the administration will supportÃâà...
The Electronic Intifada (blog)
March 15, 2018
Most striking about the whole legislative push is that more than a week later AIPAC could only muster four new co-sponsors in the Senate and nine in the House, though Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, a vice chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, was one of three Democrats to add her name.
The Jewish Voice
March 14, 2018
Charles Schumer spoke up for that pro-Israel faction of the party at the AIPAC convention this week. Schumer rejected one of the main articles of faith of Obama and the far Left – that Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria are the obstacle to peace with the Palestinians. “It's sure not the settlements thatÃâà...
Common Dreams
March 7, 2018
"Bigoted," "outrageous," and "disgusting" were just a handful of the many adjectives critics used to denounce Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) speech this week before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), which attributed ongoing Middle East conflict not to Israel'sÃâà...
Forward
March 7, 2018
Chuck Schumer is worried about young people. In his speech on Monday at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference, he warned that “too many of the younger Americans don't know the history” of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict “and as a result they tend to say, well, both sides are toÃâà...
Mondoweiss
March 6, 2018
That orgy of elite devotion to Israel that is the AIPAC policy conference has featured one prominent Democrat after another seeking to outflank the Trump administration in their expressions of love for Israel. Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer took the prize by slinging mud at Palestinians and Arabs asÃâà...
Haaretz
March 6, 2018
Look no further than AIPAC's speaker list for this year's confab. While the Democratic establishment is appearing in full force - Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and Democratic Senators Robert Menendez and Ben Cardin, who are heavily involved in foreign policy committees - this year the only rumoredÃâà...
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