What can $32,488 buy? Maybe we should be asking our former House Representative Antonio Delgado that question. According to OpenSecrets.org, that is the amount the Israel Lobby paid to House Member Delgado in 2022.
There are several problems with this "generosity." The Israel Lobby considers itself immune to the Foreign Agents Registration Act, which requires the reporting of money coming from Israel, and an accounting of what that money is used for. More recently, the Lobby has been going into primaries, spending 24 million last year on pro-Israel candidates.
One of the Lobby's recent targets was Rep. Andy Levin, who told an MSNBC reporter that he was: “a really Jewish candidate whose positions on Israel represent the mainstream…I’m not just Jewish, I’m one of two former synagogue presidents in Congress, along with Sen. Jackie Rosen…But AIPAC can’t stand the idea that I am the clearest, strongest Jewish voice in Congress standing for a simple proposition: that there’s no way to have a secure home for the Jewish people unless we achieve the political and human rights for the Palestinians.” The Israel Lobby spent big and defeated Levin in his primary.
The Lobby whitewashes one of the most brutal and persistent of the world's apartheid states. These bribes to members of Congress keep their mouths shut when it comes to Palestinian rights.
Hakeem Jeffries, House Minority Leader, was paid $440,400 by the Israel Lobby last year. Let's see how much apartheid he overlooks for all that cash.
There are several problems with this "generosity." The Israel Lobby considers itself immune to the Foreign Agents Registration Act, which requires the reporting of money coming from Israel, and an accounting of what that money is used for. More recently, the Lobby has been going into primaries, spending 24 million last year on pro-Israel candidates.
One of the Lobby's recent targets was Rep. Andy Levin, who told an MSNBC reporter that he was: “a really Jewish candidate whose positions on Israel represent the mainstream…I’m not just Jewish, I’m one of two former synagogue presidents in Congress, along with Sen. Jackie Rosen…But AIPAC can’t stand the idea that I am the clearest, strongest Jewish voice in Congress standing for a simple proposition: that there’s no way to have a secure home for the Jewish people unless we achieve the political and human rights for the Palestinians.” The Israel Lobby spent big and defeated Levin in his primary.
The Lobby whitewashes one of the most brutal and persistent of the world's apartheid states. These bribes to members of Congress keep their mouths shut when it comes to Palestinian rights.
Hakeem Jeffries, House Minority Leader, was paid $440,400 by the Israel Lobby last year. Let's see how much apartheid he overlooks for all that cash.
