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Today, Bibi Netanyahu lectured American Jews at the Aipac national conference about his Churchillian date with destiny. John Boehner’s even giving him a bust of the dead Brit tomorrow as a gesture of eternal political omerta. Tomorrow, Bibi will address those members of Congress who don’t have the temerity to skip his megalomaniacal oration. As of the minute I write this 55 members (UPDATE: now 56), including eight Senators, will be absent. That’s 15% of the House and one-quarter of the entire Democratic caucus, and just short of 10% of the Senate. These people are heroes. They shouldn’t have to be, but in light of the power of the Lobby, they are.

http://www.richardsilverstein.com/2015/03/02/rising-tide-of-congress-members-say-no-to-bibis-speech/

Jewish protesters in anti-Netanyahu rally outside AIPAC

Some of the protesters said they were of Palestinian descent, but others were Jewish.

It was this second group that surprised many of those exiting the AIPAC conference.

Jacob Weisfeld of 'Texans for Israel', said he "didn't expect to see any Jews out here protesting at all. I expected to see more people with Palestinian flags talking about the occupation". ....

http://www.aljazeera.com/blogs/americas/2015/03/jewish-protesters-voice-anger-aipac-conference-150303044436010.html

There are Lies, Damn Lies, and Ron Dermer

Two incendiary Likudist media provocations today: the first is yet another in a series of Rabbi Shmuley Boteach’s New York Times ads touting Sheldon Adelson’s anti-Muslim agenda. Previous ads in the series have attacked Iran, Hamas and the UN with equal vitriol.....
.... It essentially accuses Susan Rice, Obama’s national security advisor, and by extension the President himself, of being willing collaborators in a future genocide against not just Israel, but the entire Jewish people....
.........Note, in the ad the attempt at drawing a parallel between Rwandan and Jewish genocide. This is no accident: Paul Kagame is a “good friend” of both Israel’s and Shmuley’s. He’s appeared at pro-Israelfests along with Elie Wiesel and Adelson. Kagame’s Rwanda is a major customer of Israel’s military defense industry, buying millions in advanced weaponry. As I’ve written here, Israel likes its African clients to be hungry for weapons, corrupt and tyrannical. Kagame, co-author of Congolese genocide which has murdered over 4-million, fits the bill perfectly.....
.........There is another thinly concealed factor in the attack on Rice: race. It’s no secret that the majority of those Congress members refusing to attend Netanyahu’s Congressional speech are members of the Black Caucus. The Israel Lobby, which heavily finances some House races in minority districts, doubtless sees this as a betrayal. Further, Boteach and Adelson can’t attack Obama head-on since he’s the President, so they attack the second most senior African-American in the administration, Susan Rice. Make no mistake, this is politics as ugly as it gets. And the only reason it won’t get a lot uglier in the next election is the likely Democratic candidate will be white.

More must be done to inoculate the American people against the hate and lies spewed by the Adelson-Boteach cabal.

http://www.richardsilverstein.com/2015/03/01/there-are-lies-damn-lies-and-ron-dermer/