{"id":3911,"date":"2014-08-26T09:37:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T06:37:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-14T18:57:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T16:57:59","slug":"epalestine-new-yorker-friends-of-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2014\/08\/epalestine-new-yorker-friends-of-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Yorker: Friends of Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" trbidi=\"on\"><span class=\"\">Political prostitution at its best!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The New Yorker<\/p>\n<p>The Political Scene <\/p>\n<p>September 1, 2014 Issue<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong>Friends of Israel<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The lobbying group AIPAC has consistently fought the Obama Administration on policy. Is it now losing influence?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>By Connie Bruck<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2014\/09\/01\/friends-israel\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"For AIPAC, it is crucial to appeal across the political spectrum. But Israel has become an increasingly divisive issue with the public.\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221205225915\/https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/140901_r25391-320.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2014\/09\/01\/friends-israel\">http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2014\/09\/01\/friends-israel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Everything about this list:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/lists.riseup.net\/www\/info\/epalestine<\/p>\n<p>To subscribe, send mail to:<\/p>\n<p>epalestine-subscribe@lists.riseup.net<\/p>\n<p>To unsubscribe, send mail to:<\/p>\n<p>epalestine-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Political prostitution at its best! &#8212; The New Yorker The Political Scene September 1, 2014 Issue Friends of Israel The lobbying group AIPAC has consistently fought the Obama Administration on policy. Is it now losing influence? By Connie Bruck http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2014\/09\/01\/friends-israel _____________________________________ Everything about this list: http:\/\/lists.riseup.net\/www\/info\/epalestine To subscribe, send mail to: epalestine-subscribe@lists.riseup.net To unsubscribe, send [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[617,618,992,641,48,439,40,158],"ppma_author":[936],"class_list":["post-3911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-gazaunderattack","tag-palestineunderattack","tag-the-american-israel-public-affairs-committee-aipac","tag-ceasefire","tag-gaza","tag-israeli-defense-forces","tag-israeli-occupation","tag-occupied-territories"],"authors":[{"term_id":936,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"sambahour","display_name":"Sam Bahour","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bca109c333bf6d8ae807746dd512adde46265d37c923f6cd0fc4aab437f8e9aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"1","first_name":"Sam","last_name":"Bahour","user_url":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour","job_title":"","description":"Sam Bahour (\u0633\u0627\u0645 \u0628\u062d\u0648\u0631) resides in Al-Bireh\/Ramallah, Palestine. He does business consulting as <a href=\"https:\/\/aim.ps\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Applied Information Management<\/a> (AIM), specializing in business development with a niche focus on the information technology sector and start-ups.\r\n\r\nBahour was instrumental in the establishment of two publicly traded firms: the Palestine Telecommunications Company (PALTEL) and the Arab Palestinian Shopping Centers (APSC). He is Co-founder &amp; Emeritus Member of <a href=\"http:\/\/a4vpe.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Americans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy<\/a> (A4VPE) and until recently served as an independent Director at the Arab Islamic Bank P.L.C. and a board member at <a href=\"https:\/\/justvision.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Just Vision<\/a>.\r\n\r\nHe writes frequently on Palestinian affairs and has been widely published in leading outlets. He is co-editor of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/1994\/10\/homeland-oral-histories-of-palestine-and-palestinians-book-recommended\" rel=\"noopener\">HOMELAND: Oral History of Palestine and Palestinians<\/a><\/em> (Olive Branch Press, 1993), tweets at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamBahour\" rel=\"noopener\">@SamBahour<\/a>, and blogs at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epalestine.ps\/\" rel=\"noopener\">epalestine.ps.<\/a>"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3911"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9248,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3911\/revisions\/9248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3911"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=3911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}