{"id":4050,"date":"2012-12-24T17:17:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-24T15:17:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-14T19:00:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T17:00:05","slug":"epalestine-nonexistent-jewish-lobby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2012\/12\/epalestine-nonexistent-jewish-lobby\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nonexistent “Jewish Lobby” Declares War on Chuck Hagel (by: MJ Rosenberg)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Nonexistent “Jewish Lobby” Declares War on Chuck Hagel  <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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by: MJ Rosenberg on December 20th, 2012  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The American Jewish Committee was the latest Jewish organization to enlist in the battle to prevent President Barack Obama from naming former Nebraska senator Chuck Hagel to be Secretary of Defense. The onslaught is unprecedented. Never before has virtually the entire organized Jewish community combined to stop a presidential cabinet appointment because it deems the potential nominee insufficiently devoted to Israel. Of course, below the cabinet level, the lobby has been manning the barricades against critics of any Israeli government policies for decades.  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The onslaught against Hagel is unique however because the reason for it is not merely that he opposes the rush to war with Iran and favors negotiating an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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An attempted repeat of a Paul Findley or Pete McCloskey moment, <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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