Joel Pollak, stalwart for the United States and Israel, is running for Congress in Illinois' 9th Congrerssional District. His victory will be a defeat for J Street (in addition to being a victory for sound fiscal and economic policy). His opponent, Jan Schakowsky, is a recipient of J Street Pac money. Bought and paid for by Jeremy Ben Ami and George Soros. A Harvard trained attorney, Joel has fought for America and Israel and last year took on the humble, Barney Frank at a Harvard Kennedy School forum
Jan Schakowsky Leads Offensive Against the US-Israel Relationship
Peggy Shapiro February 5, 2010
"What she [Jan Schakowsky] has said to me for the last ten years on questions of the Middle East is, 'Where are you guys?' You march on the war, you do everything, civil rights, you get Barack elected, but when it comes to Middle Eastern politics, the only folks I ever hear from are the AIPAC people.'...
Marilyn Katz, President of MK Communications, speaking at the J Street Chicago Launch on February 4, 2010.
Representative Jan Schakowsky, apparently tired of hearing from those pesky Jews who are worried about Israel’s security, is leading the charge against the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a bi-partisan lobby whose single mission is a strong US-Israel relationship. (AIPAC does not endorse, rate or support candidates.) To neutralize AIPAC’s effectiveness, Schakowsky joined forces with J-Street, the political action committee which, according to its founder Ben-Ami, was founded to counter AIPAC. She hosted the J Street gala in D.C. and spoke via teleconference at the launch of J StreetChicago on Feb. 4, 2010. (Transcript and audio link of Schakowsky’s remark below)
In her address, Schakowsky proudly announced, “I’ve been a supporter of J Street since its inception.”
Although J Street calls itself a “Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace PAC,” it spouts the staples of the anti-Israel narrative (Walt and Mearsheimer) which blames the nefarious pro-Israel lobby for stopping the U.S. from imposing concessions on Israel and accuses mainstream Jewish organizations of being "right wing" and having a strangle-hold on Congress. Michael Oren, Israel’s Ambassador to the U.S. characterized J Street as “a unique problem in that it not only opposes one policy of one Israeli government, it opposes all policies of all Israeli governments.” It defends the egregiously biased Goldstone Commission Report; (Note: Morton H. Halperin, J Street council member, was discovered to be the author of the letter supposedly written by Goldstone defending his report.), opposes further sanctions on Iran and advocates rescinding those in place, demands a freeze on all Jewish construction beyond the 1949 armistice lines, including Jerusalem, calls for indefensible borders for Israel, blames Israel for the absence of peace and calls for increased U.S. pressure on Israel, but does not demand a cessation of violence against Israelis or even a recognition of Israel.
The Congresswoman who is annoyed by pro-Israel advocates finds herself more at home with J Street presenters, who include Israel bashers such as Salam al-Marayati, a proponent of the theory that Israelwas the likely source of the attacks on the WorldTradeCenter. Even liberal commentators such as Matthew Yglesias understand that J Street attendees share Schakowsky’s discomfort with a pro-Israel message. “My J Street button said “Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace.” … “But when we moved to the Q&A time it became clear that a number of people in the audience really were quite uncomfortable self-defining as “pro-Israel” in any sense and that others are uncomfortable with the basic Zionist concept of a Jewish national state.”
Schakowsky, one of the major recipients of J Street funding, stated at the Chicago event, “I’m proud to be among J Street’s first round of endorsed candidates.” The source of J Street’s funding shines a light on its real mission. J Street's political action committee received contributions from traditionally anti-Israel groups. According to filings with the FEC, one tenth of J Street's budget of $3 million comes from. Arab-, Iranian-, and Muslim Americans,board members of the discredited Human Rights Watch, and the Iranian lobby.
Jan Schakowsky needs the radical left J Street for her offensive against the 62-year US-Israel relationship, an alliance of democracies with shared values. “I know my friend Jan Schakowsky has said to her girlfriends: ‘Help me. Help me have a progressive wing so I can resist the kind of pressure I get from those who would see only Israel’s defense and not its annihilation of the Palestinians.’” - Marilyn Katz, President of MK CommunicationsFebruary 4, 2010
I have a message for Schakowsky, my congressional representative. “Girlfriend, I will be happy to relieve you of all the pressure you get from Americans who believe that Israel is entitled to the same self protection and self determination as all other nations. Since we are here to stay, we will be happy to show you out in the 2010 election.
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