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Yes, Israel Is an Apartheid State. That Means It’s A Racist One, Too. (jacobin.com)

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In yet another reality-denying ritual of fealty to the pro-Israel lobby, members of Congress absurdly voted to say Israel was neither an apartheid state nor racist. Only a few progressives, including members of the Squad, stood firm in opposing the measure.

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[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I tihnk lawmakers in the US are paid a shit-load by Israeli Lobbyist, much like how they all support privatized healthcare and oil production despite the obvious problems those things have. As for Apartheid, what is this law? https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israels-knesset-passes-law-barring-palestinian-spouses-2022-03-10/

[–] Smallletter@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

I'm gonna distance myself from you here... What Israel has been doing is wrong. They haven't "list the

[–] 133arc585@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

"One of, if not the most, powerful international issue lobby is that of the pro-Israel crowd.". More background is available here.

Some of the top recipients 2021-2022:

Candidate	Office	Amount
Brown, Shontel (D-OH)	House	$1,018,786
Stevens, Haley (D-MI)	House	$797,226
Ivey, Glenn (D-MD)	House	$756,695
Luria, Elaine (D-VA)	House	$723,458
Irwin, Steven (D-PA)		$689,487

The top recipient of pro-Israel funds in the 2018 midterms was Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) with $546,507. Menendez is the ranking member on the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) received the second-most with $349,437.

When looking at the overall numbers for all Pro-Israel bribe money to congress, there are 16 members of congress who have received over $1M USD. Here are the top 10:

Candidate	Amount
Biden, Joe (D)	$4,226,604
Clinton, Hillary (D)	$2,357,112
Kirk, Mark (R-IL)	$2,294,469
Lieberman, Joe (D-CT)	$1,996,274
McConnell, Mitch (R-KY)	$1,953,160
Schumer, Charles E (D-NY)	$1,725,324
McCain, John (R-AZ)	$1,492,616
Menendez, Robert (D-NJ)	$1,397,195
Wyden, Ron (D-OR)	$1,284,376
Levin, Carl (D-MI)	$1,245,913