Adele Stan, Washington correspondent for AlterNet, who, along with AlterNet’s Alex Kane and Philip Weiss of Mondoweiss, shared my experience of being frozen out of the AIPAC conference, has written her own piece about the incident. Please check it out. Like me, she was given no reason for the ban, so she is left to [...]
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Banned! AIPAC Bars AlterNet From Covering Its Big Conference
Posted in Free speech, US-Israel Lobby, tagged Adele Stan, AIPAC, Alex kane, AlterNet, Israel Lobby, media, Mondoweiss on March 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
AIPAC Bars Me From Media Access to Their Conference
Posted in Free speech, US-Israel Lobby, tagged Adele Stan, AIPAC, AIPAC Conference 2012, AlterNet, B'Tselem, Israel, Israel Lobby, Jewish State, Jewish Voice for Peace, JTA, Mondoweiss, Netanyahu, Obama, Philip Weiss, pro-Israel on March 3, 2012 | 7 Comments »
This article also appears on Muzzlewatch, a Jewish Voice for Peace blog It’s a little hard to imagine. The self-proclaimed “most influential foreign policy lobbying organization on Capitol Hill,” an admittedly deserved sobriquet, is apparently afraid of what little old me might say about their conference. It’s hard to interpret what has happened in any [...]
Obama Talks Tough, But Sticks To Non-Military Options On Iran
Posted in Iran, US-Israel Lobby, tagged AIPAC, Egypt, Israel, Israel Lobby, Jeffrey Goldberg, Middle east, Netanyahu, Obama, Palestine, Palestinians on March 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This article originally appeared on LobeLog As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares for his trip to Washington, there has been considerable political rhetoric on both sides of the globe directed at the Obama Administration and pushing it to harden its lineon Iran. There’s been comparatively little pushback, which isn’t all that surprising as President [...]