Who funds AIPAC is probably a better question.
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orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
AIPAC political donations to lawmakers and politicians. They’re the second largest lobby contributor and influence politicians for Israel.
aceshigh@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
We do. The US government gives billions of dollars to Israel, who in turn launders that back into AIPAC and into our politicians pockets. Sure, there are other donors like Miriam Adelson, but she can’t fund the entire government (even though it takes as little as $10,000 to get a politician to change their vote.)
aceshigh@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
[deleted]orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
The US government has legalized bribery in the form of Political Action Committees, aka “PACs”. Each PAC is a special interest group that contributes to a politician in order to help get them elected. The PAC then expects an ROI - return on investment - for the money they contributed to the campaign. The ROI usually comes in the form of shilling for said special interest.
To add fuel to the fire, when Citizens United was overturned in 2010, it allowed dark money to be invested into campaigns. This shit was so significant, that I can actually remember where I was when I heard about it and can still feel the echos of dread. brennancenter.org/…/citizens-united-explained
This country is fucked. No politician will ever vote to repeal that. Why would they? The amount of money they receive from it would make Scrooge McDuck blush.
jimmy90@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
jeees you love a religious conspiracy fantasy eh
the jews needed a place to go and palestine had loads of land for sale
the rest is history
orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
WTAF is wrong with you?
If Jewish people have a “Right to exist,” do Palestinians? If not, then where should they go?
People have a right to exist, but states do not. States change. Does Ukraine have a right to exist? They used to be a part of the USSR and were solidly inside those boundaries. Is Russia’s incursion into their sovereign territory lawful?
Where do you draw the line? Who gets to exist and who gets to die? What about the children who were born there? Do you just say, “woops, you suck because I hate your parents. die, babies.”
The future is not history and you are a Zionist prick.
ptu@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
How much did the palestinians get at San Remo,, where the national home of Jewish people was established? That’s right, they were not represented. Or who sent the Balfour declaration to Lord Rothschild, which was the first declaration of establishing a Jewish nation in Palestine. The foreign secretsry of Britain sent it, palestinians didn’t have a say. But you’re not wrong to say some land was bought. The Haavara agreemebt allowed German Jews to transfer money to the region to solve the Jewish problem. The palestinians however didn’t have a say in this agremeement either. All this actually led to the Great Revolt. But none of this should be news to you if you know the history.
Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Evangelicals look forward to the rapture. I’ve been to a lot of Evangelical churches, and, without exception, they want it to come.
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Do you mean the rapture of -99, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011(sure this time), 2013 (I mean 13, right?!!), 2014, …
ProIsh@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Well yeah, if that comes then they’re proven right and they get to go to heaven while all the “bad” people stay here.
orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
That’s my point.
marcos@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You communicated that part badly, your comment looks like you are saying it’s false and the only reason people believe Evangelicals want that is because of AIPAC.
orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
You read that point badly and assumed that what I was saying that the reason Evangelicals want this is because of AIPAC.
See how that works?