Arab Voices: Rae Abileah & Josh Ruebner on AIPAC

Posted on March 7, 2012 by admin

A live discussion with Rae Abileah and Josh Ruebner about AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) and its annual conference held March 4-6, 2012 in Washington, D.C.; the influence AIPAC has on the U.S. foreign policy towards Israel, occupied Palestine and Iran; the amount, impact and legality of the financial and military aid the U.S. provides to Israel every year; and much more.

Date: March 7, 2012
Guests:

Rae Abileah
Jewish-American activist of Israeli descent. She is organizer with Occupy AIPAC – a counter-conference that took place across the street from the AIPAC conference held in Washington, D.C. few days ago. Rae is also co-director of the peace group CODEPINK. Last year, an alleged member of AIPAC physically assaulted and injured Rae when she disrupted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech in the U.S. Congress.
Josh Ruebner
National advocacy director of the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation (a national coalition of nearly 400 organizations working to change U.S. policy toward Israel/Palestine to support human rights, international law, and equality). He is a former analyst in Middle East Affairs at theCongressional Research Service (a federal government agency providing Members of Congress with policy analysis). Josh is author of the newly-released policy paper entitled “U.S. Military Aid to Israel: Policy Implications & Options”.

 

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