Talking point used to delegitimize criticism of Israel: "Why do you focus so much on this tiny little country, as opposed to X, Y, and Z?" Uhh, because they're a chief US client state, I'm a US citizen, and there's a powerful political apparatus dedicated to enabling its crimes
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Funny how nobody complained about the "outsized focus" on Saudi for much of 2018, even though the reasons for the focus were roughly the same. Only difference is that Saudi doesn't have an organic American lobby; Israel's influence is far more culturally entrenched
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"Accusing Israel of crimes is factually inaccurate"? You're joking, right?
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In case you didn't know, AIPAC was founded to mitigate political fallout after the Israeli military massacred 60+ civilians in 1953. Eisenhower had blocked aid and supported a censure at the UN. So to rehabilitate Israel's image, lobbyists launched AIPAC https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2018/03/06/the-dark-roots-of-aipac-americas-pro-israel-lobby/ …
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