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.

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.

  • 133arc585@lemmy.ml
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    1 year 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