• WamGams@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    I would also point out that the 3 million members of AIPAC are not donating to Israel, they are donating to AIPAC.

    Unless a lobby group has been sanctioned, all Americans can donate to whatever PAC they see fit. That’s called the first amendment.

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        3 months ago

        The laws of the US state that money is speech and Americans are allowed to use their speech to support political causes.

        But if the argument is that 3 million American Jews aren’t American enough, I am going to hold your feet to the fire on that.

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            3 months ago

            AiPAC is American through, as are its members… who are Jewish.

            We gotta be careful when we start saying politically organized minorities who hold citizenship aren’t American enough. It doesn’t sound good, and maybe you aren’t intending that, but that is how it comes off.

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              3 months ago

              Being Jewish is not a requirement. And I contend that any organization operating on foreign interests is foreign. I think that’s pretty clear by now.

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                3 months ago

                I never said being Jewish was a requirement. But it’s a political action committee representing the interests of Jewish-Americans.

                And by the application of US law, and AIPAC’s observing of US law, it is an American organization. You can disagree, but you are literally arguing against US law here, not me or my opinion. It is your opinion that is not reflected by reality here. Which you are American as well, you are allowed to hold these opinions and in many ways I would agree the law is wrong here, but facts are facts, and they say you are wrong.