And to the very worst place to put her. Tue Mar 2, 2021 First, there was Maher Bitar, a Palestinian-American and anti-Israel BDS activist, whom Biden has appointed to be the senior director of intelligence programs at the National Security Council. In this key intelligence role, Maher Bitar will be ideally situated to learn, for example, about American collaboration with Israel on moves to stop Iran’s nuclear program. Why should we assume Bitar would not try to limit that collaboration, or to alert others about these moves, or to try to influence policy by focusing on international criticism of Israel’s “settlement building,” in an attempt to manufacture an unnecessary crisis between the allies, and to fan its flames thereby turning that crisis into a reason for America to threaten to cut back on military aid to Israel unless it stops enlarging existing, or building new, settlements? Even without knowing Maher Bitar, a Palestinian and a Muslim, shouldn’t we as
Anti-Israel Activists Defend Biden State Dept. Nominee
Uzra Zeya contributed to book on influence of Israel Lobby Internet Archive and georgetown.edu
February 24, 2021 5:00 AM
An anti-Israel publishing group is defending its former employee, a current top Biden nominee, for contributing to its book on the nefarious influence of Jewish Power over U.S. Middle East policy, following a report by the
Washington Free Beacon last week.
As a staffer at the
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Uzra Zeya compiled research for the a book that argues the Israel lobby has subverted the American political process to take control of U.S. Middle East policy by establishing a secret network of dirty money PACs that bribe and extort congressional candidates into taking pro-Israel positions.
Top Biden diplomatic nominee worked for group that stoked criticism of Jewish Americans: Report | Print this article
President Biden’s nominee to lead the State Department’s democracy and human rights division worked in her youth on a research project that accused the Israel lobby” of manipulating American policy. The inevitable public perception is that such ardent supporters of Israel have no real interest in making the United States a better place for all of its citizens, but only in making Israel a more secure and prosperous place for Jews,” the American Educational Trust’s Richard Curtiss wrote in
Stealth PACs: How Israel s American Lobby Took Control of U.S. Middle East Policy, published in 1990.
Worked for Group That Claimed Jews Were Behind 9/11 Fri Feb 19, 2021 Another day, another antisemitic Biden nominee. Earlier this month, I reported on Biden s choice of Hady “I was inspired by the Palestinian intifada” Amr a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Israel-Palestine. Now, Alana Goodman at the Free Beacon digs into another problematic Biden nominee who has issues with Jews. Uzra Zeya nominated for undersecretary of civilian security, democracy, and human rights compiled research for a book that argues that the Israel lobby has subverted the American political process to take control of U.S. Middle East policy Zeya, a former U.S. diplomat who was nominated for undersecretary for civilian security, democracy, and human rights, worked for the Washington Report and its publishing group, the American Educational Trust, in 1989 and 1990. The news outlet is staunchly anti-Israel and has published articles questioning the national loya