AIPAC- Lobbying For a Fantasy

AIPAC (American Israel Public Afairs Committee) plans on addressing a letter to Obama lobbying for the creation of a "viable Palestinian state."

This is despite the fact that the newly elected prime minister of Israel has made it clear that Israel does not intend to support the two-state solution outright.

The fact that AIPAC has taken a position at odds with the Israel government and the will of the Israeli people, is unfortunate, although not surprising.

AIPAC is not a pro-Israel lobby group as they have so often been claimed to be.

On their website, they state their objective as being to, "...make Israel more secure by ensuring that American support remains strong," and that their efforts are, "...aimed at broadening and deepening the U.S.-Israel bond."

In other words, AIPAC does not claim to lobby for Israel's best interests, but rather to lobby for American support of Israel, taking for granted, that the support of the United States, is always in Israel's best interests.

But what happens when the two countries have a clear disagreement about what is best for Israel? Who's side will AIPAC be on?

Today the answer is clear.

AIPAC doesn't care about what Israel wants or needs, they care about American support. And to avoid any kind of strain upon the Israeli U.S. relationship, they will aggressively take the side of the American government, in hopes that this support will be returned in kind.

And so we watch a pathetic situation in which AIPAC is lobbying the Obama administration to do something which they have said adamantly from the beginning they absolutely intend to do.

Lobbying Obama to support the two-state solution, is like lobbying the Pope to accept Jesus.

To take the charade even farther, the two-state solution they advocate is a complete fantasy.

The letter calls for a "Palestinian state living side by side in peace with the Jewish state of Israel"

The problem, is that the Palestinians have rejected Netanyahu's request to openly support Israel as a "Jewish" state.

That's right. We asked them if they wanted to have a country sharing a border with a Jewish Israel, and they said NO! We don't want that!

Apparently, AIPAC is undaunted by this fact.

They think it is in Israel's best interests to participate in negotiations which are intended to produce a result, which one of the parties involved, has already ruled out.

AIPAC's letter also completely glosses over the fact that the Palestinians are in the midst of a civil war. Their society is split in two.

The letter says, "Once terrorists are no longer in control of Gaza and as responsible Palestinian forces become more capable of demonstrating the ability to govern and to maintain security, an accord with Israel will be easier to attain."

Well I'm sure that's true.

And once Iran stops calling for the destruction of Israel, ends its support for fanatical Islamic terrorism, and creates an open democratic society... maybe we won't be so worried about them having a nuclear bomb.

Watch Bibi's address to the conference above. He outlines a sober approach to the situation. A plan based in reality. He advocates for a policy which would further the interests of Israel, even if it might strain the relationship with the current American administration.

AIPAC needs to ask itself, "whose side are we on?"