Emergency Committee for Israel

U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at their joint press conference in Jerusalem (photo: Koby Gidon / Government Press Office)

America’s choice on Iran: Obama’s peace or Netanyahu’s war

If Bibi, the Israel lobby and the GOP stymie this historic nuclear deal, it will be very bad for Israel, America and America’s Jews. Anybody who thinks Obama has won, that Israel and the Israel lobby and the Republicans are just going to concede the Iran nuclear deal without a fight, could not be more…

By Larry Derfner April 5, 2015

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Weekly Notebook: On Bibi’s lies, BDS, reality shows, and more

New feature: A selection of Larry Derfner’s sociopolitical outbursts on Facebook (and one email) for the week ending Saturday, April 5. WHAT HAVE THEY DONE FOR US LATELY? FB reaction to commenter who asks, “What have the Palestinians done to advance peace recently?” (Sunday, March 30): Close, daily security cooperation with the IDF and…

By Larry Derfner April 6, 2014

Emergency Committee for Israel calls for U.S. war on Iran now

Cutting-edge neocon group runs scare ad “It’s Time to Act” in presidential election campaign. It doesn’t get any more blatant than this: The Emergency Committee for Israel, founded by the aristocrats of the “Commentary crowd,” the original Republican Likudniks, is now screaming for Obama to attack Iran. ECI put out a press release yesterday announcing that “in light of yet another failed round of nuclear talks with…

By Larry Derfner June 23, 2012

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