Interview · moment 6 of 14
AIPAC's Unregistered Influence and the Israel Congressional Trips
from Marjorie Taylor Greene Emergency Podcast | The Tim Dillon Show #465 · #465
11 min
Guest
Greene explains how AIPAC operates as an unregistered foreign lobbying influence, describes the biennial congressional trips to Israel during recess, and lists Israel's state-funded healthcare/education versus US debt, tying it to why criticism of Israel draws accusations of anti-Semitism.
- AIPAC's lack of registration as a foreign government lobbying group raises questions about why it receives special treatment.
- Tim has lost friends and had people unfollow him for mild criticism of Israel policy, while prominent figures like the CBS News head have done the same.
- Congress votes regularly to denounce anti-Semitism—22 times since the guest entered Congress—but never votes on resolutions about violence against other groups.
- Congress freely criticizes China and Russia but faces accusations of anti-Semitism for suggesting America should not be influenced by Israel lobbying efforts.
- Without AIPAC funding, the guest was excluded from the all-expenses-paid congressional trips to Israel that happen during August recess.
- AIPAC organizes separate Democrat and Republican trips to Israel every two years where new and existing members of Congress meet with Benjamin Netanyahu and receive briefings from the Israeli government.
- Congress justifies $3.8 billion in annual aid to Israel for defense, yet Israel has universal healthcare and free college education while maintaining less debt than the United States.
- Israel is the only foreign country actively recruiting American military support through congressional trips, unlike other nations with larger lobbying budgets.
- Larry Ellison, the world's largest private donor to the Israeli Defense Force, recently purchased TikTok—the platform that drove anti-Israel sentiment among young Americans.
- Ellison's son purchased Paramount, which includes CBS News, while Bari Weiss—who has a political agenda—now runs CBS News.
- The concentration of media ownership among Israel-aligned figures raises concerns about censorship and control of information regarding the Middle East region.
- Pointing out these documented connections and ownership patterns results in accusations of being a conspiracy theorist or anti-Semite, despite them being straightforward facts.
AIPACLarry EllisonMegyn KellyBari WeissBenjamin NetanyahuCBS NewsTikTokIsraelWarner Brothers Discovery