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ISRAEL AT RISK In Australia, activists have protested outside a mall to encourage shoppers to refrain from purchasing Israeli products. And in the United States, BDS campaigns have tried to persuade universities—unsuccessfully, thus far—to divest their holdings in companies that do business with Israel and to refrain from participating in exchange programs with Israeli universities. Former Israeli diplomats and retired military officials are unable to travel to certain democratic countries for fear of arrest for alleged war crimes. Additionally, the United Nations has been used as a venue to further implement BDS principles. In October 2012, U.N. then-Special Rapporteur Richard Falk called for a boycott of companies conducting business in the West Bank or East Jerusalem. Then-U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice rebuffed Falk’s report, calling it “irresponsible and unacceptable.” These developments are not isolated incidents; they reflect an international effort to delegitimize Israel by challenging its ability to operate as a normal country. There have been no comparable efforts targeting dictatorial regimes that condone or carry out genocide, routinely crush dissent through forced intimidation or otherwise oppress their own people. Israel Makes Some Progress at U.N. Though Israel continues to face significant obstacles to full inclusion at the United Nations, Israel has made positive inroads within the U.N. system. In the last year, Israel has joined specific U.N. bodies, advanced to executive board membership and signed new partnerships with U.N. agencies. An Israeli agency signed an agreement with the U.N. Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in May 2012 to boost cooperation on food security, women’s rights, water accessibility, and industrial development in Africa and other countries. Israel achieved some acceptance in the U.N. General Assembly when Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Ron Prosor was elected to serve as one of 20 vice presidents at the 67th U.N. General Assembly in June 2012. Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Ron Prosor was elected to serve as of one of 20 vice presidents at the 67th U.N. General Assembly. 99
ISRAEL AT RISK What Congress Has Done to Oppose the Delegitimization of Israel Supported Israel Against Palestinian Attacks at U.N. The 2012 foreign aid appropriations bill mandates that aid to the Palestinians would be cut and the PLO office closed if they achieved statehood status at the U.N. or any specialized agencies. When the Palestinian leadership violated these principles by achieving an upgraded U.N. status, the House condemned it in a December 2012 letter signed by 240 members. Congress also continued its support for current law that would cut off U.S. funding to any U.N. agency that admitted “Palestine” as a member state. Backed Israel’s Inclusion in International Organizations. During the past decade, members of Congress helped advance Israel’s membership in such groups as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and backed the inclusion of Magen David Adom, Israel’s emergency medical service, in the International Committee of the Red Cross. Similarly, Congress has encouraged the United States to help Israel gain full membership in the United Nations’ Western European and Others (WEOG) regional group, which greatly enhances Israel’s ability to participate in various U.N. bodies. Backed Israel’s Right to Self-Defense Against Hamas and Hizballah Attacks. The House and Senate resoundingly passed resolutions in January 2009 and November 2012 voicing support for Israel’s right to defend its citizens against thousands of rocket attacks by Hamas. In July 2006, the House and Senate overwhelmingly passed resolutions backing Israel’s right to self-defense in the wake of Hizballah’s kidnapping of Israeli soldiers and firing of thousands of rockets at Israel. Condemned the Goldstone Report. In November 2009, the House overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling on the president and the secretary of state to oppose unequivocally any endorsement or further consideration by the United Nations or other international fora of the Goldstone Report on the Gaza war. The resolution called the report “irredeemably biased” and noted that it “is being exploited by Israel’s enemies to excuse the actions of violent militant groups and their state sponsors.” Condemned the U.N. Human Rights Council. The House overwhelmingly passed a resolution in September 2007 condemning the U.N. Human Rights Council for unfairly and incessantly criticizing Israel while ignoring severe human rights abuses in other countries. 100
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TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREIGN AID 102 F
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INTRODUCTION What AIPAC Supports Th
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WHY ISRAEL MATTERS Why Israel Matte
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WHY ISRAEL MATTERS The Jewish Conne
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WHY ISRAEL MATTERS massacres, prese
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WHY ISRAEL MATTERS An Ancient Capit
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WHY ISRAEL MATTERS Israel. However,
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WHY ISRAEL MATTERS What Congress Di
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WHY ISRAEL MATTERS Israel Shares Am
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WHY ISRAEL MATTERS Israel Respects
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WHY ISRAEL MATTERS prime minister.
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WHY ISRAEL MATTERS What Congress Ha
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WHY ISRAEL MATTERS Israel Provides
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WHY ISRAEL MATTERS Israeli agricult
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RELATIONSHIP Relationship—Key Pri
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RELATIONSHIP The United States Has
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RELATIONSHIP that providing militar
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RELATIONSHIP What Congress Has Done
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RELATIONSHIP Israel Is America’s
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RELATIONSHIP boosting Israel’s ro
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Page 55 and 56: RELATIONSHIP America’s Oil Depend
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Page 61 and 62: RELATIONSHIP The U.S.-Israel Econom
Page 63 and 64: RELATIONSHIP Apple, Google, Intel a
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Page 69 and 70: ISRAEL AT RISK Why Israel Is at Ris
Page 71 and 72: ISRAEL AT RISK Iran: The Leading St
Page 73 and 74: TERRORIST BUILDUP IN GAZA Ashkelon
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Page 77 and 78: ISRAEL AT RISK The Missile Threat I
Page 79 and 80: THE IRANIAN MISSILE THREAT BEL LARU
Page 81 and 82: ISRAEL AT RISK Syrian Weapons Arsen
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Page 91 and 92: ISRAEL AT RISK The Egyptian militar
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Page 107 and 108: FOREIGN AID The most recent U.S.-pr
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Page 119 and 120: IRAN Iran—Key Principles PREVENT
Page 121 and 122: IRAN How a Nuclear Iran Would Under
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Page 127 and 128: IRAN In 2012, the Obama administrat
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Page 135 and 136: IRAN The Regime Has a Long History
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Page 139 and 140: PEACE PROCESS The Peace Process—K
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PEACE PROCESS Hamas: 25 Years of Te
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PEACE PROCESS right and real way to
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SYRIA-LEBANON Syria and Lebanon—K
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SYRIA-LEBANON The Syrian Regime Has
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SYRIA-LEBANON What Congress Has Don
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SYRIA-LEBANON Hizballah Serves as I
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