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Revision as of 02:25, 3 November 2011

The Emergency Committee for Israel's Leadership is a right-wing[1] 501(c)(4) political advocacy organization in the United States.[2] The group’s board members include Weekly Standard editor William Kristol and former Republican presidential candidate Gary Bauer, Republican Virginia congressman Scott Rigell, and conservative writer Rachel Abrams,[2] wife of Elliott Abrams.[3] Noah Pollak is its executive director.[2]

Kristol said his group was inspired by the new "liberal" J Street group, "whose ability to amplify criticism of the Israeli government showed the power of a small new group — if on the other side of the debate." The Emergency Committee plans to take on other congressional races as well according to Pollak. “We want to be hard-hitting; we want to get into the debate and shake things up and make some points in a firm way,” he said.[2] In October of 2011, ECI was the target of heavy criticism by J Street. An October 2011 blog post by ECI board member Rachel Abrams called for the slaughter of Palestinians, including children[4]. In response J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami released the a statement calling on the ECI to cut ties with Rachel Abrams: "It is bad enough that the Emergency Committee for Israel already has a proven track record of making Israel a wedge issue in American politics. If they hope to have any credible claim to a place in the pro-Israel community, they must cut ties with Ms. Abrams immediately."[5]

The organization has run ads opposing the elections of Joe Sestak[2][6][7] and Mary Jo Kilroy portraying them as "openly hostile" to Israel.[8] The ad attacks Sestak for criticizing Israel's blockade of Gaza while at the same time not signing a defense of Israel circulated by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, and for attending a fundraiser for the Council on American Islamic Relations, which it describes as an "anti-Israel" organization.[2][9] Sestak's campaign has responded by saying that the conservatives are trying to distort his record.

In October 2011, the committee produced a video portraying Occupy Wall Street as anti-Semitic.[10][11] In the wake of this portrayal of OWS as antisemitic, ThinkProgress discovered substantial financial ties between the Wall Street firms and the Emergency Committee for Israel. In the opinion of ThinkProgress, the financial ties to Wall Street raised questions about whether ECI's funding had impacted it's editorial position towards OWS. [12] Two-thirds of ECIPAC’s contributions in the 2010 election cycle came from Daniel S. Loeb, CEO of Third Point Management, a New York based hedge fund.[13][14]

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Reference

  1. ^ Sargent, Greg (July 19, 2010). "War escalates between Joe Sestak and right-wing pro-Israel group". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Smith, Ben (2010-07-12). "Group to oppose President Obama's Mideast policy". Politico.
  3. ^ "Conservatives launch group to attack supporters of Obama's Israel policies". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 2010-07-13.
  4. ^ Abrams, Rachel. "GILAD!!!!!!!!!!". "Bad Rachel", the personal blog of Rachel Abrams. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
  5. ^ "J Street Calls on ECI to Cut Ties With Rachel Abrams". J Street. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
  6. ^ Pareene, Alex (2010-07-12). "Bill Kristol will protect Israel with attack ads against Democrats: The Emergency Committee for Israel says Joe Sestak loves terrorists". Salon.
  7. ^ O'Toole, James (2010-07-25). "Ads target Jewish voters: Senate nominee Sestak may be forced to defend his pro-Israel stance". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  8. ^ Adam Kredo. "To tell the truth:J Street treads on partisan territory as it attacks new pro-Israel group as out-of-step". Retrieved 2010-09-19.
  9. ^ Stein, Sam (2010-08-05). "Kristol's Hawkish Pro-Israel Group Launches New Ad Against Endangered Dem (VIDEO)". Huffington Post.
  10. ^ Benhorin, Yitzhak (2011-10-16). "Anti-Semitism tainting Occupy Wall Street protests". Ynet.
  11. ^ Rosenberg, MJ (2011-10-16). "Occupy protest critics exploit anti-Semitism: Panicked conservatives are labeling the Occupy protests as 'anti-Semitic' in an attempt to break up the movement". Al Jazeera.
  12. ^ Clifton, Eli (2011-10-13). "Hedge Fund-Bankrolled Emergency Committee For Israel Smears Occupy Wall St. Protests As 'Anti-Semitic'". ThinkProgress.
  13. ^ "Daniel Loeb, Political Campaign Contributions, 2010 Election Cycle". Campaign Money. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
  14. ^ "Emergency Committee for Israel Pac - 2010 FEC Independent Expenditor Committee". Find the Data. Retrieved 2011-11-02.

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