Sen. Menendez has lent his pen to AIPAC yet again by drafting a new letter that reintroduces the old zero enrichment demand by calling on President Obama to insist that Iran has no right to enrichment and that any final deal must dismantle Iran’s inaccurately-referred-to “nuclear weapons program.” And if that’s not bad enough: Sen….
Who knew we’d live to see this glorious day? The New York Times is reporting that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)’s efforts to pass a bill in the Senate to cripple diplomacy with Iran have stalled, and concludes that AIPAC has lost influence in Washington. [1] Hallelujah! Now we have a great opportunity…
Oxfam has cut ties with celebrity Scarlett Johansson over her refusal to give up her role as a “brand ambassador” for the Israeli company SodaStream, which operates a factory in an illegal Israeli settlement in the West Bank. As Oxfam stated: [1] Johansson’s role promoting the company SodaStream is incompatible with her role as an…
Over the holiday weekend, two major developments occurred on the Iran diplomacy front: the interim nuclear deal with UN Security Council members and Germany took effect, and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon invited Iran to the second Syria peace conference, called Geneva II, which starts January 22. [1] [2] If you’ve seen the news the…
Just days before the holiday recess, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, Sen. Robert Menendez, introduced S. 1881, the so-called “Nuclear Weapons Free Iran Act of 2013”, which calls for further sanctions on Iran and imposes conditions on a final deal. If this bill goes to a vote and passes, it promises to destroy all the…
2013 was a big year for Just Foreign Policy. Here’s a brief summary of our greatest wins. Preventing a US military strike on Syria. When President Obama announced his intention to bomb Syria, Just Foreign Policy was the first progressive organization to say that Obama should go to Congress to seek authorization. We initiated a…
Over the last few weeks, we’ve been recalling our highest achievements of 2013. But our greatest success this year? You. Yes, you are our greatest success. In 2013, Just Foreign Policy has increased its membership by a factor of three. This is not just a figure to boast about. It translates to real impact. Last…
For the last few weeks, we’ve been presenting some of the success stories of 2013. Today, we want to do something a bit different. Let’s talk about some of this year’s losses—AIPAC’s losses, that is. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee—known popularly by its acronym, AIPAC—has acquired a reputation as an organization that pretty much…
At a Senate Banking Committee hearing on December 12, Sen. Warren backed the interim Iran deal between the P5+1 and Iran. Thank you, Sen. Warren, and thank you to the over 14,000 JFP supporters who signed the petition! Watch the clip here. Here’s a transcript: Senator Warren: (To Chairman Johnson) Thank you Mr. Chairman; (to…
Last year, Just Foreign Policy started a campaign, called FreeTPP (http://freetpp.org), to crowdsource a reward for WikiLeaks should it find a way to leak the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement. Over $30,000 in pledges came in in the first month alone. Over the following year, the campaign won numerous mentions from the media,…