It strives to project a bipartisan image. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee ( AIPAC / ˈ eɪ p æ k/ AY-pak) is a lobbying group that advocates pro- Israel policies to the Congress and Executive Branch of the United States. Dog and pony complete.To strengthen, protect and promote the U.S.-Israel relationship in ways that enhance the security of the United States and Israel. Indeed, just after Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital Israel, despite taking measures to move the embassy, he signed the waiver delaying the embassy move for another six months-just like his predecessors. The issue here is Trump essentially acted the same as his predecessors, yet the political machine along with their shills in the mainstream media spun it out of control to make Americans think there is a difference between the left and the right. All the while, Democrats and Republicans alike continued to vote to recognize Jerusalem as the capital and give their support that one day the US embassy will be moved there. However, in an effort to water down the bill for bipartisan passage, Dole added a provision that allowed the president to postpone implementation of the move for six months if “such suspension is necessary to protect the national security interests of the United States.”Īpparently, for the past 22 years, every six months, every president has signed the waiver noting “national security interests” got in the way of moving the embassy. Initially, in 1996, then-Kansas senator Bob Dole (R) introduced and subsequently passed a bill that would mandate the groundbreaking on a new embassy in Jerusalem that year. During this vote, every single Democrat that was present and every single Republican voted ‘yea.’ On June 5, 2017, the US Senate held a roll call vote on S.Res.176. To prove this point, one need only look at the Roll Call Vote 115th Congress – 1st Session, just six months ago. Sounds reasonable, right? What business does American have telling other countries where they can have their capital? Would the US listen if Israel told us to that our capital is now Montreal, Canada?īut Feinstein’s view- like every single Democrat in the Senate-is little more than lip service to keep the charade of opposition to Trump alive. “Recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital - or relocating our embassy to Jerusalem - will spark violence and embolden extremists on both sides of this debate.” Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., wrote to Trump last week. “The future of Jerusalem is an issue that should be decided by Israel and the Palestinians, not unilaterally by the United States,” Sen. But it’s not just Trump and the right, hypocrisy is rife throughout the nation’s capital-no matter which side of the aisle you think has your interests at heart. However, all too often, partisan politics and the two-party paradigm draw people into a state of cognitive dissonance in which they can hold two entirely contradictory ideas as a single truth-just so long as their political rulers tell them to do so.Ĭase in point: Donald Trump vehemently opposed the Afghanistan and ran on a campaign to end it but when he got into office, he voted to extend it and his support base did not decry him for it. Hypocrisy in politics is as inevitable as the tide.