Southern Poverty Law Center indicted on federal fraud charges The Justice Department alleges that the SPLC improperly raised millions of dollars to pay informants to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan and other extremist groups.

The Justice Department alleges that the SPLC improperly raised millions of dollars to pay informants to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan and other extremist groups. n.pr/4u228c6

Really great, short, succinct assessment of a question that gets asked all the time without its core phrase ever really being truly defined.

J Street is proud to join 50+ civil rights, faith and community organizations – Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, and more – in a united demand to censure Rep. Randy Fine.

Dehumanizing rhetoric in Congress must have consequences. #CensureFine #NoPlaceForHate

@SpeakerJohnson
@RepJeffries

#OnThisDay - APRIL 21

Today: Marking Yom Hazikaron - Israeli Memorial Day and then starting this evening, Yom haatzmaut (Israel Independence Day). 78 Years - and still many seeking the undoing of Israel’s existence.

onthisdayisrael.substack.com/p/on-this-da.... #AIPAC #Israel

Hatikva at Bergen-Belsen YouTube video by infolivetvenglish

#OnThisDay - APRIL 20

As Yom HaZikaron (Israeli Memorial Day) begins this evening at sundown....

1945: BBC report from the just-liberated Bergen-Belsen as survivors sing 'Hatikvah.' "... The day I reached Belsen concentration camp, the fifth day of liberation... www.youtube.com/watch?v=syUS...

President Trump on Israel. Posted on ‘Truth Social.’ "Whether people like Israel or not, they have proven to be a GREAT Ally of the United States..."
I understand of course that in many eyes, this coming from President Trump, will just be an additional ‘Kiss of Death!’ (+ Cue conspiratorial claims!)

#OnThisDay - April 18

1983: Hezbollah Bomb US Embassy in Beirut

1988: US Bombs Iranian Oil Rigs & Warships

1978: Senate approves Panama Canal Treaty

1955: Albert Einstein Dies in Princeton...

1942 - James H. Doolittle led raid on Tokyo

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"Washington Views:" A Weekly Focus on Critics, Detractors and Other Views - especially my own! This Week: J Street very much "In Focus!" The independent perspective of a former long-time AIPAC staffer - April 17, 2026

"Washington Views:" A Weekly Focus on Critics, Detractors and Other Views - especially my own! This Week: J Street very much "In Focus!" - The perspective of a former AIPAC Staffer! open.substack.com/pub/michaell... @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social #JStreet @aipac1.bsky.social #AIPAC #Israel

Edward R. Murrow describes Buchenwald YouTube video by K D

#OnThisDay in 1945: A few days after the liberation of Buchenwald Concentration Camp by American forces; Edward R. Murrow reported from Buchenwald www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlhQ...

Hatikva at Bergen-Belsen YouTube video by infolivetvenglish

#OnThisDay in 1945: British troops liberate Bergen-Belsen - just a few weeks after Anne Frank died at that camp. [A few days later, BBC broadcast from Bergen Belsen, including a Shabbat Service, where survivors sang Hatikvah] www.youtube.com/watch?v=syUS...

Marking 18 Years of J Street: "Chai?" And Flashback to George Soros' "Critique" of AIPAC

Marking 18 Years of J Street: "Chai?" - open.substack.com/pub/michaell... @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social #JStreet

J Street is urging Senators to support two Joint Resolutions of Disapproval to block pending U.S. arms sales to Israel, which are up for a vote on the Senate floor Wednesday. 1/4

Reassessing the US-Israel Security Relationship - J Street The goal of this reassessment is to advance the broader American interest of a more stable and prosperous Middle East that includes both Israelis and Palestinians living in security and freedom.

Now from J Street on its website "Reassessing the US-Israel Security Relationship jstreet.org/reassessing-... @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social

J Street's Change regarding US Security Asssistance to Israel Noting J Street's previously-declared position on US Security Assistance to Israel

J Street's Change regarding US Security Assistance to Israel open.substack.com/pub/michaell... @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social #JStreet #Israel

From Subsidy to Accountability – The Next Phase of the U.S.-Israel Security Relationship A bipartisan consensus is emerging to end unconditional taxpayer subsidies for Israel’s military and to enforce U.S. law on the use of American weapons.

And today's Substack oped from J Street's Jeremy Ben-Ami "From Subsidy to Accountability – The Next Phase of the U.S.-Israel Security Relationship" open.substack.com/pub/jstreetd... @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social #USIsrael #Israel #JStreet

Flashback almost 20 years.... #OnThisDay in 2007: GEORGE SOROS piece in The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com "critiquing" #AIPAC’s influence (and of course Israel) and commenting on Hamas! "On Israel, America and AIPAC" www.nybooks.com/articles/200... #GeorgeSoros #Soros #Israel

The Funding and Spending of J Street Every year, J Street posts on its website its Annual Financial Report which lists its big donors (although not the precise amount given) J Street also posts links to the 990s for J Street and the J St...

The Funding and Spending of J Street open.substack.com/pub/michaell... @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social #JStreet

ON THIS DAY ISRAEL - APRIL 11 1961: Eichmann Trial Opens in Jerusalem...1945: Buchenwald Liberated...1974: Kiryat Shemona Massacre...1974: Golda Meir...1996: “Grapes of Wrath”...2002: Al-Qaeda bombs Tunisia's El Ghriba synagogue

#OnThisDay APRIL 11 - 1945: US Army Liberates #Buchenwald ...1961: #Eichmann Trial Opens in Jerusalem...1974: Kiryat Shemona Massacre...1974: PM #GoldaMeir announces resigning...1996: Operation “Grapes of Wrath”..2002: Al-Qaeda bombs Tunisia's El Ghriba synagogue open.substack.com/pub/onthisda...

"Washington Views:"A Weekly Focus on Critics, Detractors and ‘Other Views’ - especially my own The independent perspective of a former long-time AIPAC staffer

Washington Views: A Weekly Focus on Critics, Detractors and Other Views - especially my own! The perspective of a former long-time #AIPAC staffer (Week ending April 10, 2026) - Shabbat Shalom! open.substack.com/pub/michaell...

Marking the 40th Anniversary of Bernard Lewis' New York Review of Books Article "The New Anti-Semitism" Some of Bernard Lewis' writings on Arab and Islamic Antisemitism

Marking the 40th Anniversary of Bernard Lewis' New York Review of Books article "The New Anti-Semitism" open.substack.com/pub/michaell...

DNC committee shoots down resolution condemning AIPAC A Democratic National Committee (DNC) panel voted on Thursday to reject a resolution condemning “the growing influence” of dark money and corporate-backed outside spending in Democratic races, part…

Good! From @thehill.com "DNC committee shoots down resolution condemning AIPAC" thehill.com/homenews/cam... #AIPAC #Democrats

It may obviously have increased; but the hate for Israel and calls to eliminate the Jewish state preceded October 7th (2023) and Israel's subsequent actions. As I commented elsewhere about this.

ON THIS DAY ISRAEL - APRIL 9 1995: Brandeis Student, Alisa Flatow Killed (Would be 50 now)...1945: German Protestant Theologian/Pastor Dietrich Bonhoffer Executed by Nazis...1948: Deir Yassin...1984: AIPAC PC..Tom Lehrer Turns 97

#OnThisDay - April 9
1995: 20 year-old Brandeis Student, Alisa Flatow Killed
1948: Deir Yassin
1945: German Protestant Theologian/Pastor Dietrich Bonhoffer Executed by Nazis
1940: Germany Invades Denmark & Norway (Norway's Vidkun Quisling)
1984: AIPAC Conference open.substack.com/pub/onthisda...

There's simply no words to describe the danger of a U.S. President openly threatening to erase an entire civilization — and suggesting that this advances Jewish safety is an exploitation of our community to advance horrific war crimes.

📖 Our CEO @amyspitalnick.bsky.social full statement:

Marking 40 Years Since my First AIPAC Policy Conference "On This Day" in 1986: Attending the 1986 AIPAC Policy Conference

Marking 40 Years Since my First AIPAC Policy Conference open.substack.com/pub/michaell... @aipac1.bsky.social #AIPAC #Israel

#OnThisDay - APRIL 7

1980: US Breaks Relations with #Iran Imposes Sanctions

1967: Israel-Syria Dog Fight

1996: Marlon Brando on Jews in Hollywood

1977: Maccabi Tel Aviv European Basketball Champions...

1994: Rawanda Genocide begins

1986: #AIPAC Conference

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ON THIS DAY - APRIL 6 1992: Senator Biden speaking at AIPAC Policy Conference.....1948: Operation Nachshon: Israel breaks the Siege of Jerusalem....1917:United States Enters WWI

#OnThisDay - April 6

1992: Senator #JoeBiden speaking at #AIPAC @aipac1.bsky.social Policy Conference (Also Fl Senator Connie Mack) www.c-span.org/clip/public-...

1948: Operation Nachshon: Israel breaks the Siege of Jerusalem

1917: The United States Enters WWI

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Four people have now been arrested and charged in the arson attack against the Jewish charity ambulances. Many who screamed "False Flag" have remained silent about the arrests news.met.police.uk/news/further... As I wrote a couple of weeks ago michaellewisonline.substack.com/p/todays-lon...

Many Presidents, post their Presidencies, "grow" in how people and historians view them. Be it Harry Truman or Jimmy Carter or Gerald Ford. Hard to see how people's views of President Trump will grow over the coming years. And perhaps even many supporters will distance themselves.

#OnThisDay- APRIL 5

1986: La Belle Disco Bombing in Berlin

1951: The Rosenbergs: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg Sentenced to Death

1992: #AIPAC Head Tom Dine at AIPAC’s Policy Conference

1955: Winston Churchill steps down as Prime Minister

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