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Israel and Its U.S. Lobby Dealt Major Blow by China-Saudi-Iran Peace Initiative

by Grant F. Smith | Mar 15, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

On Thursday the The New York Times ran yet another report about Saudi Arabia’s entry into an “Abraham Accord,” but if only certain conditions could be met. It quoted longtime Israel lobby heavyweight Martin Indyk and reported on the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s think tank the Washington Institute for Near East Policy “expert” delegation’s visit to Riyadh to finalize a deal. Then on Friday explosive news broke that China had successfully concluded a secret peace agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia. The plan aims to restore diplomatic relations by reopening embassies within...

Something’s Fishy About AquaMaof’s “Project Jonah” in Virginia

by Grant F. Smith | Sep 19, 2019 | Economics, Featured Articles, Libertarianism

If you drive just Southwest of Richlands, VA across the Clinch River, and toward the municipal wastewater treatment plant, you’ll quickly stumble into the territory of a secret Israeli project known only to a handful of Tazewell County and state government officials in Richmond. Nearly 120 acres of land on three sides of the plant have been quietly acquired by Dominion Aquaculture, LLC, the U.S. subsidiary of the Israeli fish farming company AquaMaof. The Virginia Israel Advisory Board (VIAB)—the only state government agency that exists in the United States with the sole mission of...

70% of Americans Are Not Zionists

by Grant F. Smith | Jun 20, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

But Democratic and Republican Party Platforms Are An unprecedented poll reveals the gaping void between American identification with Israel and the official positions taken by both major political parties. A majority of American adults – 70.3 percent – do not consider themselves Zionists when defined as "A Zionist is a person who believes in the development and protection of a Jewish nation in what is now Israel." Only 24.9 percent say, "I consider myself a Zionist" while 4.8% provided other responses. The IRmep poll was fielded by Google Consumer Surveys June 15-18 to a representative...