The Iranian regime learned early on that one of its most effective weapons against the United States is American public opinion. For @theatlantic.com, @ksadjadpour.bsky.social explained how Iran is using that tool now: www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

#OnThisDay - MARCH 24 1944: Orde Wingate Killed 1980: Shah of Iran leaves Panama for Egypt 1993: Ezer Weizmann Elected #Israel’s 7th President 2019: AIPAC's Penultimate Policy Conference 1933: Germany Enabling Act- Hitler can govern by decree open.substack.com/pub/onthisda... #History

From Politico @politico.com "2028 Dems reject AIPAC - Democrats eyeing White House bids are distancing themselves from the powerful pro-Israel group amid slumping support for Israel within the party’s base" www.politico.com/news/2026/03... @aipac1.bsky.social @democrats.org

We are disgusted by the news that Jewish volunteer ambulances were set on fire in an antisemitic attack. This is an attack on the Jewish community and on the basic values of any decent society. We stand in solidarity with London’s Jewish community and support bringing those responsible to justice.

We've seen it before. We see it again today. The Israel haters and the Antisemites truly can't help themselves. Rather than just simply condemn an act of antisemitism; they spew out "False Flag" conspiracy theories and "raise questions" about British Jews open.substack.com/pub/michaell...

Latest Substack piece by J Street's Jeremy Ben-Ami "Is It Possible to Talk Honestly About This War Without Feeding Antisemitism? - Responsibility begins in the Oval Office-with Donald Trump -but the conversation cannot end there" jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/is-it-poss... @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social

#OnThisDay - MARCH 22 1978: Pres. Carter concludes meeting with PM Begin...1983: Chaim Herzog elected Israeli President...2004: Hamas founder, Sheikh Yassin Killed...2013: President Obama visits Yad Vashem...2016: AIPAC apology re Donald Trump's Comments at AIPAC open.substack.com/pub/onthisda...

#OnThisDay- MARCH 21 2016: Donald Trump speaks at #AIPAC ...2013: President Obama in Israel...1993: Israeli PM, Yitzhak Rabin addresses AIPAC (by satellite)...1978: PM Menachem Begin Meets with President Carter & Congress....1965: Selma ...1960: Sharpeville open.substack.com/pub/onthisda...

My weekly “Washington Views: A Weekly Focus on Critics, Detractors and ‘Other Views’ - including my own! Offering the perspective of a former long-time AIPAC staffer for Week ending March 20, 2026. Happy First Day of Spring and Shabbat Shalom! open.substack.com/pub/michaell...

"ON THIS DAY" - MARCH 20 open.substack.com/pub/onthisda... #OnThisDay #Antisemitism #AIPAC #IraqWar

The annual "World Happiness Report 2026" has been released by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford, in partnership with Gallup The World Happiness Index!" Rankings at data.worldhappiness.report/table Complete report files.worldhappiness.report/WHR26.pdf

#OnThisDay March 18, 1957: Post-“Suez Campaign;” Israeli Foreign Minister, GOLDA MEIR & Israeli Ambassador ABBA EBAN meeting at State Dept with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles to discuss Sinai & Gaza British Pathe www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L1e... onthisdayisrael.substack.com/p/on-this-da...

House Foreign Affairs Democrats, led by @meeks.house.gov, are demanding Rubio, Hegseth, Witkoff and Kushner testify to Congress on the Iran War. Americans deserve answers on how this unauthorized military conflict was planned. Their full letter ⬇️

Just what the World's been lacking: Another book about "The Israel Lobby!" Coming in August 2026: Quincy Institute's @quincyinst.bsky.social Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com and Professor Ian Lustick "America in The Grip of A Foreign Power - Israel's Lobby" www.simonandschuster.com/books/Israel...

Happy 79th Birthday to SHULI NATAN, who in May 1967, just weeks before the 1967 "Six Day War" and the reunification of Jerusalem, first performed “Jerusalem of Gold" (written by Naomi Shemer). Video from 1968 www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJyt... #ShuliNatan #JerusalemOfGold #OnThisDay #Jerusalem

Susan Abulhawa's Visceral Hatred of Israel and Zionists open.substack.com/pub/michaell... #SusanAbulhawa #Zionism #AntiZionism #Israel #Mamdani

My Weekly Focus on Critics, Detractors and ‘Other Views’ - including my own re Israel, Israel "Critics" and AIPAC- Shabbat Shalom open.substack.com/pub/michaell... open.substack.com/pub/michaell... #Israel #AIPAC #Zionism #AntiZionism #Antisemitism

My search for new followers! On Substack michaellewisonline.substack.com - and that other place (on X) which I imagine some on here don't even want named!

Video of yesterday's J Street hour-long interview with Rahm Emanuel can be viewed on @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social Substack account. #RahmEmanuel very tough on Israel, US relations with Israel and #aipac ) jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/icymi-rahm...

Interesting interview with (one of!) the newer PACs which centers its strategy around countering AIPAC spending.

Fascinating: A Lengthy April 2022 interview with former AIPAC President, Michael Kassen done by Columbia University's "Incite Institute" 'Obama Presidency Oral History" now online (including Kassen's history with AIPAC obamaoralhistory.columbia.edu/interviews/m... #AIPAC #Obama #USIsrael

#OnThisDay - MARCH 11 2011: Fogel Family slaughtered... 1978: Coastal Highway Massacre... 1979: Pres. Carter Addresses Knesset... 1946: Ben-Gurion re Jewish Statehood.... 2007: AIPAC PC with CUFI's Hagee... 2024 "Reject AIPAC" open.substack.com/pub/onthisda... #Israel #AIPAC #Terrorism

MY RESPONSE to J Street'sJeremy Ben-Ami piece "Why Netanyahu and AIPAC Are Losing the Democratic Party .... Israel's leaders and allies in AIPAC need to reassess their strategy and choices" open.substack.com/pub/michaell... @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social @aipac1.bsky.social @democrats.org #AIPAC

#OnThisDay - MARCH 10 1949: Hand-drawn Israeli Flag raised as #Israel Takes Eilat 1960: Israeli PM Ben-Gurion meets with President Eisenhower 1968: #AIPAC 's 9th Policy Conference/Statement 1979: Pres. Carter Visits Israel (2 wks later Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty) open.substack.com/pub/onthisda...

- @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social's @jeremybenami.bsky.social "Why Netanyahu and AIPAC Are Losing the Democratic Party -Eroding Democratic support for Israel isn’t inevitable. Israel's leaders and allies in AIPAC need to reassess their strategy and choices jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/why-netany...

Washington Views: A Weekly Focus on Critics, Detractors and ‘Other Views’ -including my own! March 6, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/michaell...

#OnThisDay - March 6… 1975: "The Savoy Hotel Massacre" in Tel-Aviv 1957: Israel Withdrawing from Gaza 2018: #AIPAC Policy Conference concludes.“Dream Doctors” www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnQc... 2020: AIPAC post-Conference Tweets re Covid onthisdayisrael.substack.com/p/on-this-da...

"ON THIS DAY" - MARCH 5 1946: Winston #Churchill's "Iron Curtain" Speech...…From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent." www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMt7... 1953: Joseph #Stalin Dies.... Other open.substack.com/pub/onthisda...

JCPA wishes our Hindu friends and neighbors a Holi filled with love, laughter, and colors as vibrant as your spirits. May this festival bring joy, prosperity, and endless celebrations! 🌸 🎨

"Regarding Senator Chris Van Hollen at J Street Calling AIPAC ‘Not Pro-American’" - My latest piece in Times of Israel blog blogs.timesofisrael.com/regarding-se... @timesofisrael.com @vanhollen.senate.gov @aipac1.bsky.social @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social

#OnThisDay - MARCH 4 2012: Pres. Obama speaks at #AIPAC ....President Peres Honored at @aipac1.bsky.social 2013: Vice President Biden at AIPAC 1933: #FDR first inauguration “The only thing we have to fear…is fear itself” www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX_v... open.substack.com/pub/onthisda...

VIDEO excerpt of Senator @vanhollen.senate.gov speaking at J Street @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social Convention. His comment about @aipac1.bsky.social "...I will tell you that AIPAC may call itself pro-American. They may call themselves pro-Israel. But they are neither..." www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUj4...

#OnThisDay MARCH 3 2015: #Israeli PM Netanyahu addresses a Joint Session of Congress opposing #Iran Nuclear Deal ( #JCPOA) 2020: #AIPAC's Final Policy Conference Concludes.... 1996: Hamas Suicide Bombings 1931: "Star Spangled Banner" officially National Anthem open.substack.com/pub/onthisda...

#OnThisDay MARCH 1st...1973: PM Golda Meir meeting with Pres Nixon. US Ambassador to Sudan, Cleo Noel & DCM, George Curtis Moore taken hostage by Black September & murdered...1922: Yitzhak Rabin born Jerusalem...2020: Final #AIPAC Policy Conference +Key March blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-few-march-...

#OnThisDay - FEB 28 - 2020: Eve of @aipac1.bsky.social Final Policy Conference (March 1-3)... #AIPAC’s third Executive Director, TOM DINE, turning 86 (Born Feb 29, 1940)...1969: Funeral of Israeli Prime Minister Levi Ehskol...1957: Israel Withdrawing from Gaza/Sinai open.substack.com/pub/onthisda...

Washington Views: A Weekly Focus on Critics, Detractors and 'Other Views' - February 27, 2026 - The perspective of a former long-time AIPAC Staffer open.substack.com/pub/michaell...

#OnThisDay - February 26 1993: The (First) World Trade Center Bombing 1969: Israeli PM Levi Eshkol dies at age 73.Golda Meir was chosen as a - supposedly - 'Caretaker'' Prime Minister 1991: Kuwait Liberated - Iraqi troops flee Kuwait City... open.substack.com/pub/onthisda...

#OnThisDay - February 25... onthisdayisrael.substack.com/p/on-this-da...

Recently-resigned Human Rights Watch @hrw.org Omar Shakir has been announced as @dawnmenaorg.bsky.social new Executive Director, succeeding Sarah Leah Whitson. The announcement includes a quote from the Chair of DAWN’s Board of Directors, CAIR’s Nihad Awad! dawnmena.org/dawn-appoint... #Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu speaking to @aipac1.bsky.social 2026 Congressional Summit (by Video) www.youtube.com/watch?v=QccF... #Israel #Netanyahu #AIPAC

A little-different from my other writings: My latest piece in @timesofisrael.com blog "In Search of Morality: The Ongoing Attacks Against Israel and Jews" blogs.timesofisrael.com/in-search-of... #Israel #AntiZionism #Antisemitism

#OnThisDay - FEB 24 1949: #Israel and #Egypt Sign Armistice Agreement Under Auspices of Ralph Bunche. 1942: Sinking of "The #Struma" off the coast of Turkey. Almost 800 Jewish Refugees seeking to reach Mandatory Palestine, die 1991: US Forces Enter Iraq open.substack.com/pub/onthisda...

#OnThisDay - Feb 23 including...1998: Osama Bin Laden's "Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders"...1991: Liberation of Kuwait...1898: Emile Zola's convicted of libel for defense of Dreyfus (Links can be found at substack.com/@michaellewi... #GulfWar #BinLaden #Zola #Dreyfus

#OnThisDay - February 22...2002: Daniel Pearl's murder announced....1980: The original "Miracle on Ice"...1923: Adolf Hitler wants Jews held hostage... 1946: George Kennan's Long Telegram about Russia....1976: Israeli Sinai II withdrawal... For links see: substack.com/@michaellewi... #History

ON THIS DAY - FEBRUARY 21 1973: #Israel Shoots Libyan Passenger Airliner over Sinai 2019: American Jewish Committee ( #AJC) and #AIPAC condemn Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit 1977: 'Breira' Conference 1965: Malcolm X assassinated 1972: President Nixon Visits China open.substack.com/pub/onthisda...

"Washington Views - February 20, 2026: A Weekly Focus on "Critics, Detractors and 'Other Views'" by a former long-time AIPAC staffer - Shabbat Shalom open.substack.com/pub/michaell...

ON THIS DAY - FEBRUARY 20....1977: BREIRA - First - and only - #Breira Conference...1939: 20,000 at Nazi Rally (German American Bund) at Madison Square Garden...1958: UK Gov Demanding Israeli Territorial Concessions...1962: JOHN GLENN first American to orbit Earth open.substack.com/pub/onthisda...

Referencing on Substack my writing about "The Campaign Against AIPAC" open.substack.com/pub/michaell... @aipac1.bsky.social #AIPAC

"The Campaign Against AIPAC" - My piece in today's @timesofisrael.com blog blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-campaign... @aipac1.bsky.social #Israel #AIPAC #AmericanJews