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The Emergency Committee for Israel's Leadership is a right-wing 501(c)(4) political advocacy organization in the United States. The group’s board members include Weekly Standard editor William Kristol and former Republican presidential candidate Gary Bauer, Republican Virginia congressman Scott Rigell, and conservative writer Rachel Abrams, wife of Elliott Abrams. Noah Pollak is its executive director.

Kristol said his group was inspired by the new "liberal" J Street group, "whose ability to amplify criticism of the Israeli government showed the power of a small new group — if on the other side of the debate." The Emergency Committee plans to take on other congressional races as well according to Pollak. “We want to be hard-hitting; we want to get into the debate and shake things up and make some points in a firm way,” he said.

The organization ran ads opposing the elections of U.S. Senate candidate Joe Sestak and U.S. House of Representatives candidate Mary Jo Kilroy, portraying them as "openly hostile" to Israel. The ad attacks Sestak for criticizing Israel's blockade of Gaza while at the same time not signing a defense of Israel circulated by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, and for attending a fundraiser for the Council on American Islamic Relations, which it describes as an "anti-Israel" organization.

In October 2011, the committee produced a video portraying Occupy Wall Street as anti-Semitic. Two-thirds of ECIPAC’s contributions in the 2010 election cycle came from Daniel S. Loeb, CEO of Third Point Management, a New York based hedge fund.

Reference

  1. Sargent, Greg (July 19, 2010). "War escalates between Joe Sestak and right-wing pro-Israel group". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
  2. ^ Smith, Ben (2010-07-12). "Group to oppose President Obama's Mideast policy". Politico.
  3. "Conservatives launch group to attack supporters of Obama's Israel policies". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 2010-07-13.
  4. Pareene, Alex (2010-07-12). "Bill Kristol will protect Israel with attack ads against Democrats: The Emergency Committee for Israel says Joe Sestak loves terrorists". Salon.
  5. O'Toole, James (2010-07-25). "Ads target Jewish voters: Senate nominee Sestak may be forced to defend his pro-Israel stance". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  6. Adam Kredo. "To tell the truth:J Street treads on partisan territory as it attacks new pro-Israel group as out-of-step". Retrieved 2010-09-19.
  7. Stein, Sam (2010-08-05). "Kristol's Hawkish Pro-Israel Group Launches New Ad Against Endangered Dem (VIDEO)". Huffington Post.
  8. Benhorin, Yitzhak (2011-10-16). "Anti-Semitism tainting Occupy Wall Street protests". Ynet.
  9. Rosenberg, MJ (2011-10-16). "Occupy protest critics exploit anti-Semitism: Panicked conservatives are labeling the Occupy protests as 'anti-Semitic' in an attempt to break up the movement". Al Jazeera.
  10. "Daniel Loeb, Political Campaign Contributions, 2010 Election Cycle". Campaign Money. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
  11. "Emergency Committee for Israel Pac - 2010 FEC Independent Expenditor Committee". Find the Data. Retrieved 2011-11-02.

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