Emergency Committee for Israel
The Emergency Committee for Israel is a right-wing[1] 501(c)(4) political advocacy organization in the United States.[2] The group's board members include Weekly Standard editor William Kristol, former Republican presidential candidate Gary Bauer, and conservative writer Rachel Abrams,[2] wife of Elliott Abrams.[3] Noah Pollak is its executive director.[2]
Kristol said his group, created in mid-2010, 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." Pollak said, shortly after the group's creation, that it planned to be involved in a number of congressional races. "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.[2]
As it started up, the organization ran ads opposing the elections of U.S. Senate candidate Joe Sestak[2][4][5] and U.S. House of Representatives candidates Rush D. Holt, Jr., Mary Jo Kilroy, and John F. Tierney, portraying them as "openly hostile" to Israel.[6]
In October 2011, the committee produced a video portraying Occupy Wall Street as anti-Semitic.[7] Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen referred to the video and said he found no evidence of antisemitism during his two visits to the demonstration site.[8]
In February 2012, the committee produced a 30-minute documentary covering President Barack Obama's record on Israel.[9] The documentary received 200,000 views in its first week.
In June 2012, the committee ran an ad encouraging the US Government to immediately put an end to Iran's nuclear program.[10] The ad ran in New York; Washington, DC; and additional markets.
In October 2012, the group released a robo-call which combined clips of Obama from 2009 and 2011 and a clip from a speech Benjamin Netanyahu gave in 2012, in a form that appeared as if the two were having a debate.[11] Pollak said that month that his group would release further "secret Obama-Netanyahu debate recordings".[11]
In January 2013, the grouped launched a web site opposing the nomination of Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense.
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