'Occupy AIPAC' preparing large counter-protest to policy convention
Following a successful protest in 2011 titled ‘Move Over AIPAC,’ over 100 groups across the country are preparing to launch another protest against the Israeli lobbying organization in March in a plan to capitalize on the momentum of the ‘Occupy’ movement across the United States.
Groups from across the political and religious spectrum are expected to meet in Washington, D.C. from March 2-6 for ‘Occupy AIPAC,’ a counter-protest against the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's annual policy conference, which many believe has too strong of an influence on U.S. political and foreign policy-related decisions, especially in the Middle East.
Among the groups participating along with over 100 others in the effort are secular groups like the large anti-war group Code Pink, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, and religious groups including Jewish Voice for Peace, American Muslims for Palestine, and the Friends of Sabeel organization which provides an American voice for Palestinian Christians.
Friends of Sabeel Detroit Chapter Chairman and national Steering Committee member George Khoury said that it is important for activists and groups to challenge the AIPAC narrative, lobbying and influence on issues in order to preserve an American government acting in its country's best interests.
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