[BXLE_1-1-BitIs1]

US representatives and senators who spoke up against Israeli settlements tended to lose against opponents with AIPAC funding. It's been going on for decades.

What we now see is an evolution into social media.

Al Jazeera had prepared a story on the tentacles AIPAC had into US politics, but at the time Mohammed bin Salman was making serious noises about invading Qatar,one of the reasons being Al Jazeera's reportage.

The story was dropped and MbS was persuaded to back off.

[solalf]

Saudi Arabia put up a blockade (with an Arab coalition support) of Qatar for a number of reasons[1], one of which being Al Jazeera’s incendiary (in their opinion) coverage of sensitive topics within the Arab world during the Arab Spring. Saudi Arabia wanted the channel shut down. They never intended to invade and the biggest factor was Qatar’s relationship with Iran (Saudi Arabia’s arch rival). The link with AIPAC? Why would the Saudis, who have no formal diplomatic relations with Israel care? Sounds like a complete made up conspiracy theory.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar_diplomatic_crisis

[miguelazo]

Additionally, the blockade you speak of was set up in retaliation for Qatar refusing to make a sucker's solo investment in the floundering Kushner real estate debacle.

https://www.justsecurity.org/69094/timeline-on-jared-kushner...

[miguelazo]

Wrong. The lack of formal diplomatic relations means little. The Saudis became very friendly with Israel during the Trump administration.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/mideast/open-secret-saudi-arabi...

[SkyMarshal]

I don’t understand the link between AIPAC and MBS here. Why would MBS want to suppress a story on AIPAC’s influence on US politics?

[miguelazo]

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/mar/19/why-israel-quie...