Mokhbir Eqtisadi
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Mokhbir Eqtisadi
Egyptian Economic Analyst
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This video by المُخبر الاقتصادي+ explains the following:
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is a powerful lobbying group in the United States, initially founded in 1954 as the American Zionist Committee for Public Affairs. By 1959, it was renamed AIPAC, marking the start of its journey to become one of the most influential entities in U.S. politics concerning foreign policy towards Israel. The video highlights pivotal moments and figures, underscoring AIPAC's extensive reach and its ability to shape U.S. policy and public opinion in favor of Israel. A critical instance of its historical impact was the shift in tactics following the massacre in the Palestinian village of Qibya in 1953, which drew international condemnation towards Israel. This event underscored the necessity for Israel to cultivate robust support within the United States, leading to the strategic establishment and operational expansion of AIPAC.
AIPAC's influence on American politicians is profound, as illustrated through the careers of individuals such as Paul Findley and Charles Percy. Findley's political downfall, attributed to his public friendship with Yasser Arafat, and Percy's electoral defeat after being targeted by AIPAC for his views on Israel, serve as testament to the organization's significant sway over political careers based on their stance towards Israel. Additionally, recounts how AIPAC's lobbying efforts led to an overwhelming Congressional rejection of the Goldstone Report in 2009, which accused Israel of committing war crimes. This demonstrates AIPAC's capability to mobilize U.S. lawmakers against international critiques of Israeli actions, further solidifying its role in directing U.S. foreign policy.
The leaked video of Benjamin Netanyahu from 2010, where he candidly remarked that America could be easily moved to support Israel's direction, embodies the perceived influence Israel exerts over U.S. policies. This candid acknowledgment by a sitting Israeli Prime Minister highlights the nuanced and sometimes controversial relationship between the U.S. and Israel, where lobbying efforts by groups like AIPAC play a central role in maintaining strong bilateral support regardless of the complex political and ethical dynamics at play.
Reflecting on AIPAC's strategic importance and operational tactics, the narrative underscores its enduring impact on shaping U.S.-Israel relations. From influencing key political figures and legislative outcomes to navigating through moments of international scrutiny against Israel, AIPAC's role is critical.
This video by المُخبر الاقتصادي+ explains the following:
- An infant girl, one year or 18 months old, goes to sleep hungry and wakes up from the pain and looks at her mother’s face, who has no choice but to try to breastfeed her. But in light of the fact that the mother’s milk is not enough to nourish or satisfy the hunger of a child of this age, and in light of the fact that the mother herself is also suffering from hunger, the food market keeps the girl crying and the mother keeps crying next to her while feeling in front of her infant daughter. On the contrary, and helplessness, the girl keeps crying while feeling sharp pain in her stomach under her rib cage in the absence of food.
- The girl is exposed within hours to a rapid depletion of energy after her body begins to exhaust the glycogen stores in the liver and muscles. The girl’s blood sugar drops and her lips begin to tremble, her eyes keep opening and closing, and her crying turns into sobbing.
- On the second day, the little girl's body switches to using the fat in her body as an energy source, so what is known as ketones appears in her blood. The girl's legs and hands become thinner, and her face becomes pale. At this stage, the girl begins to lose her ability to cry, sleeps for longer periods, and suffers from slight cramps that reflect the pain of her stomach, which is searching for food that does not exist.
- After three or four days, the fat under the girl's skin is consumed, so her body begins to break down muscles to obtain protein. This makes the girl unable to raise her head or sit, and makes her body bones clearly prominent, and her skin is very thin.
- After 10 days of starvation, muscle wasting is added to the contraction of the immune system because the girl's lymph nodes atrophy and the number of white blood cells in her body decreases. In her case, any simple illness that could be normal for any normal child, such as a mild cold, diarrhea, or a mild cough, the girl could die and not be able to bear it because her body is in a state of immune collapse and unable to resist.
- In the third week from hunger, the girl has lost almost two-thirds of her body fat and muscle and reaches the final stage, in which she suffers from weak heart contractions and irregular heartbeats due to difficulty breathing. The girl in this stage breathes with extreme difficulty.
- At any moment in this stage, the girl takes her last breath and her heart beats for the last time before it stops completely. Her eyelids close forever and she dies in silence before she is taken from her mother’s embrace and placed in her father’s hands under the ground.
This video by المُخبر الاقتصادي+ explains how humanitarian aid is now controlled by Israel as a means of facilitating the displacement of Palestinians from their land. Key points discussed in the video include:
- Humanitarian aid is tied to a significant Israeli-American conspiracy against Gazans.
- Former U.S. President Donald Trump proposed the displacement of Palestinians in Gaza in February 2025, a plan later pursued by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
- Netanyahu instructed the Mossad to identify countries willing to accept Gazans. According to Axios, Mossad found Indonesia, Libya, and Ethiopia as potential destinations (Axios, July 18, 2025).
- In December 2023, shortly after the onset of Israeli aggression in Gaza, a group of Israeli officers and businessmen convened at a school in Israel under the name "Mikveh Yisrael Forum" to discuss plans for controlling aid distribution in Gaza. Their proposal involved using private contractors to distribute aid and sidelining international organizations, including the United Nations.
- Philip F. Reilly, a former senior CIA officer, emerged as a key partner in Israel's plan to control aid distribution (New York Times, May 24, 2025).
- Reilly, while working for Orbis in late 2024, developed a detailed study on delivering aid in Gaza through private companies and external institutions, as revealed by internal Orbis documents reviewed by the New York Times.
- In November 2024, Reilly's legal representative established two companies—Safe Reach Solutions and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation—later involved in aid distribution in Gaza.
- By October 2024, Reilly collaborated with the Boston Consulting Group to develop "Project Aurora," aimed at controlling aid distribution and facilitating the displacement of Palestinians (Middle East Eye).
- In May 2025, Safe Reach Solutions became the primary entity responsible for securing aid distribution centers established by the Israeli army in Gaza, effectively marginalizing international organizations.
- Safe Reach Solutions was implicated in daily violence against Palestinians waiting for aid at distribution centers managed by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, including incidents of live ammunition targeting civilians.
- In April 2025, the Boston Consulting Group worked on a separate study analyzing the costs of displacing Palestinians and the future of Gaza in the post-war phase (Financial Times).