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...Affairs Committee (AIPAC), known as the Israeli Lobby. AIPAC's executive director is a registered foreign agent of Israel, and AIPAC's job is to support the Israeli government regardless of its actions and to minimize damage to Israel's reputation. AIPAC has a student affiliate at Harvard called HIPAC which shares the same goals. Thus, it is no coincidence that HIPAC's "Facts about a Tragedy" advertisement was biased toward Israel. But what I find particularly dishonest is Enis' reliance on this advertisement in his editorial. Any reader who read both the advertisement and Enis' editorial would have noticed...
This article disappointed me. It was just another piece of angry, emotional propaganda, similar to so many produced by HIPAC and other groups in the last few years. Using phrases like "They had perfect position to attack the defenseless prayershawled worshippers below," and "the posters amounted to nothing short of blood libel against the Jewish state," it tried to press more fear buttons than a Republican political candidate...
...handful of members from the Harvard Israel Public Affairs Committee (HIPAC), advocates of U.S. support for Israel, were present as well to give their interpretation of Israel's actions by handing out flyers...
...HIPAC representatives standing to the side of the picket line said they were trying to clarify exactly what happened in Jerusalem, instead of just voicing their opinions...
...HIPAC] felt it inappropriate to counter-protest," said Yvette C. Alt '92, a HIPAC co-chair. "We don't fundamentally disagree with the view that Arabs shouldn't be killed. But through our flyers, we just want to make sure people realize that the Arabs' attack on the Jews at the Wall was premeditated, and that's why we are upset...