Basically, she said she was approached by AIPAC to sign an allegiance to recognize Jerusalem as the capital city of the State of Israel; to support the military superiority of the State of Israel; and to provide economic assistance to the State of Israel per the State of Israel's requests. Thus, the interests of the State of Israel are prioritized first / foremost or else you are cast out!
She said this was required by all members of Congress on both sides and that more recently it has worsened and has now trickled down to the state legislatures such as the governors.
She also referenced a site that lists a part of that pledge in the U.K., but infers that members of the U.K. Parliament have already been approached and it is a matter of agree or you are out.
Transcript below:
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there is tremendous pressure inside the
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political process to make sure that the
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voters stay aligned inside even the
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democrat or republican party's why
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because both of those parties have been
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captured by special interests and those
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special interests are quite frankly the
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antithesis of the interests of the
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people and so therefore for example if
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people in the United States care about
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education but unfortunately there's a
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banker that gets in between the student
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and the students ability to go to school
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if they care about health care
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there's the insurance industry that gets
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in between the patient and the doctor
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who is seeking to provide care and so we
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have all of these special interests that
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have positioned themselves in between
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the political decision makers and the
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people themselves the process now is
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more responsive to those special
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interests than it is to the values and
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the wishes of the American people and I
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first went to Congress I did not go to
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Congress to pay particular attention to
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any area outside of the black community
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that I represented it was in need and of
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course us-africa policy which was
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abhorrent and unfortunately still is but
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what I ran into I bumped into at almost
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every turn were these special interests
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and there's no more special interest
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that has any more influence than the
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pro-israel lobby and so then when I did
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outreach for example to the Muslim
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community in the United States I bumped
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into the pro-israel
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be which of course does not want to have
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to contend with a politicized Muslim
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community which is as large as and is as
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wealthy as the pro-israel lobby is in
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the United States so yes I first
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handedly and also frontally was a
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assaulted by the presence of the
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pro-israel lobby to such an extent
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physically associate well politically
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assaulted to such an extent that my
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father had to ask the question publicly
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what does Stone Mountain Georgia have to
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do with Israel what I was doing was
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servicing the needs of my constituents
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and I was not allowed to do that because
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I did not hold the line on US policy for
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Israel what line is that that they
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wanted what were you told directly that
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you had to toe a line or explain that to
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me well every candidate for Congress at
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that time had a pledge they were given a
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pledge to sign and I was new on the
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scene and so the pledge had Jerusalem as
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the capital city the military
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superiority of the American Congress
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people have to sign this pledge yes you
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sign the pledge if you don't sign the
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pledge you don't get money so for
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example it was almost like water torture
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for me my parents observe this I would
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get a call and the person on the other
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end of the phone would say I want to do
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a fundraiser for you and then we would
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get into the planning I would get really
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excited because of course you have to
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have money in order to run a campaign
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and then two weeks three weeks into the
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planning they would say did you sign the
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pledge and then I would say no I didn't
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sign the pledge and then my fundraiser
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would go kaput I made it public
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this probably nobody said anything about
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it but I made it public and then you
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know the excuse was well you know those
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were just overzealous and advocates for
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Israel so then the tactic changed and
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but this is what is done for 535 members
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of the United States Congress 100
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senators 435 members of the House of
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Representatives have to now write a
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paragraph which basically says the same
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thing so it's not a pledge but it's a
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paragraph and you post it and you know
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there are these forums you have to go to
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at the synagogues or whatever and then
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you know if you don't perform
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appropriately then you don't get money
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to run your campaign the problem is that
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it requires an awful lot of money to run
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a campaign and whether it's a woman's
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organization an environmental
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organization people can read about this
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on the internet if they're interested if
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you go to Thomas loc gov that is the
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official United States Congress website
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and if you put in the name Gus Savage
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because Gus Savage was a black member of
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Congress who was targeted by the
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pro-israel lobby and he had the
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foresight to use his position as an
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incumbent in the House of
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Representatives to put his experience on
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the congressional record for the entire
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existence of the United States Congress
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now people will be able to access his
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experience and what he wrote was that it
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was the Garden Club of New Jersey that
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gave his opponent $5,000 but it wasn't
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really the Garden Club of New Jersey it
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was the activists who were associated
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with APEC the American Israel Public
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Affairs Committee well the district that
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I initially represented
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in Congress I represented so many
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districts because redistricting was a
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tool that was used to target me to
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eliminate me from the Congress but the
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district that initially sent me there
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was a district that was comprised of
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rural blacks in the in the Black Belt of
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Georgia these are people who have not
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had access to equal opportunity at all
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the the district was challenged in the
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Supreme Court and with the assistance of
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the anti-defamation league the district
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was dismantled it generally takes about
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$250,000 minimum to take a case from
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filing up to the Supreme Court and the
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people who filed the the lawsuit to
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dismantle that they challenged my
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ability to represent the people of that
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particular district who were these
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people
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well actually interestingly there were
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five white citizens one of whom had been
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the white male candidate that I defeated
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in the Democratic primary and they were
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aided and abetted by the anti-defamation
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league and when the case arrived at the
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Supreme Court interestingly on the same
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day as the an environmental case the
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spotted owl case the Supreme Court
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decided that the habitat for the spotted
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Isle Isle should be protected but that
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the black voters in that district could
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have no protection and so the district
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was dismantled well I have because of
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the notoriety about me telling my story
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and then of course the public positions
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that I've taken supporting the human
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rights aspirations the the legitimate
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rights and the aspirations of the
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Palestinian people I have a target on my
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forehead and that then
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means that every means that is available
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to the pro-israel lobby will be utilized
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to make sure that I do not ever occupy a
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position of authority now fortunately
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for me there is a very large piece
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community that is interested in change
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and they would like to have a tested
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experienced voice representing them in
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that very Hall of Congress so that they
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can at least have their voices heard
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even if they can't change the policy but
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being there is the first step to having
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the policy changed
