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The Israel Lobby Enters State Government: Rise of the Virginia Israel Advisory Board Paperback – October 29, 2019

by Grant F. Smith (Author)
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This book chronicles the formation, rise and secret activities of the Virginia Israel Advisory Board (VIAB). While other books have focused on the Israel lobby’s influence over the federal government and U.S. foreign policy, there has been little research on Israel lobbying at the state level. Using sensitive documents acquired under Virginia’s sunshine law, this book argues that in Virginia the Israel lobby is no longer on the outside, but has now entered state government.The Virginia Israel Advisory Board (VIAB) is presently the only state government entity in the U.S. focused entirely on bringing corporations in from a single foreign country. The book explores how millions in taxpayer and other state funds are quietly being diverted from multiple sources to establish profitable Israeli companies in Virginia. The corporations are involved in military contracting, food and beverage manufacturing, energy generation, waste management and aquaculture. The author analyzes how VIAB projects displace workers and put home-grown market leaders out of business. By unmasking Israeli businesses launching operations that VIAB protects under code-names and opaque shell companies to secretly transact business in Virginia, the book exposes the reason behind some of the secrecy—their extensive business dealings in territory illegally occupied by Israel.The author delves into the establishment of VIAB by the state’s Jewish federations, and their continued involvement as VIAB board members, as well as their attempts to rewrite school textbooks and quash through new laws speech critical of Israel. Smith exposes who is running VIAB, how they leverage political campaign contributions, and the bankruptcy of VIAB’s many claims that their dealings are advancing the prosperity of working Virginians—as opposed to Israeli companies and VIAB insiders. He probes the true nature of the Virginia Israel Advisory Board and the future threat if similar Israel lobby entities proliferate within other state governments.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Institute for Research (October 29, 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 166 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0982775733
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0982775738
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.42 x 9 inches
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Grant F. Smith is director of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy in Washington DC. He is author of the books Big Israel, Divert!, Spy Trade, America's Defense Line, Foreign Agents, Deadly Dogma, and Neocon Middle East Policy. According to Barron's, "Grant Smith, [is] head of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy, a small policy-research and education organization highly critical of U.S. policy toward Israel." Jeff Stein of the Washington Post calls Smith "a Washington, D.C. author who has made a career out of writing critical books on Israeli spying and lobbying." Mondoweiss.com blogger Philip Weiss says "the best investigative work is being done by Grant Smith at IRmep..."

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This is a well researched, provocative exposé of how a state funded advisory board in Virginia is able to invite corporations in from a foreign country, Israel, where state funds and taxpayer dollars are quietly diverted to award contracts to these entities, often at the expense of Virginia companies. You'll read about subsidies for Israeli military contractors, Sabra Hummus, and wind turbine projects, among others. Often Virginia workers lose jobs and Virginia businesses lose out on contracts. Often these Israeli parent companies obscure their connection to Virginia and operate illegally on Palestinian land in the West Bank

The author offers impeccably documented details, uncovered through Virgina's Freedom of Information Act, as to how some of these companies operate in clandestine and nefarious ways. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in protecting their state from establishing an "advisory board " more beholden to a foreign government than to its own citizens.
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