James Baker Advising Jeb Bush, Keynoting J Street Conference

James Baker Advising Jeb Bush, Keynoting J Street Conference

by Joel B. Pollak19 Mar 2015

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/03/19/james-baker-advising-jeb-bush-keynoting-j-street-conference/

Former Secretary of State James A. Baker III is to deliver the keynote at this weekend’s J Street conference, a gathering of left-wing activists opposed to the Israeli government and to recently re-elected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Baker, who served under President George H.W. Bush, is also advising Gov. Jeb Bush on foreign policy in his presidential effort–at Bush’s invitation. Baker is considered hostile to Israel and is controversial among Jewish voters.

As the Algemeiner notes:

Baker is of course infamous for reportedly saying in private conversation, while George HW Bush’s secretary of state, “F**k the Jews, they didn’t vote for us anyway.”

But his antipathy towards Israel is well documented. He wanted the US to punish Israel for destroying Iraq’s Osirak nuclear reactor. He hated Netanyahu as early as 1990, barring him from entering the State Department’s building. And last but not least, he co-wrote the Iraq Study Group’s 2006 paper that recommended (among other things) that the US tilt its foreign policy away from Israel and towards Syria and Iran, advice that President Obama seems to have taken to heart.

The J Street conference will also feature Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat, a firebrand who propagated the lie that Israel committed a “massacre” during counter-terror operations in Jenin in 2002. The Obama administration is sending White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough to headline the conference.

J Street actively opposes Benjamin Netanyahu and the conference is expected to provide an opportunity for his American critics to vent.

Baker told Larry King earlier this week on that he is on “Team Jeb”: “Frankly, I have talked to Governor Bush a little bit about foreign policy, and he talked to me about listing me as one of his advisors, and I said

I’d be honored to be listed.”

He also criticized the Republican Senators who had signed a letter to the leaders of Iran warning them that any nuclear deal would have to be ratified by the U.S. Senate to have lasting effect. “I’m a creature of the executive branch,” Baker said.

James A. Baker III

James A. Baker III is an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), an honorary chairman for the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, was the secretary of state & chief of staff for the George H.W. Bush administration, and a co-chair for the Iraq Study Group.

Note: William J. Perry is an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and was a member of the Iraq Study Group.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and the Center for American Progress.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was a supporter of the Center for American Progress, and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American Progress, and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Morton H. Halperin is a senior adviser for the Open Society Foundations, the chairman for J Street, and was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

Denis McDonough was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and is the chief of staff; former deputy national security adviser for the Barack Obama administration.

Leon E. Panetta was the defense secretary for the Barack Obama administration, and a member of the Iraq Study Group.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. was a member of the Iraq Study Group, is Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Valerie B. Jarrett is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s great niece, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).  

Saban Center for Middle East Policy is a policy center at the Brookings Institution (think tank).  

Haim Saban is a benefactor at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a friend of Shimon Peres.

Shimon Peres is a friend of Haim Saban, and the president of Israel.

Benjamin Netanyahu is the prime minister for Israel.

Edward P. Djerejian was a U.S. ambassador for Israel, a U.S. ambassador for Syria, and is a founding director at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy.

Sidley Austin LLP is the lobby firm for Israel, and was the legal adviser for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).

Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now was the plaintiff in ACORN vs. Illinois State Board of Elections.

Barack Obama was an attorney for the ACORN vs. Illinois State Board of Elections, and an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

R. Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Newton N. Minow is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

David F. Hamilton was a canvasser for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), is a judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, and Lee H. Hamilton’s nephew.

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Richard C. Blum is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and married to Senator Dianne Feinstein.

Dianne Feinstein is married to Richard C. Blum, a U.S. Senate senator, and a member of the Alfalfa Club.

Sandra Day O'Connor is the president of the Alfalfa Club, and was a member of the Iraq Study Group.

Iraq Study Group made policy recommendations on U.S. involvement in Iraq.

Jeb Bush is a member of the Alfalfa Club, George W. Bush’s brother, George H.W. Bush’s son, and a potential presidential candidate for the 2016 presidential election.

George W. Bush is a member of the Alfalfa Club, Jeb Bush’s brother, George H.W. Bush’s son, and was the president of the George W. Bush administration.

George H.W. Bush is a member of the Alfalfa Club, Jeb Bush & George W. Bush’s father, was the president of the George H.W. Bush administration, and James A. Baker III was his secretary of state & chief of staff for the George H.W. Bush administration.

James A. Baker III was the secretary of state & chief of staff for the George H.W. Bush administration, a co-chair for the Iraq Study Group, is an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and an honorary chairman for the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy.

Edward P. Djerejian is a founding director at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, a trustee at the Carnegie Corporation of New York, was a U.S. ambassador for Israel, and a U.S. ambassador for Syria.

Newton N. Minow is an honorary trustee at the Carnegie Corporation of New York, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.                    

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP, and an attorney for the ACORN vs. Illinois State Board of Elections.

Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now was the plaintiff in ACORN vs. Illinois State Board of Elections.

Sidley Austin LLP was the legal adviser for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), and is the lobby firm for Israel.

Martin S. Indyk was the U.S. ambassador for Israel, a founding director at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, a director at the New Israel Fund, and is a foreign policy director at the Brookings Institution (think tank).  

Saban Center for Middle East Policy is a policy center at the Brookings Institution (think tank).  

Jeremy Ben-Ami was the communications director at the New Israel Fund, and is the president & founder of J Street.

Haim Saban is a benefactor at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a friend of Shimon Peres.

Shimon Peres is a friend of Haim Saban, and the president of Israel.

Benjamin Netanyahu is the prime minister for Israel.