The annual meeting of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the conservative lobbying group which favors "enshrining" in U.S. law that it is "U.S. policy to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons," was met with the full-blown Occupy Wall Street treatment last week by OccupyAIPAC, which seeks to stop the drumbeat for war with Iran which threatens to destabilize the world. The media and congressional saber-rattling is opposed by a vast majority of Americans according to recent polls. A CNN poll last month found that:



"only 17% of the public wants the U.S. to use force, with 60% saying diplomatic or economic action against Iran is the right response, and 22% saying no action should be taken at this time."

"Four Occupy AIPAC activists voices erupted yesterday inside the AIPAC conference when Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who is pushing for a resolution which seeks to lower the threshold for the to US attack Iran, took the stage. An AIPAC delegate leaped over rows of chairs to pounce on the activists, choking one with his own tie."

"enshrines in law that it is U.S. policy to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons."

"This year, for the first time, a counterlobby was set up by Occupy Aipac, a group that also protested outside the conference and made several attempts to disrupt its sessions. Medea Benjamin, a co-founder of the peace group Codepink and an Occupy leader, said about 200 people divided into nine teams and met with Congressional staff members on Friday, Monday and Tuesday, bringing their own talking points. "It is important for our congresspeople to hear from both sides," said Ms. Benjamin, "and hear from Americans horrified about the possibility of a war with Iran." The Aipac crowd, though, wanted to make sure that members were taking the possibility seriously."

"Andrew Groveman, a real estate developer from Memphis, was leading the group of delegates from an Israel lobbying group, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, through meetings on Capitol Hill. "As you know," Mr. Groveman said, "we always have three points." "I thought this year the three were Iran, Iran, Iran," said Mr. Corker, a Republican who sits on the banking committee that recently passed legislation tightening the noose of sanctions against Iran. For three days, Iran has dominated the agenda of the annual conclave of Aipac, a must-have ticket for politicians eager to prove their pro-Israel bona fides."

Pakistani High Commissioner to Britain Wajid Shamsul Hasan has said the drone attacks have made Americans "the most hated people in the minds of the people in Pakistan."