Rahm Emmanuel

Rahm Emmanuel is a member of the US Congress and a former domestic political adviser under the Clinton administration. Emmanuel held a dual Israeli-American citizenship until 1978.[1] According to the Washington Report on Middle-East Affairs:

Rahm Emmanuel, actually went to Israel for one month's service during the 1991 Gulf war in the Israel Defense Force "Overseas Volunteer Unit" to enable IDF personnel in essential civilian jobs to join their military units at the front. Emmanuel's Israeli father was a member of Menachem Begin's underground terrorist militia, the Irgun Zvai Leumi, and Rahm Emmanuel's uncle was killed while serving with Israeli forces in the 1948 war.[2]

Associations

• Bill Clinton
• AIPAC

Related Articles

• Andrew Cockburn, "Meet Rahm Emmanuel, the Democrats' New Gatekeeper", Counterpunch, December 9, 2005
• Mark Donham, "The Secret Messages of Rahm Emmanuel", Counterpunch, January 25, 2005