(JTA) Matthew Berger - In a speech Thursday, Sen. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings (D-SC) blasted the pro-Israel lobby for the second time this month and suggested that presidents and lawmakers for years have followed policy prescribed by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. "You can't have an Israel policy other than what AIPAC gives you around here," Hollings said. "I have followed them mostly in the main, but I have also resisted signing certain letters from time to time, to give the poor president a chance." Several American Jewish organizations suggested Hollings was scapegoating the Jewish community and providing ammunition for anti-Semitic attacks.
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