State Legislator Israel Caucus to Distribute Pro-Zionist “Model Legislation” for State Representatives.
In addition to controlling the Pentagon and US foreign policy, the Zionist state, through a newly created proxy, the nonprofit State Legislator Israel Caucus (SLIC), will influence state houses around the country. “Documents obtained by Drop Site News under the Florida Sunshine Law outline SLIC’s aim: to set up a system to distribute pro-Israel ‘model legislation’ to state lawmakers around the country.”
According to Drop Site News, there is little public information about the group that emerged from an Israeli government-funded junket for American politicians. The cofounder of SLIC is Michael Gottlieb, a Democratic state legislator in Florida, and a booster for Israel (he passed HB 187, updating the legal definition for antisemitism, and sponsored HB 8045, a bill to designate February 29, 2024, as “Israel Day at the Capitol”).
“My response to this new era of Anti-Zionism was simple: form a caucus of policy makers who understand the promise of Israel and the benefits of forming collaborations as states for the mutual benefit of the individual state and the State of Israel,” Gottlieb posted to Instagram.
A caucus that promotes mutual security, economic partnership, shared democratic values and cultural exchange between our State and Nations. I initiated the State Legislators Israel Caucus (SLIC) in February. Since then, 75 legislators have joined the caucus, representing 35 states… My mission is one of Tikun Olam (healing the world), and this caucus is the start.
Tikun Olam is said to be a foundational concept in Jewish thought. It appears in the Mishnah and Talmud. In the 16th-century Lurianic Kabbalah, the concept adopted mystical significance, although, more recently, it was interpreted as an imperative to fight injustice.
“To talk about Tikkun Olam without Israel is to deny the Jewish state’s tremendous potential to do good in the world. To talk about Israel without Tikkun Olam is to deny Israel’s soul,” writes Dyonna Ginsburg for The Jerusalem Post. “The near-exclusive focus on BDS, Iran and terrorism—critical issues deserving attention—has left little room for substantive discussion about Israel’s role as an ethical actor, within its borders and beyond.”
Israel’s “role as an ethical actor,” to say the least, is in dispute. The Zionist use of genocide, deliberate targeting of children, forcible transfer (ethnic cleansing), the blockage of humanitarian relief in Gaza, collective punishment, starvation as a policy, the destruction of healthcare, and detention and torture have put “the Jewish state’s tremendous potential to do good” in question.
Tikun Olam, despite its professed “liberal” and “humanitarian” character, is irrelevant within the current context. 82% of Israeli Jews, regardless of political affiliation, support the ethnic cleansing of Gaza. Nearly half of Israelis polled believe it is acceptable “when conquering an enemy city, [they] should act in a manner similar to the way the Israelites acted when they conquered Jericho under the leadership of Joshua, namely, to kill all its inhabitants.”
Drop Site News received documents under the Florida Sunshine Law that show SLIC plans to establish a system to distribute pro-Israel “model legislation” to state lawmakers around the country. According to a post on Gottlieb’s Facebook, 75 lawmakers from 35 states have joined SLIC, and the members remain anonymous due to “antisemitism and doxxing issues,” Drop Site reported.
The U.S. tax code limits the political lobbying that 501(c)(3) organizations can engage in. While nonprofits are absolutely forbidden from campaigning in elections, they are allowed to attempt “to influence legislation” by contacting lawmakers, as long as it is not a “substantial” part of their activities, according to the Internal Revenue Service. However, the IRS gives nonprofits wide latitude to “educate” the public about specific issues without it counting as lobbying.
SLIC might be viewed as an adjunct to AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. AIPAC funneled over $28 million (in 2024) directly to the campaigns of members of Congress, and with its affiliates, spent a combined total exceeding $100 million for congressional races. “While AIPAC frames itself as a group working to strengthen U.S.-Israel relations, it has continuously steered America’s foreign policy in the Middle East towards the priorities of the Israeli government, rather than those of the American public,” argues Jeremy Estrella for the Bruin Political Review.
AIPAC supports the so-called United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative, Section 219, formerly Section 224, of the FY27 House NDAA, the National Defense Authorization Act. The initiative expands Israel and US military “cooperation” in the realm of joint research, testing, manufacturing, and sharing technology, in addition to promoting joint military training, information-sharing, network integration, and data fusion.
The initiative was introduced Mike Rogers (R-AL) and Adam Smith (D-WA). Rogers received $1 million from the pro-Israel lobby and voted to send $26 billion of American tax dollars to Israel, while Smith received $457,000 and also voted to send billions to Israel. It should be noted that out of 535 members of Congress, only ten reject AIPAC money.
“I can’t think of another example of Congress formalizing integration of critical national security technologies with a foreign power,” retired Air Force Lt. Col. William Astore told The Intercept. “The ‘smart,’ even autonomous technologies Israel has used against Palestinians could very well be used by the U.S. government against American citizens—especially the so-called radical left that President Trump appears to see as domestic terrorists.”
Rep. Ro Khanna and Rep. Sarah Jacobs tried to remove the section, but were defeated by a House panel. Khanna, who was recently detained in Israel by illegal settlers, said, “Now let me just be clear, Mr. Netanyahu actually wrote to a member of Congress to put this section 224 into the bill.” Netanyahu told Fox News, “I think the merging of our two great countries’ talent would strengthen America’s position on the battlefield.”
The State Legislator Israel Caucus is yet another example of the inordinate influence Zionists have over the US government. As Kentucky representative Thomas Massie noted,
every Republican in Congress besides himself “has an AIPAC person” assigned to them with whom they are in constant communication, whom he describes as functioning “like your babysitter” to make sure that no one hesitates when it comes to policies impacting on Israel.
“Israel is the only country I know of that has some sort of incredible influence and control over nearly every single one of my colleagues,” complained Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Both Greene and Massie left Congress, Greene on her own accord, and Massie by losing to AIPAC candidate Ed Gallrein, a former Navy SEAL who received an astounding $15,544,205 from Israel PACs.
Despite facing growing backlash, particularly in New Jersey and Illinois, AIPAC’s influence in Democrat primaries persists, allowing the lobby to maintain control over US foreign policy in West Asia. New York Rep. Ritchie Torres was reported to have received more than $201,000 in November 2024 from AIPAC, while House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries received more than $1 million. 214 Democrat candidates, according to one analysis, received roughly $23.16 million from pro‑Israel groups, much of the money donated by Zionist billionaires.
“Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence,” George Washington declared in his farewell address to the nation, “the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.”
Article posted with permission from Kurt Nimmo
