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Exclusive: AIPAC Whistleblower Speaks to Zeteo

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Zeteo premiered its latest documentary, "Night Flower: Inside AIPAC’s Fight for Influence," in Chicago, featuring interviews with former AIPAC officials, members of Congress including Reps. Thomas Massie and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and activists. The film explores AIPAC's evolution from a small advocacy group to its current influential status, directing tens of millions into U.S. elections, and includes testimony from an anonymous whistleblower discussing whether AIPAC should register as a foreign agent for Israel.
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Zeteo premiered its documentary "Night Flower: Inside AIPAC’s Fight for Influence" last week in Chicago. The film investigates the influential pro-Israel lobby's activities, including tens of millions of dollars directed into U.S. midterm elections. It features interviews with former AIPAC officials and insiders, along with members of Congress like Reps. Thomas Massie and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, addressing questions about AIPAC's registration as a foreign agent for Israel.

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Featuring interviews with former AIPAC officials and insiders, as well as high-profile and outspoken members of Congress such as Reps. Thomas Massie and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and leading activists, this groundbreaking hour-long film follows the influential pro-Israel lobby from its roots as a one-man advocacy operation to the present day, where it has directed tens of millions of dollars into the U.S. midterm elections.
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Last week, Zeteo premiered its latest documentary, ‘Night Flower: Inside AIPAC’s Fight for Influence,’ in the Windy City of Chicago, but this film was made for audiences around the world. asserted
film → premier → world
So, have you watched it yet? asserted
you → watch → it
If you ever wondered why AIPAC is not registered as a foreign agent as many have called for, whether its power is fading, or if it helped drag the U.S. into war with Iran, then this is the investigative documentary you need to watch. asserted
you → wonder → Iran
Featuring interviews with former AIPAC officials and insiders, as well as high-profile and outspoken members of Congress such as Reps. Thomas Massie and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and leading activists, this groundbreaking hour-long film follows the influential pro-Israel lobby from its roots as a one-man advocacy operation to the present day, where it has directed tens of millions of dollars into the U.S. midterm elections. asserted
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One AIPAC whistleblower who appears in ‘Night Flower,’ with his identity disguised and voice changed, addresses the explosive question of whether AIPAC should in fact register as a foreign agent for Israel. asserted
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The film, from 1st and Orchard Films, is the work of Dion Nissenbaum, a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and the filmmaker behind Zeteo’s ‘Who Killed Shireen,’ and Zach Goldbaum, the Emmy Award-winning director behind the 2024 New York Times Opinion film ‘Meet the World’s Most Honorable Bank Robbers of Lebanon.’ asserted
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To understand one of the main reasons why the U.S. political class continues to call Israel our closest ally despite 3 years of genocide in Gaza and an aimless and expensive war with Iran, watch the full documentary above. asserted
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Free subscribers to Zeteo can watch a 9-minute preview. asserted
subscribers → watch → preview
Paid subscribers can watch the entire hour-long documentary without having to worry about a paywall. asserted
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Should you want to help fund other expensive, ambitious, and important journalistic projects like this investigative documentary, you can always donate to us here. asserted
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