Okay, this is starting to piss me off since I've seen several commenters do this today.
I am a Jew. My parents were both Jewish. Their parents were all Jewish. All of my ancestors we have traced back to the fourteenth century have been Jews.
I have never set foot in Israel. Neither has my brother, nor have my parents or any of my grandparents and before them. I also have no intention to go there.
I have never directly sent them any money, I have never participated in their government, I don't even speak or understand Hebrew, ancient or modern. I barely recognize a few letters in the alphabet.
I don't have any problems with Arabs, in fact I have a few friends who are Arabs. I have no interest in keeping them apart from me or fighting them or anything like that.
I am an American. I was born and raised in Indiana. I have an American passport, I have a social security number, I pretty much only speak English (unless you can count my poor grades in French in High School), I vote in American elections for American politicians and I am part of the American Democratic Party. I stand up when the American national anthem is played and my birth certificate clearly states that I was born in the United States of America and I pay American taxes to keep the American government functioning.
So STOP using JEW when you mean ISRAELI.
I am not an Israeli. I do not vote in Israeli elections. I do not give Israel my money (directly anyway, I can't control what the government does with my taxes), I have no intention of ever going to Israel and, frankly, I have yet to have a personal encounter with an Israeli that I would call especially positive. Maybe it's just me, but every Israeli I've ever met has been an arrogant jerk. I hope they aren't an accurate sampling.
Furthermore, even though I am an American I also am not a part of AIPAC. AIPAC has plenty of non-Jews as members. It is a pro-Israel lobby, not a Jewish lobby. AIPAC does not claim to speak for all Jews and all Jews do not claim that AIPAC speaks for them. I don't have the numbers for this at hand, but I believe you will find that the majority of American Jews don't give money or support to AIPAC.
Not all Jews are Israelis. Not all Israelis are Jews. Jews and Israelis do not all share the same beliefs or have the same goals. Hell, Israelis do not all share the same beliefs or goals.
I am not an Israeli.
I am an American and I am a Jew.
Edit: Talk amongst yourselves, I have to go run errands now. Bye.