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مثال على قبضة إيباك:
بعد أحداث الحادي عشر من سبتمبر 2001 دعى جورج بوش الابن شارون لضبط النفس و منح فرصة لمحاورة عرفات.
شارون لم يسكت آنذاك و لم يعجبه موقف بوش الذي بدا وكأنه يحاول استمالة العرب بعد ما حدث بل وأنه تجرأ فخاطب بوش قائلا: 'لاتكرر خطأ 1938 الرهيب عندما قررت ديمقراطيات أوروبا المنيرة التضحية بتشيكوسلوفاكيا من أجل حل مؤقت. لاتحاول أن تهدئ العرب على حسابنا ...إسرائيل لن تكون تشيكوسلوفاكيا ' كما شبه شارون بوش الإبن بنيفيل تشامبرلاين الوزير الأول البريطاني الذي قدم تشيكوسلوفاكيا لهتلر عام 1938.
إيباك لم تترك موقفا كهذا يمر بسلام بالنسبة لبوش فقد كتبت المنظمة رسالة تلوم وتعارض بوش على موقفه تم تبنيها من طرف 87 سيناتورا أمريكيا و190عضوا من المجالس الأمريكية للشؤون الخارجية وأسمائهم :
87 Senators, 190 Representatives Urge Reassessing Relations With Palestinians
The 87 senators who signed the letter to President Bush were Sens. Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Wayne Allard (R-CO), George Allen (D-VA), Max Baucus (D-MT), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Robert Bennett (R-UT), Joseph Biden (D-DE), Kit Bond (R-MO), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), John Breaux (D-LA), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Jean Carnahan (D-MO), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Max Cleland (D-GA), Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), Susan Collins (R-ME), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Jon Corzine (D-NJ), Larry Craig (R-ID), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Tom Daschle (D-SD), Mark Dayton (D-MN), Mike DeWine (R-OH), Chris Dodd (D-CT), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Dick Durbin (D-IL), John Edwards (D-NC), John Ensign (R-NV), Mike Enzi (R-WY), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL), Bill Frist (R-TN), Bob Graham (D-FL), Phil Gramm (R-TX), Charles Grassley (R-IA), Tom Harkin (D-IA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Jesse Helms (R-NC), Ernest Hollings (D-SC), Tim Hutchinson (R-AR), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), John Kerry (D-MA), Herb Kohl (D-WI), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Carl Levin (D-MI), Joseph Lieberman (D-CT), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Trent Lott (R-MS), John McCain (R-AZ), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Zell Miller (D-GA), Frank Murkowski (R-AK), Patty Murray (D-WA), Ben Nelson (D-NE), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Don Nickles (R-OK), Jack Reed (D-RI), Harry Reid (D-NV), John D. Rockefeller IV (D-WV), Rick Santorum (R-PA), Paul Sarbanes (D-MD), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Richard Shelby (R-AL), Bob Smith (R-NH), Gordon Smith (R-OR), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Arlen Specter (R-PA), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Ted Stevens (R-AK), Craig Thomas (R-WY), Fred Thompson (R-TN), Robert Torricelli (D-NJ), George Voinovich (R-OH), John Warner (R-VA), and Ron Wyden (D-OR).

The 190 House members who signed the letter to President Bush were Reps. Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Dick Armey (R-TX), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Brian Baird (D-WA), Richard Baker (R-LA), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Robert Borski (D-PA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Henry Brown (R-SC), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Steve Buyer (R-IN), Sonny Callahan (R-AL), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Eric Cantor (R-VA), Benjamin Cardin (D-MD), Brad Carson (D-OK), Michael Castle (R-DE), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Robert Clement (D-TN), Howard Coble (R-NC), Mac Collins (R-GA), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Bud Cramer (D-AL), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), John Culberson (R-TX), Jim Davis (D-FL), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Tom Davis (R-VA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Tom DeLay (R-TX), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Norman Dicks (D-WA), Calvin Dooley (D-CA), John Doolittle (R-CA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Phil English (R-PA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Bob Etheridge (D-NC), Lane Evans (D-IL), Mike Ferguson (R-NJ), Bob Filner (D-CA), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Ernie Fletcher (R-KY), Mark Foley (R-FL), Harold Ford (D-TN), Vito Fossella (R-NY), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), Martin Frost (D-TX), Greg Ganske (R-IA), Richard Gephardt (D-MO), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Charles Gonzales (D-TX), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Sam Graves (R-MO), Gene Green (D-TX), Mark Green (R-WI), Felix Grucci (R-NY), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Jane Harman (D-CA), Melissa Hart (R-PA), Robin Hayes (R-NC), J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ), Van Hilleary (R-TN), Joseph Hoeffel (D-PA), Michael Honda (D-CA), Stephen Horn (R-CA), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Asa Hutchinson (R-AR), Henry Hyde (R-IL), Steve Israel (D-NY), Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH), Ric Keller (R-FL), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Mark Kennedy (R-MN), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Peter King (R-NY), Jack Kingston (R-GA), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Nick Lampson (D-TX), James Langevin (D-RI), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Steve Largent (R-OK), Rick Larsen (R-WA), John Larson (D-CT), Steven LaTourette (R-OH), Jim Leach (R-IA), Sander Levin (D-MI), John Lewis (D-GA), John Linder (R-GA), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), James Maloney (D-CT) Donald Manzullo (R-IL), Robert Matsui (D-CA), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Jim McCrery (R-LA), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Buck McKeon (R-CA), Michael McNulty (D-NY), Dan Miller (R-FL), Gary Miller (R-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Anne Northup (R-KY), Eleanor Holms Norton (D-DC), Jim Nussle (R-IA), Doug Ose (R-CA), Butch Otter (R-ID), Major Owens (D-NY), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Ed Pastor (D-AZ), Mike Pence (R-IN), Collin Peterson (D-MN), John Peterson (R-PA), David Phelps (D-IL), Chip Pickering (R-MS), Todd Platts (R-PA), Richard Pombo (R-CA), Jack Quinn (R-NY), Jim Ramstad (R-MN), Dennis Rehberg (R-MT), Thomas Reynolds (R-NY), Bob Riley (R-AL), Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX), Mike Rogers (R-MI), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Mike Ross (D-AZ), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), Marge Roukema (R-NJ), Paul Ryan (R-WI), Jim Ryun (R-KS), Max Sandlin (D-TX), Jim Saxton (R-NJ), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Rober Scott (D-VA), Pete Sessions (R-TX), John Shadegg (R-AZ), Clay Shaw (R-FL), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Brad Sherman (D-CA), John Shimkus (R-IL), Ronnie Shows (D-MS), Rob Simmons (R-CT), Chris Smith (R-NJ), Mark Souder (R-IN), Ted Strickland (D-OH), Bart Stupak (D-MI), John Sweeney (R-NY), Thomas Tancredo (R-CO), Lee Terry (R-NE), Todd Tiahrt (R-KS), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH), John Tierney (D-MA), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Jim Turner (D-TX), Mark Udall (D-CO), Peter Visclosky (D-IN), David Vitter (R-LA), Zach Wamp (R-TN), J.C. Watts (R-OK), Henry Waxman (D-CA), Anthony Weiner (D-NY), Dave Weldon (R-FL), Jerry Weller (R-IL), Robert Wexler (D-FL), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), David Wu (D-OR), Albert Wynn (D-MD), and Don Young (R-AK). —S.M.
بعد تصعيدات أخرى و ضغط متجدد من اللوبي الصهيوني انتهى بوش بوصف شارون بأنه 'رجل سلام ' و طبعا واصل التشديد حتى نهاية فترة حكمه على متانة العلاقة الأمريكية الإسرائيلية وتمسك أمريكا بها و مساندتها لإسرائيل.
مقالات متعلقة بالحدث:
*http://www.washington-report.org/com...pful-bill.html
*http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/oct/06/israel
*http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1582371.stm