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"K James" |
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18 Mar 2006 12:02:09 AM |
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The Israel Lobby Unmasked |
Council for the National Interest Foundation
March 17, 2006 1:24 PM
The Israel Lobby Unmasked
Two professors from Harvard University and the University of Chicago have just
released an 81-page study on "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy" that
concludes that the "overall thrust of U.S. policy in the [Middle East] is due
almost entirely to U.S. domestic politics, and especially to the activities of
the 'Israel Lobby.'"
The study is currently available as a Harvard "working paper" with extensive
footnotes or as a shorter version published in the London Review of Books.
The authors systematically examine the facts of the U.S.-Israel relationship,
concluding that Israel is neither a strategic asset nor a "compelling moral
case for sustained U.S. backing," and point a finger squarely at the Israel
lobby for "[managing] to divert U.S. foreign policy as far from what the
American national interest would otherwise suggest, while simultaneously
convincing Americans that U.S. and Israeli interests are essentially
identical."
The authors examine the entire scope of the Israel lobby's efforts, from its
intimidation of the press, think tanks and academia into presenting a
misleading image of Israel to its success at co-opting the Congress and the
Executive Branch into implementing Israel's policy aims.
The paper is significant not just for its substance but also for the fact that
it was published at all. The authors note in their section on the lobby's
intimidation of the press: "Newspapers occasionally publish guest op-eds
challenging Israeli policy, but the balance of opinion clearly favours the
other side. It is hard to imagine any mainstream media outlet in the United
States publishing a piece like this one."
Stephen Walt is Academic Dean and Professor of International Affairs at the
John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. His latest book is
"Taming American Power: The Global Response to U.S. Primacy" (W. W. Norton &
Co., 2005). According to his faculty website, he has previously worked at the
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and as a Guest Scholar at the
Brookings Institution, in addition to consulting for the Institute of Defense
Analyses, the Center for Naval Analyses, and the National Defense University.
John Mearsheimer is a Professor of Political Science and the co-director of
the Program on International Security Policy at the University of Chicago,
where he is an authority on security affairs and international politics. He
graduated from West Point in 1970 and served five years as an officer in the
U.S. Air Force.
Both authors previously wrote "An Unnecessary War," which argued against
invading Iraq, in the January/February 2003 edition of Foreign Policy
magazine.
Council for the National Interest Foundation
1250 4th Street SW, Suite WG-1
Washington, District of Columbia 20024
http://www.cnionline.org/
http://www.rescuemideastpolicy.com/
Phone: 202-863-2951
Fax: 202-863-2952
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| Title: Re: The Israel Lobby Unmasked |
19 Mar 2006 02:42:40 AM |
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Please view: http://www.imran.com/media/vodcasts/IMHO/NewsViews/
Moussavi, government lawyers, Kate Moss, George Clooney, hunting dogs
instead of hunting Dogs...and what is that connection with Israel that
I ask about in the clip? Comments welcome. Thanks.
Imran
http://imran.TV
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| User: "william miller" |
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| Title: Re: The Israel Lobby Unmasked |
18 Mar 2006 02:54:39 PM |
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The recent study from Harvard University concerning the Israeli lobby
in America.
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n06/print/mear01_.html
You can listen to a webcast about this at http://www.davidduke.com.
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| User: "K James" |
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| Title: Re: The Israel Lobby Unmasked |
19 Mar 2006 12:59:43 AM |
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The zionists are going to scream KKK, David Duke helps the Zionist without him aware of it.
"william miller" <williammiller250@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1142715279.932872.327320@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
The recent study from Harvard University concerning the Israeli lobby
in America.
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n06/print/mear01_.html
You can listen to a webcast about this at http://www.davidduke.com.
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