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Construction crews at an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. The Quartet of mediators have requested that all settlement expansion halt but Israel has refused. (Photo: AP/Dan Balilty) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that a Quartet ...

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Quartet urges Israel to halt settlements - San Francisco Examiner

Former editor of The Jerusalem Post David Makovsky, now director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy project on the Middle East peace process, has joined forces with former ambassador Dennis Ross to tackle American foreign policy in the ...

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Makovsky and Ross vs Mearsheimer and Walt - Jerusalem Post

Surprised that the new US president isn't towing a Zionist line, Israel is resorting to all kinds of pressure tactics to maintain diplomatic cover for its colonial practices, writes Ayman El-Amir * When in 1956 Israel dragged its feet about ...

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Commentary: The arm-twisting game - Al-Ahram Weekly

What drives US foreign policy? Is it primarily the domestic economy, as it logically should be, or, as many argue, the powerful Israel lobby, or as other argue, the need to secure energy sources? Of course, the answer is all three, in varying degrees ...

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Whither the revolutions? - Al-Ahram Weekly

the left made between Israel and South Africa, and especially their use of the word apartheid, which seemed exaggerated and even harmful when applied to a complicated conflict. But in recent years, it has become impossible to continue hiding our ...

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Judaism and racism - Haaretz.com

Barack Obama chose his battleground carefully. Americans may seem to instinctively support what they regard as plucky little Israel besieged by terrorism, and Congress may still be the Jewish state's best political shield. But even in the US there ...

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Obama's hardline stance on settlements could be a game changer for ... - The Guardian

The capture by the Israeli navy of the boat "The Spirit of Humanity" in international waters adds piracy to the list of crimes perpetrated by the rogue Zionist state. The boat was bringing a largely symbolic cargo of humanitarian goods to the people ...

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Press Release 2nd July - Indymedia Ireland

There is considerable discussion in Washington about whether President Obama is maintaining or easing the pressure on Prime Minister Netanyahu. There is no real evidence pointing to the latter other than the silence from the administration on the ...

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Will Obama Buckle? - Huffingtonpost.com

La XX Assemblea Generale dell’ONU (1965) dichiara "la legittimità della lotta da parte dei popoli sotto oppressione coloniale, per esercitare il loro diritto all' autodeter- minazione e all'indipendenza". Inoltre, l'Assemblea invita "tutti gli ...

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Voluntary translators from Arabic into English are welcomed. Click on ... - Uruk Net

Washington — Former Pentagon Iran analyst Larry Franklin recently quit his job cleaning the restrooms at his local church in West Virginia. He still keeps his weekend job, mopping the floors at a nearby Roy Rogers restaurant. In recent years ...

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Resolved Question: Does the Israeli lobby?

have too much influence on US foreign policy Fears over the Jewish lobby's excess influence on US foreign policy flared anew yesterday after a former diplomat and strong critic of Israel backed out of a key national intelligence post, saying his appointment by President Barack Obama had been torpedoed by a campaign of lies against him. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/israel-lobby-blamed-as-obamas-choice-for-intelligence-chief-quits-1643976.html  more

Voting Question: Should USA foreign policy be defined by Washington or by corrupt lobbyists working for the state of Israel.?

Do you thing Obama may be successful in his wish to curb the system of lobbying which is nothing other than legalised bribery, and return power to the voting public.  more

Resolved Question: Will Obama CHANGE the United States foreign policy?

Especially regarding the Middle East. Hopefully he will not be like other presidents and give billions to Israel no matter what and hopefully he will do more than any other president to put down a viable solution to peace. However intelligent Obama is I hope he doesn't get too caught up in the corporate interests and is not made a puppet of the zionist lobby in the US, although I doubt it. I'm glad Obama won though because imagine if Palin got No 2 position, that would've been an utter embarrassment for humanity, not that Bush, Cheney or Rice aren't but she does set the bar a little more lower.  more

Resolved Question: Are the authors John Mearsheimer (Univ of Chicago) & Stephen Walt of Harvard uncovered the final taboo....?

The power of America's "Jewish lobby" is said to be legendary. Commentators the world over refer to it, as though it were a well-established fact that US Jews wield far more influence than their numbers (2% of the population) would suggest. But this presumed influence is also a delicate issue in the US, and is rarely analysed. How does the lobby work? Is its power truly legendary, or just a legend? Two US academics, John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Stephen Walt of Harvard, have set out to answer those questions, and triggered a firestorm of controversy as a result. Their book The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy, which builds on a 2006 article in the London Review of Books, says the reasons for US support for Israel need to be explained. [Many critics] tried to smear us by either saying or hinting that we are anti-Semitic Stephen Walt Mearsheimer/Walt interview America spends $3bn a year in largely military assistance - one-sixth of its direct aid budget - to help a prosperous, nuclear-armed country, and strongly backs Israel in negotiations on Middle East peace. But according to Mearsheimer and Walt, the US gets remarkably little in return. They reject the argument that Israel is a key ally in America's "war on terror". On the contrary, they contend, US patronage of Israel fuels militant anger - as well as fostering resentment in Arab countries that control vital oil supplies.  more

Resolved Question: The role of the Israel Lobby in US foreign policy?

Walt and Mearsheimer in their paper titled "The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy", examined the role of the Israel lobby in determining US foreign policy. Considering Israel receives $3 billion in aid from the United States, which constitutes one fifth of the total US aid budget, and that Israel is a wealthy state with a per capita income comparable to Spain, how does one justify the huge amount of US aid sent to Israel each year? Is such a close relationship between the US and Israel a result of the Israel Lobby influencing US foreign and security policy or is another factor responsible?  more

Resolved Question: Does the Israel lobby have too much power?

from the cover of 'Foreign Policy' magazine (July/August 2006) What do you think?  more

More The Israel Lobby And Foreign Policy Results

Obama and Israel: a new hope (The New Statesman)

The signs after Barack Obama’s inauguration were all in favour of the pro-Israel lobby. But the signals of the past few weeks have caught Tel Aviv off guard more

Whither the revolutions? (Al-Ahram Weekly)

What drives US foreign policy? Is it primarily the domestic economy, as it logically should be, or, as many argue, the powerful Israel lobby, or as other argue, the need to secure energy sources? more

Obama's hardline stance on settlements could be a game changer for Israel (u.tv)

Barack Obama chose his battleground carefully. Americans may seem to instinctively support what they regard as plucky little Israel besieged by terrorism, and Congress may still be the Jewish state's best political shield. more

The game of nations (Al-Ahram Weekly)

There is a difference between the outlook of a secular generation of Iranian youth, yearning for a life in which religion (in the form of a clergy directing a theological state) refrains from meddling in their personal lives and individual fates as citizens, and the foreign and domestic policy considerations of the reformist trend. more

Commentary: The arm-twisting game (Al-Ahram Weekly)

When in 1956 Israel dragged its feet about withdrawing from Sinai after the failed tripartite Israeli-British-French invasion of Egypt, US president Dwight D Eisenhower sent a letter to Israeli prime minister David Ben- Gurion expressing grave concern regarding reports that Israel did not intend to withdraw. more

'The bottom line' (Al-Ahram Weekly)

John L Esposito's academic fame and his specialisation in issues like political Islam and Muslim-Christian relations make him something of an international intellectual celebrity as well as a magnet for neoconservative criticism back home. more

Judaism and racism (Haaretz Daily)

For years it was hard to swallow the comparisons that some observers on the left made between Israel and South Africa, and especially their use of the word apartheid, which seemed exaggerated and even harmful when applied to a complicated conflict. more

Once Labeled An AIPAC Spy, Larry Franklin Tells His Story (Forward)

Washington — Former Pentagon Iran analyst Larry Franklin recently quit his job cleaning the restrooms at his local church in West Virginia. He still keeps his weekend job, mopping the floors at a nearby Roy Rogers restaurant. more

Special Reports (Online Journal)

President Barak Obama’s fiscal year 2010 budget request for $2.775 billion in military aid to Israel is proceeding smoothly through the Congress. more

Mohamed Elmasry: Barack Obama gets an F for his handling of Iran election (The Georgia Straight)

No recent election has received as much attention in the western media as has Iran’s. more

AFP - Israel must stop settlements: Biden

May 5, 2009 -- WASHINGTON (AFP) — US Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday called on Israel to work toward a two-state solution by stopping construction of... more

Oakland Tribune - My Word: Syed R. Mahmood - Now is the time to reassess the U.S.

February 2, 2009 -- "EVERY ACTION action has an equal and opposite reaction," is the third law of motion, physicist Sir Isaac Newton said. The basic objective of... more

Reference & Research Book News - Zionism, militarism and the decline of US power

February 1, 2009 -- Zionism, militarism and the decline of US power. Petras, James. Clarity Press, Inc. 2008 192 pages $16.95 Paperback E183 Petras... more

Reference & Research Book News - America's defense line; the Justice Department's battle to register the Israel lobby as agents of a foreign government

February 1, 2009 -- America's defense line; the Justice Department's battle to register the Israel lobby as agents of a foreign government. Smith, Grant F. Inst.... more

Oakland Tribune - Contra Costa Times Dec. 26 letters

December 26, 2008 -- Addressing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is an urgent priority. Will President-elect Barack Obama chart a new foreign policy in the Middle East... more

Oakland Tribune - Letters to theEditor

December 18, 2008 -- Israeli-Palestinian conflict Addressing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is an urgent priority. Will president-elect Barack Obama chart a... more

Middle East Policy - A FRIEND LIKE THIS: RE-EVALUATING BUSH AND ISRAEL

December 1, 2008 -- As this is being written, the United States and Israel are at a crossroads. The problems in Israeli-American relations have been dealt with most... more

American Conservative, The - Peaceful resolution

September 22, 2008 -- John Mearsheimer, co-author of The Israel Lobby, won an important victory last week. Debating at the Yale Political Union in favor of the... more

Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ) - Mearsheimer, John J. & Stephen M. Walt. The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

September 22, 2008 -- Mearsheimer, John J. & Stephen M. Walt. The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. 484 pages. Hardcover $26.00.... more

Middle East Policy - Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, The

July 1, 2008 -- The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, by John L. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. 484 pages. $26.00,... more

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy


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Documentary 'The Israel lobby - The influence of AIPAC on US ...


--English version-- An episode of the Dutch documentary program "Tegenlicht" about the Israel lobby in the USA. This documentary (April 2007 ...

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The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy


The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy World Affairs Council: Oregon - World Affairs Council of Oregon John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt discuss ...

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The Israel Lobby (Marije Meerman, VPRO Backlight 2007)


For many years now the American foreign policy has been characterized by the strong tie between the United States and Israel. Does the United ...

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The influence of the Israel Lobby on American foreign policy.


Professor Steven Walt and John Mearsheimer discuss their paper on the influence of the Israel Lobby on American foreign policy.

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A hard-hitting Lecture regarding The Israel Lobby & U.S. Foreign Policy Two most powerful Professor's from United States. John Mearsheimer and ...

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THE ISRAEL LOBBY: DANGER TO THE WORLD 2 OF 3


THE ISRAEL LOBBY: DANGER TO THE WORLD PART 2 OF 3 Listen also to the revealing 2002 BBC radio reportage 'A lobby to deal with': http://www.supload ...

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Mearsheimer and Walt: The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy


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Kriegspostille: Das geheime Leben eines angeklagten AIPAc-Spions

Der Link war erst einmal weg - der, auf der Home-Site des Haaretz. Nach einiger 'suche fand ich den Artikel. Da ich mir nicht sicher bin, ob der Link wieder verschwindet, hier der Artikel: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=1097612&contrassID=0&subContrassID=0 The secret life of a ... more

America needs another Independence Day

independence from ISRAEL. Our politicans and would-be presidents utterly kowtow to agents of a foreign nation - and sell America's interest down the river in the process - as they have been doing for decades now. It has gotten worse, and worse and worse. As the economy goes right down the tubes as a ... more

The Boycott Rolls on - Aipac Issues Warning

Once again there is more news to warm the cockles of your heart! Straight from the horses, or in this case, the asses mouth. No less than the Executive Director of AIPAC, the main Zionist lobby group in the USA, is ‘invading the mainstream discourse’. I’m sure you will be pleased to hear that, as a ... more

Pro-Israel Lobby Alarmed by Growth of Boycott, Divestment Movement

Art Young The movement to call Israel to account for its crimes against the Palestinian people is growing. It is “invading the mainstream discourse, becoming part of the constant and unrelenting drumbeat against Israel.” It could eventually threaten the existence of the Jewish state by undermining t ... more

Pirates Of The Mediterranean

By Paul Craig Roberts 7-1-9 On June 30, the government of Israel committed an act of piracy when the Israeli Navy in international waters illegally boarded the “Spirit of Humanity,” kidnapped its 21-person crew from 11 countries, including former US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney and Nobel Laureate ... more

Pro-Israel Lobby Alarmed by Growth of Boycott, Divestment Movement

Art Young The movement to call Israel to account for its crimes against the Palestinian people is growing. It is “invading the mainstream discourse, becoming part of the constant and unrelenting drumbeat against Israel.” It could eventually threaten the existence of the Jewish state by undermining t ... more

The Lobby: unrepresentative of majority of American Jews

“Months ago I declared that Gaza had cracked the Israel lobby. It did so by causing non-affiliated Jews to at last speak out about Israel/Palestine policy. These Jews had traditionally ceded the foreign-policy turf to their pro-Israel cousins (as I did, deferring politely to Marty Peretz out of the ... more

Have you heard that the Israelis kidnapped Cynthia McKinney?

No? Didn't think so. It isn't on Fox, CNN or MSNBC. Though I was shocked to hear that Karl Malden is dead at 86, truly worthy front page news!!! Very interesting isn't it, that even such an AMERICA FIRST CONSERVATIVE "news" organization like Fox (Faux) News isn't on top of the two day old story of a ... more

Obama got an F on handling Ahmadinejad’s re-election

Rajab 9, 2009 Professor Mohadmed Elmasry (Waterloo University) is the founder of Canadian Islamic Congress and one of the managing editor of The Canadian Chrger, an online magazine. His following article can be found here. No recent election has received as much attention in the Western media as has ... more

Venezuela & Iran: Whither the revolutions?

by Eric Walberg Global Research, July 1, 2009 Al Ahram Weekly June was a busy month for two of Washington’s real ‘Axis of Evil’. Venezuela’s Chavez completed his nationalisation of oil and Iran’s Ahmedinejad stemmed a Western-backed colour revolution, leaving both bad boys in place, muses Eric Walbe ... more

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