Obama's hard line at AIPAC
In his speech to AIPAC, Barack Obama laid out a very hard line position that was music to the ears of the pro-Israel lobby -- attempting to ...
Max Deveson. US Jewish lobby gains new voice (2008) Are liberal Jewish voices in America being drowned out by powerful conservative lobbyists? A group of prominent left-leaning Jewish-Americans thinks so.
Uri Avnery. Obama and Israel: No, I Can't! (10 June 2008) One of the most enduring myths about American politics, a helpfully all-encompassing theory that purports to explain a bedrock feature of US foreign policy - and laced with just the faintest hint of the world's oldest hatred - is that of the all-powerful Jewish lobby.
Gershom Gorenberg. A liberal Israel lobby April 2008. The power of the "Israel lobby" in the US is hard to measure exactly. But its hawkish positions do conflict with the views, and interests, of most American Jews. So why isn't there a more dovish lobby to counter it? One is, finally, about to be unveiled.
Richard Beeston. Exposé on Jewish role in US policy is disowned (March 30, 2006) Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer caused a storm of protest when they published their report, which argued that America’s interests were being manipulated by the pro-Israel lobby, using a network of politicians, journalists and academics. It said that the Jewish lobby was a key factor behind President Bush’s decision to invade Iraq and cautioned that the US could be drawn into conflicts against Israel’s other enemies in the region.
Council for the National Interest CNI is working hard on Capitol Hill to make the voices of Americans heard on three pieces of current legislation. We need your help! By former Congressman, Paul Findley
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy", by John J. Mearsheimer, Stephen M. Walt, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, August 27, 2007. (The work's thesis is that "The Lobby", defined as a "loose coalition of individuals and organizations who actively work to steer U.S. foreign policy in a pro-Israel direction", promotes "crimes perpetrated against the Palestinians" and also "hostility towards Syria and Iran" and is a primary cause for the United States to set aside its own security in order to advance the interests of another state [Israel]; and that U.S. Middle East policy has been driven primarily by domestic politics, especially the "Israel Lobby". For more go to:
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Hakan Köni. Neoconservatism: Origins, the Role in US Foreign Policy, and the Middle East It traces the origins of this movement with it's Zionist overtones and how it has it serves it's own interests, primarily big-business and Israel, rather than the interests of the American people. Neo-conservatism is identified as a threat to the genuine interests of Americans, much like the corrupt and disloyal Zionist lobby in the Western countries only serves the interests of Israel and the Jewish people rather than the interests of ordinary Westerners. Indeed, due to the overwhelming similarites between both ideologies, it may be said that Neo-conservatism may just be a proxy for Zionism with a gentile face, primarily to make the neo-con agenda more palatable to a non-Jewish audience. It has been shown conclusively that Neo-conservatism does have a Jewish core
(The work's thesis is that "The Lobby", defined as a "loose coalition of individuals and organizations who actively work to steer U.S. foreign policy in a pro-Israel direction", promotes "crimes perpetrated against the Palestinians" and also "hostility towards Syria and Iran" and is a primary cause for the United States to set aside its own security in order to advance the interests of another state [Israel]; and that U.S. Middle East policy has been driven primarily by domestic politics, especially the "Israel Lobby". For more go to:
