Its a great pleasure to be here today to speak before this distinguished audience. The film the israel lobby does not want you to see. Multiple israel lobby sources told israel s haaretz newspaper in february that they had received assurances from qatari leaders late last year that the documentary would not be aired. The israel lobby is one of the most powerful and pervasive special interest groups in the united states. On march 15, 2019, the israeli 972 magazine reported on the israeli censorship in 2018 the year the march of return started. If we think of a spectrum with influence at one end shading into control at the other, in the decade since the israel lobby was published israel has moved closer to the control end of the spectrum. For example, we learn from the israeli newspaper haaretz that a bill in the us house of representatives would require u. We captured on hidden camera an israeli official, shai masot, manipulating domestic british ngos and threatening to target pro. Israel lobby criminalizes childrens books tikun olam. The ministrys director general, sima vakningil, is shown in the documentary, which was obtained by haaretz, discussing. The influence of the proisrael lobby in us foreign policymak ing toward the middle east. Walt and mearsheimer can add this as a footnote to their next book. Every year congress attends aipacs meeting and pays homage to its liege lord. In attempting to make a case for a specifically jewish critique of israeli state violence, berkeley professor judith butler argues that even at its.
Multiple israel lobby sources told israel s haaretz newspaper last month that they had received assurances from qatari leaders late last year that the al jazeera documentary will not be aired. But its ugly trumpstyle ads attacking the democratic party are. Walt of harvard universitys kennedy school of government. From haaretz israel s oldest daily newspaper a weekly podcast in english on israel, the middle east and the jewish world, hosted by simon spungin. How does the israeli military censor impact our news. Nine books worthy of your consideration this year, including a novel about grieving israeli and palestinian fathers, and a tome celebrating. The storm over the israel lobby by michael massing the.
He damned the event to which up to 18,000 activists and donors. It consists of a multitude of institutions and individuals that work to influence congress, the president, academia, the media, religious institutions, and american public opinion on behalf of israel. In israel, spirited debate was once a cultural imperative. Not since foreign affairs magazine published samuel huntingtons the clash of civilizations. Al jazeera admits to planting undercover reporter in u. Former diplomat dennis ross ignores, in his new book, the fact that the more israel moves away from being democratic and jewish, the less.
From haaretz israel s oldest daily newspaper a weekly podcast in english on israel, the middle east and the. Washington al jazeeras censored documentary about the pro israel lobby in washington reveals new information about the work of israel s ministry for strategic affairs against critics of israel in the united states. Watch the film the israel lobby didnt want you to see. Once again, the israel lobby voiced its anger and the library canceled the event. The vermont socialist hadnt merely declined an invitation to speak at the pro israel lobby s annual policy conference, a washington extravaganza in which leading members of both major parties have always participated. Eventbrite the washington report on middle east affairs and the institute for research. The american israel public affairs committee aipac policy conference at the washington convention center in washington, d. Pro israel lobby loses ally as progressives score win in illinois. Over 2 million books and magazines booksee download books for free. Jewish antizionist academic insists israeli occupation is. Israels stranglehold on american politics common dreams. Haaretz is an israeli daily newspaper with hebrew and english editions based in tel aviv and is israel s oldest daily newspaper. If you are a author hungry for free book exposure, why not come and visit one of the fastest online book clubs.
Israeli embassy influencing students and founding youth groups in main parties, al jazeeras investigative unit reveals. The usual paradigms, which are based solely on minimal government intervention keeping the budget deficit under control and capitulating to lobby groups cant continue in this new situation. Israel extends its hightech barriers i ft world duration. The israel lobby in the united kingdom also called the zionist lobby is the diverse coalition of those who, as individuals andor groups, seek to influence the foreign policy of the united kingdom to strengthen bilateral ties with israel, or in support of zionism, israel. Pro israel groups have gone on the offensive to try and deter al jazeera from showing the film. Preparing for an economic crisis haaretz editorial. Now it is a rare, if precious, resource, as is haaretz and its emphatic liberal consciousness.
In this thesis, i investigate the influence of the proisrael lobby, as a means of. Suppressed al jazeera film details the israel lobby. In north america, it comes out as a weekly newspaper. The editorial board of haaretz, a leading israeli newspaper, has put forth a message of. Mearsheimer of the university of chicago and stephen m. Middle eastern policy irmep presents 2021 conference. The israel lobby is one of the most powerful and pervasive special interest groups in the u. Compare israel to the gulf state lobby and youll see how this works. Then a few months ago, bashi scheduled another book reading at the highland park nj public library. Eliezer unger pictured with students in an undated photograph from the time he was a principle. Ynet published today a leaked list of non israeli millionaires who he approached for money during his 2007 campaign to lead the likud party. Ted cruz named nick muzin, to see if he could use his ties with the qataris to stop the airing.
Thats when palestine legal got involved and negotiated an agreement with the library to reschedule the event to a later date. The two separate cases of israeli involvement fed into sometimes antisemitic conspiracy theories that seek to place israel on the same level as russia in its intervention in the 2016 presidential elections. Haaretz was launched in british palestine by the british army, in 1918 and in 1919 they were bought by zionist leader and philanthropist yitzhak leib goldberg. Gideon levy from haaretz says israel can afford to lose american. How to speak about the israel lobby in a nonantisemitic.
Clayton swisher, who directed the series, wrote in the liberal jewish newspaper the forward that leaders from the israel lobby met with the state of qatars registered agent and lobbyist, a former aide to u. Time for a second edition congress is accustomed to grovelling at israeli feet. We have learned that israel must always remain the master of its fate. Introduction to the israel lobby if americans knew. Israel s dominance of the democratic party is eroding and increasingly losing legitimacy in the eyes of the public the israel lobby s buying off of nearly every senior politician in the united states, facilitated by our system of legalized bribery, is not an antisemitic trope. I sure hope some investigative journalists have a field day with this. Why does this man want to end the usisrael special. Abbas to speak to the united nations security council on the u. Bloomberg says sanders dead wrong in labeling pro israel lobby racist. Israel s military censor prohibited the publication of 363 news articles in 2018, more than six a week, while partially or fully redacting a total of 2,712 news items submitted to it. What has changed since publication of the israel lobby and what the new administration can do differently john mearsheimer.
Miriam adelson, it should be noted, is also on the board of directors at fois. In any case, most of their work is based on newspaper clippings and fragments of rumors quite a few of them, it must be said, from haaretz. According to estimates, ynet reports 98% of the funds donated to netanyahu came from abroad. Qatar denied this, but the paper stood by its story. Stephen walt, coauthor of the notorious israel lobby, about.
There is no denying that the israel lobby does have a lot of power, and aipac policy is occasionally controversial. In a march 25 article for haaretz, levy wrote, their case is a potent one. Is dennis ross partly to blame for the ongoing israeli. What makes rabin square a cornerstone of israeli democracy. Given repeated opportunities to back away from his attacks on aipac, sen.
Bloomberg says sanders dead wrong in labeling proisrael. Foreign policy is a book by john mearsheimer, professor of political. It consists of a multitude of powerful institutions and individuals that work to influence congress, the president, academia, the media, religious institutions, and american public opinion on behalf of israel. As evan gottesman put it in haaretz, spending on lobbying and pr efforts on behalf of several arab governments well. The curious case of jared kushner and the israel lobby. From israeli moon missions and muslim rivalries to. Marie newman who was supported by sanders, warren and aoc managed to oust incumbent dan lipinski and supports conditioning aid to israel. Swishers oped in the forward was his first public comment on the matter since he had announced the documentary. Whats in al jazeeras undercover film on the us israel lobby. A new documentary will reveal how the israel lobby in america works, says al jazeeras director of investigative reporting.
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