Roundup of the Walt and Mearsheimer “Israel Lobby” Controversy
Links to reviews, media coverage, columns, and research reports on the highly controversial Walt and Mearsheimer "Israel Lobby" book and their earlier Harvard report . Israel/Jewish Lobby
Links to reviews, media coverage, columns, and research reports on the highly controversial Walt and Mearsheimer "Israel Lobby" book and their earlier Harvard report . Radical anti-Israel views on Chicago’s WBEZ
Long a forum for controversial views on the Middle East conflict, Worldview, a global affairs program produced by Chicago Public Radio station WBEZ, has in recent months featured a preponderance of anti-Zionists. Mearsheimer’s Blunder
Contradicting his book's central claim, John Mearsheimer lets the truth slip out – the Bush administration was determined to go to war against Saddam, regardless of Israel or the "Israel Lobby." God’s Jewish Warriors — CNN’s Abomination
CNN's "God's Jewish Warriors," hosted by Christiane Amanpour, is currently being rebroadcast on CNN. The piece is one of a three-part series supposedly intended to examine the growing role of religious fundamentalism in today's world. CNN made significant revisions to the program after it was criticized for a number of serious distortions. Unchanged, however, is the fundamentally dishonest premise of the series equating religiously devout Jews and Christians to radical Islam.
New York Times Publishes CNI Propaganda Ad
The New York Times ran yet another full page, anti-Israel ad by the Council for the National Interest, founded by Paul Findley. Kristof’s Blame-Israel Rant
Nicholas Kristof argues that U.S. politicians "have learned to muzzle themselves" on Israel and such "silence harms America." But he himself keeps mum on key information that contradicts his argument. Mass Resignations from Carter Center
Fourteen members of the Carter Center advisory board have resigned after concluding that the Center’s founder, former president Jimmy Carter, has turned to "malicious advocacy" for the Palestinians and against Israel. “Israel Lobby” Professors Appear at Event of Radical Islamist Group CAIR
Professors John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, authors of The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, a largely discredited report alleging that the "Israel lobby" has distorted the foreign policy of the United States to the point of serious damage to U.S. interests, appeared at a panel discussion sponsored by the radical Islamist group CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations).
Will Mike Wallace’s Interview of Ahmadinejad be Another Puff-Piece?
Mike Wallace is back with a special interview of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a prime sponsor of Hezbollah who has personally threatened Israel with destruction while his country races to build atom bombs. The despot's extreme policies might suggest Wallace will give him a grilling, but history suggests otherwise: Wallace has a soft spot for anti-Israel dictators.
“Israel Lobby” Authors Find Friendly NPR Forum
Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer, authors of "The Israel Lobby and American Foreign Policy," the academic study widely faulted for shoddy scholarship and bias in its charge that supporters of Israel undermine American interests, repeated their false allegations on National Public Radio.