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John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt - The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

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Recorded October 24, 2007, at the Hilton Hotel, Portland Oregon

Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, John J. Mearsheimer, and Professor of International Affairs at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, Stephen M. Walt, discuss their book, THE ISRAEL LOBBY AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY

This is a pdxjustice Media Productions recording. Producer William Seaman lists his original TV and radio programs and their schedule on his pdxjustice Media Productions website. http://www.pdxjustice.org/ .

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This is a pdxjustice Media Productions recording. Producer William Seaman lists his original TV and radio programs and their schedule on his pdxjustice Media Productions website. http://www.pdxjustice.org/ .

The Israel Lobby Debate

The Original Article as it appeared in the London Review of Books, March 23, 2006:
The Israel Lobby, by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt

The unedited version posted at the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government website:
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt

Columbia University Professor Joseph Massad's response:
Blaming the lobby, by Joseph Massad, Al-Ahram Weekly, 23-29 March 2006, Issue No. 787

New York University Professor Tony Judt's New York Times OP-ED response:
A Lobby, Not a Conspiracy, by Tony Judt, New York Times, April 19, 2006

The body of literature on this debate is already formidable and continues to grow. The Wikipedia entry provides a reasonable bibliography:

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, Wikipedia Entry


In addition, you will find further discussion of alternative explanations for U.S. foreign policy towards Israel in the following pdxjustice Media Productions programs:

Bashir Abu-Manneh - Chomsky on the Palestine-Israel Conflic

Noam Chomsky - The United States, Israel and the Palestinians, March 15, 1989, Part 1

Noam Chomsky - The United States, Israel and the Palestinians, March 15, 1989, Part 2

Noam Chomsky - The United States, Israel and the Palestinians, March 15, 1989, Part 3

Regarding efforts to suppress discussion and debate on U.S.-Israel foreign policy, please visit the MuzzleWatch website: MuzzleWatch.

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