Racism: The Arab Mind

The “Arab Mind”
“Both U.S. and Israeli elites have always believed that the Arabs need to be kept subordinate. However, once the U.S. solidified its alliance with Israel after June 1967, it began to look at Israelis ­ and Israelis projected themselves ­ as experts on the “Arab mind.” Accordingly, the alliance with Israel has [...]

Labour Friends of Israel in the House

Muhammad Idrees Ahmad, March 21, 2005
The Labour Friends of Israel has become a powerful lobbyist for Zionist and Israeli interests in the UK. This article is an introduction to the new Spinwatch Profile, telling a hidden story of power and influence. The OrganizationLabour Friends of Israel (LFI) is a Westminister based pro-Israel lobby group working [...]

Franklin Lamb: Driving Miss Condi

It was one of those bleak, wet and cold London mornings back on January 18, 1990 when this observer exited the Marks and Spencer’s store on Oxford Street, having purchased a Scottish Shetland wool cardigan for protection against the damp chill. As he walked to the Underground he noticed that some of the London street [...]

BBC covers the Israel Lobby debate

US storm over book on the Israel Lobby
Text: Mearsheimer and Walt interview

The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy

Walt and Mearsheimer’s book on the Israel Lobby has now been published.  For anyone thats not read it yet, I recommend their article “The Israel lobby,” then I’m sure you’ll have to get the book.
 Mondoweiss wrote a good review of it that mentions its relevence to Lebanon -

I realize I have not mentioned one fact [...]

Badruddin Khan: AIPAC Intervenes on Iran

It has happened again, and in the open. The American Israeli Political Action Committee (AIPAC) which heads a network of pro-Israeli lobbies, persuaded Congress to drop a provision which would have required President Bush to ask for Congressional approval prior to attacking Iran.
As reported in the May 16, 2007 issue of The Hill:
“The American Israel [...]

Know your enemy - Frances FM Kouchner

Kouchner, a former French minister of humanitarian affairs, last went to Lebanon in an official capacity during the civil war.
“You know how much I feel personally attached to Lebanon,” he said.
French FM pledges support for Lebanon government | Ya Libnan | Lebanon News Live from Beirut
So what makes Kouchner so much more appealing to [...]

Oxford Union: Israel Lobby Stifling Debate

 
The motion: This house believes the pro-Israel lobby has successfully stifled Western debate about Israel’s actions. Debaters: Norman Finkelstein, Andrew Cockburn, Martin Indyk, David Aaronovitch
The Oxford Union passed a motion this week blaming a pro-Israeli lobby for limiting the West’s capacity for free debate about the Middle East.
Two-thirds of the student [...]

The Israel Factor: Ranking the Presidential Candidates

A review to see who is kissing the most ass. Seems like they’re all in the race for the “best for Israel” prize with some doing better than others.
Haaretz: The Israel Factor Ranking US Presidentail Candidates

“I don’t think there is any nation that would not have reacted the way Israel did after two soldiers [...]

The Rats in Israel’s Cellar: Gulf Sheikhs and the ADC

More from “The Fanonite” 
As I had pointed out in an earlier post, the history of Arab betrayal of the Palestinian cause is about as old as the issue itself. No one — not even the otherwise sympathetic Nasser — dared to intervene to end Israel’s brutalities as they peaked. Hizbullah’s intervention last year was unique [...]

PACing in the Marionettes: AIPAC In the Spotlight

March 17th, 2007

Gregory Levey, a former speech writer for past Israeli governments, brings some interesting stories from inside the annual AIPAC conference ranging from the outrageous to hilarious, which highlight the almost total grip of the Israel Lobby on US foreign policy. 
To begin with, there is the conservative Christian couple from eastern Tennessee whose son decided to join [...]

2008 Memo: Don’t Mess With Israel

Did John Edwards risk the implosion of his 2008 presidential campaign by stating that Israel is the biggest threat to world peace? His staff just sent me an email rejecting the charge, a sure sign they are very worried it could spread.

John Edwards may have made a damaging gaffe
One of the most striking differences between the UK [...]

New Pro Israel Lobby will be created in Europe

Elders of Zion to Meet in Brussels Graveyard
New Pro Israel Lobby will be created in Europe
09.07.2006 | Israel Today
by Staff Writer
A gala event in Brussels next week will celebrate the creation of a new pro-Israel lobby in Europe, similar to the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) operating in the United States.
The organization, “European Friends [...]