Professors Stephen Walt of Harvard and John Mearsheimer of Univ. of Chicago have collaborated on an essay printed in the latest London Review of Books. The full work is available on the Kennedy Center Website. The expose essay follows the American Israel Public Affairs Committee ( AIPAC) and The Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations influence on America's Congress, executive branch and cultural orgainzations. Their conclusion is that the power of Israel's lobbies has jeopardized U.S. security and self-interest in favor of Israeli goals. The Iraq War is an example. I urge people to read the full document and also to look at aipac.org to see what our Middle East taskmasters have as our next chore.
My own research in " Evangelicals, Zionists & Secular Neocons" shows how AIPAC and The Conference...Jewish Organizations effectively guide over 100 U.S. pro-Israel PAC s. In total they can marshall over $ 265,000,000 ( app. 13% of total lobby money spent in 2004) per each Congressional election cycle. This kind of money assures Congressional obedience.
A recent odious example of their greed for cultural influence involved the pressure on the New York Theatre Workshop to cancel its March, 2006 presentation of the play " My Name is Rachel Corrie". Rachel Corrie ( she was Jewish) was crushed to death by an Israeli Army bulldozer in Gaza on March, 16 2003. She was protesting with the International Solidarity Movement against Israel's barbaric demolition of Palestinian homes as part of Israels collective punishment policy. Israel government has not accepted responsibility nor has anyone been charged for the death. Members of AIPAC, The Anti-Defamation League and The Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations officially or unofficially brought enormous pressure on the Workshop not to show Israel part in that sad event of Ms. Corrie.
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