Washington Journal: "The Israel Lobby" Stephen Walt & John Mearsheimer

C-Span.org ("Most events will remain in the archive for 15 days or less.") ^ | 6/23/06 air date | Brian Lamb hosts

[baseball_fan]

Stephen Walt, Int'l Affairs Prof., & John Mearsheimer, Poltical Science Prof. Stephen Walt, International Affairs Professor at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and, and John Mearsheimer, Poltical Science Professor at the University of Chicago, discuss lobbying for Israel. 6/23/2006: WASHINGTON, DC: 1 hr.

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Walt / Mearsheimer claim the Israel lobby has been a taboo subject, that they couldn't get their paper, "The Israel Lobby," published in the MSM in the U.S. and were finally able to get it published in the London Review of Books, that the Israeli lobby didn't reflect the views of the American Jewish community as a whole regarding the decision whether or not to go into Iraq, that this is the first TV interview they've done since the article was released because they wanted the written arguments to speak for themselves. Brian Lamb points out this refutes any suggestion that there might be censorship at C-Span.

[popdonnelly]

Which is more frightening - Israelis or Jihadis?

[baseball_fan]

"Which is more frightening - Israelis or Jihadis?"

that's like trying to compare apples to oranges... both Israelis and Palestinians as a whole i'm convinced want peace; the Jihadis however would destroy any concept of freedom were they to come to power, a truly frightening prospect.

[Stepan12]

"Which is more frightening - Israelis or Jihadis?" that's like trying to compare apples to oranges... both Israelis and Palestinians as a whole i'm convinced want peace; the Jihadis however would destroy any concept of freedom were they to come to power, a truly frightening prospect.

No the Arabs (so-called Palestinians) do not want peace. They want to drink the blood of the Jews. That's why they elected Hamas. You're not so important. What is needed is a radical change in the Israeli government to stop the present weakness there which only encourages anti-Semitism world wide.

[baseball_fan]

"No the Arabs (so-called Palestinians) do not want peace."

maybe there is some positive movement. i googled this on Abbas and the referendum to recognize Israel:

Hamas Giving In On Abbas's Referendum Threat
09:36 Jun 23, '06 / 27 Sivan 5766

(IsraelNN.com) Arab sources have said that the Hamas terrorist movement is beginning to come to terms with the plan adopted by Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas. Hamas will agree to sections of the plan which recognize the existence of two states.

source: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=105906

[John Lenin]

Saw this last night. It was pure propaganda. They even had Rachel Corie's mother call in. Goebbels would be proud !

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Brian Lamb says Abraham Foxman, Director of the Anti-Defamation League, will be on this Sunday at 9:15 a.m. EST to respond to the article.

[Holden Magroin]

The so-called scholars of this article argue they aren't anti-semitic, but all their scrutiny of the "Israel Lobby" assumes that Israel is evil or dangerous. No one in the media or academia every writes about the Muslim Lobby, the Illegal Alien Lobby, or any other lobby the media cheerleads for.