Feeling Angry The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy (Book Review)
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy


The Israel Lobby,” by John J. Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Stephen M. Walt of Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, was one of the most controversial articles in recent memory. Originally published in theLondon Review of Books in March 2006, it provoked both howls of outrage and cheers of gratitude for challenging what had been a taboo issue in America: the impact of the Israel lobby on U.S. foreign policy.

Now in a work of major importance, Mearsheimer and Walt deepen and expand their argument and confront recent developments in Lebanon and Iran. They describe the remarkable level of material and diplomatic support that the United States provides to Israel and argues that this support cannot be fully explained on either strategic or moral grounds. This exceptional relationship is due largely to the political influence of a loose coalition of individuals and organizations that actively work to shape U.S. foreign policy in a pro-Israel direction. Mearsheimer and Walt provocatively contend that the lobby has a far-reaching impact on America’s posture throughout the Middle East—in Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, and toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict—and the policies it has encouraged are in neither America’s national interest nor Israel’s long-term interest. The lobby’s influence also affects America’s relationship with important allies and increases dangers that all states face from global jihadist terror.

Writing in The New York Review of Books, Michael Massing declared, “Not since Foreign Affairs magazine published Samuel Huntington’s ‘The Clash of Civilizations?’ in 1993 has an academic essay detonated with such force.” The publication of The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy is certain to widen the debate and to be one of the most talked-about books of the year.
Controversial.” —Terry Gross, Fresh Air, NPR


Praise
“It could not be more timely.” —David Bromwich, The Huffington Post

“The strategic questions they raise now, particularly about Israel’s privileged relationship with the United States, are worth debating.” —David Remnick. The New Yorker

“Ruthlessly realistic.” —William Grimes, The New York Times

“The argument they present is towering and clear and about time.” —Philip Weiss, Mondoweiss.com

“Mearsheimer, a political scientist at the University of Chicago, and Walt, on the faculty at Harvard, set off a political firestorm.” —Jay Solomon, The Wall Street Journal.com

“Promises controversy on a scale not seen since Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations sought to reframe a new world order.” —Stefan Halper, National Interest.com

“Deals with Middle East policymaking at a time when America’s problems in that region surpass our problems anywhere else . . . People are definitely arguing about it. It’s also the kind of book you do not have to agree with on every count (I certainly don’t) to benefit from reading.” —MJ Rosenberg, Israel Policy Forum Newsletter

Macmillan: The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy: John J. Mearsheimer, Stephen M. Walt: Books






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People like you put me in a moral, intellectual conundrum

You are at the root, a hate filled anti Semite

Yet, I happen to agree, that fanatical Zionism is the reason we find ourselves in a war with terrorists, as well as the single biggest threat to world peace (fanatical by the way, is not as rare as some might think.,..see Joe Leiberman)

It is too bad the so many of the messengers of this truth, come in such an offensive package (Nothing personal)

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Argue with some..IGNORE the stupid

Yeah it hurts, you have been fucked by an Elephant !

"Happamia, sanoi kettu pihlajanmarjoista kun ei niihin yltänyt" ("Sour, said the fox about rowan berries, being unable to reach them"

Terrorism is a zionist invention.
Either you are a naif speciman
or an hypocrit or both.
You give what you receive..
The jews in this forum are all zionists..
They insult,distort and lie...
How can you respect this sh..?

Writing in The New York Review of Books, Michael Massing declared, “Not since Foreign Affairs magazine published Samuel Huntington’s ‘The Clash of Civilizations?’ in 1993 has an academic essay detonated with such force.” The publication of The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy is certain to widen the debate and to be one of the most talked-about books of the year.
Controversial.” —Terry Gross, Fresh Air,

To smart makesacomeback:

Terrorism is a zionist invention.
Either you are a naif speciman
or an hypocrit or both.
You give what you receive..
The jews in this forum are all zionists..
They insult,distort and lie...
How can you respect this sh..?

The jews here are all the product of the Talmud.

Sorry, but I do make a distinction between radical and fanatical Zionists, and Jews and non Jews who believe that the State of Israel has a right to exist as a member of the world community

So while I am pro Palestinian statehood and disagree with much of Israelis’ foreign policy, I wont be joining the Nazi horde

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Argue with some..IGNORE the stupid

Yeah it hurts, you have been fucked by an Elephant !

"Happamia, sanoi kettu pihlajanmarjoista kun ei niihin yltänyt" ("Sour, said the fox about rowan berries, being unable to reach them"

The nazism is dead..but has been replaced
by the zio-nazists.
Comparing nazism to zionism ,you come
to the conclution the second is worst
than the first.
Arnold Toynbee said the jews are fossils.

Can you answer this question ...
Aipac is pushing US to attack Iran .
Americans are fed up with the Iraqi war.
Is Aipac succeds ,will the Americans react ?
Aigaint whom they will react?
How far could go this reaction ?
Your answer ,please.

Is this a nazi question ?