Harvard "working paper": The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

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The views expressed in the KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series are those of the author(s) and do not
necessarily reflect those of the John F. Kennedy School of Government or Harvard University.

Instead, the overall thrust of U.S. policy in the region is due almost entirely to U.S. domestic politics, and especially to the activities of the “Israel Lobby.” Other special interest groups have managed to skew U.S. foreign policy in directions they favored, but no lobby has managed to divert U.S. foreign policy as far from what the American national interest would otherwise suggest, while simultaneously convincing Americans that U.S. and Israeli interests are essentially identical.1

In the pages that follow, we describe how the Lobby has accomplished this feat, and how its activities have shaped America’s actions in this critical region. Given the strategic importance of the Middle East and its potential impact on others, both Americans and non‐Americans need to understand and address the Lobby’s influence on U.S. policy.

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=891198

[Jacobin]

1. Shhhhhhhhhhhh. You can't talk about that here

You'd be called 'anti-' something or other and you would be required to slink away

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Thank you. I have the same position and you confirmed my points.

[Burried News]

3. The link is 83 pages and excellent so far. I'm on P34

It is like it was written on DU, Truthout or Common Dreams. No wonder there was a war going on at Harvard. On Page 29, these authors are saying the war was for Israeli security.

[Emit]

6. LOL. n/t

[The Backlash Cometh]

7. Yes, we're APILs

Anti pro-Israel Lobbyists

[Burried News]

4. Thank you. We need one more recommendation.

[RBHam]

5. I thought Israel was the 51st state...

Why do people act surprised?

[Emit]

8. An edited and reworked version of this paper

entitled The Israel Lobby, here.
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n06/mear01_.html

[cantstandbush]

9. Get to the links quickly. This is sure to be locked shortly.

Thanks for the post.

[Boojatta]

10. Would you support removal of term limits for the President of the US

if it were part of a package of Constitutional amendments including outlawing the Israel lobby in the US?