Talk:Pro-Israel lobby

"The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy"
Abstract, from source: In this paper, John J. Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago's Department of Political Science and Stephen M.Walt of Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government contend that the centerpiece of U.S. Middle East policy is its intimate relationship with Israel. The authors argue that although often justified as reflecting shared strategic interests or compelling moral imperatives, the U.S. commitment to Israel is due primarily to the activities of the “Israel Lobby." This paper goes on to describe the various activities that pro-Israel groups have undertaken in order to shift U.S. foreign policy in a pro-Israel direction.

AIPAC makes U.S. act against own interests -- "WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Two of America's top scholars have published a searing attack on the role and power of Washington's pro-Israel lobby in a British journal, warning that its "decisive" role in fomenting the Iraq war is now being repeated with the threat of action against Iran. And they say that the lobby is so strong that they doubt their article would be accepted in any U.S.-based publication."

Professor John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago, is author of "The Tragedy of Great Power Politics." Professor Stephen Walt is Academic Dean and Professor of International Affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He is author of "Taming American Power: The Global Response to U.S. Primacy."

also:
 * http://counterpunch.com/massad03252006.html
 * http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0324/dailyUpdate.html