Confronting 'The Israel Lobby'

For people who say their ideas can't get heard, those who contend "the Israel Lobby" has a poisonous grip on American foreign policy are getting a lot of airtime these days.

Stephen Walt, co-author of "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy," appeared on National Public Radio's "Fresh Air" on Tuesday. Another NPR program, "On Point," featured Mr. Walt of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and his writing partner, John Mearsheimer of the ... Full Story »

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Kaizar Campwala
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by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

The New York Sun has a well known reputation as being strongly pro-Israel newspaper. As such, the bias tone of this article does not surprise. Having read/listened to numerous interviews with Walt/Mearsheimer and with Foxman, I feel that comparing the two books is itself unfair. The Walt/Mearsheimer book is serious, objective scholarship. The Foxman book is a work of advocacy.

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