The Israel Lobby (Marije Meerman, VPRO Backlight 2007)

For many years now the American foreign policy has been characterized by the strong tie between the United States and Israel. Does the United States in fact keep Israel on its feet? And how long will it continue to do so? In March 2006 the American political scientists John Mearsheimer (University of Chicago) and Steve Walt (Harvard) published the controversial article 'The Israel Lobby and US foreign policy'. In it they state that it is not, or no longer, expedient for the US to support and protect present-day Israel. The documentary sheds light on both parties involved in the discussion: those who wish to maintain the strong tie between the US and Israel, and those who were critical of it and not infrequently became 'victims' of the lobby. The question arises to what extend the pro-Israel lobby ultimately determines the military and political importance of Israel itself. Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson (Colin Powell's former chief-of-staff) explains how the lobby's influence affects the decision-making structure in the White House.
With political scientist John Mearsheimer, neocon Richard Perle, lobby organization AIPAC, televangelist John Hagee, historian Tony Judt, Human Rights Watch director Kenneth Roth, colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, Democrat Earl Hilliard, Israeli peace negotiator Daniel Levy and investigative journalist Michael Massing.

Research: William de Bruijn
Director: Marije Meerman

For more information visit http://www.vpro.nl/programma/tegenlic...

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[Steven Crotzer]

AIPAC needs to go. Someone explain to me, please, how supporting Israel is in any way supports the best interests of the USA?

[T6219]

israel is a terrorist state

israel is a pirate state Jeg elsker historie/viden

israel is an apartheid state author researcher

israel is an illegal state

israel is not the US ally, it's the BOSS

[Douglas Wilson]

I agree

[QFT2]

Though I don't have anything against any group of people, I believe that I may have run afoul of this powerful J-Lobby. My rational, logical, persistent defense of Global climate change and my research into ETs has brought down upon me the wrath of this lobby and the entire government.

For the whole story please read my website:

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[Douglas Wilson]

Federal Reserve Occupation Movement Demands 1 - We want a Free Press.  We want a Free Press. We want a Free Press in America. 2 - You can have your Immoral Corrupt Noncompetitive Fiat Currency Cartel "Federal Reserve" 3 - Abolish Legal tender law's & allow Local Competing Currency's based off of Commodities.

[Douglas Wilson]

4 - We want a Non interest Bearing United States Treasury Note based off of John F Kennedy's Silver Certificate Executive Order 11110 or a Dr Ron Paul Gold Certificate.Redeemable for a Commodity. 5 - Abolish the Internal Revenue Service. 6 - No Personal Income Tax.

[Douglas Wilson]

7 - No property Tax. 8 - Abolish Ethanol distilling laws. 9 - We Demand a Seventeen party system with the same television time Also with the exact same Public Funding.

10 - All American party's have to write a transparent twenty two character master thesis on how too protect and isolate our economy parallel to how Israel Has "Start from Zero. No Free Trade".

[Douglas Wilson]

11 - End all foreign Aid.

12 - Abolish Gambling.

14 - Abolish Mandatory Car Insurance.

15 - Deport all illegal Aliens.

16 - Public Option Only.

[Douglas Wilson]

17 - End Marijuana Prohibition.

18 - Abolish Electoral System in Favor of a Straight National Ballot with a traceable Paper Receipt.

19 - Ten year Ban on all Imported Products.

20 - End all Speculation on Future Commodities Markets

[Douglas Wilson]

21 - No American Border Police can be of South American or Canadian Descent.

22 - Abolish all Government Subsidy.

23 - Stop Israeli Government / Cartels from using Israel's "Big Ears" Satellite Based Radio Frequency Weapons against Innocent American Citizens.

24 - Four year term limits for Congressman & Senators



25 - Pass a Robert Kennedy Law classifying A.I.P.A.C. as foreign Agents of Israel

[pask54]

as usual youtube is censoring . T6219 is correct. As usual, there is a jew troll spewing filth at anyone who doesn't like them. Christ himself called them the children of satan and they murdered him for it. They hijacked the bible by having scofield rewrite parts that said they were the chosen. The amish bible says no such thing!

[adi2777]

Typical unintelligent, frustrated, pointless & angry response from a socialist dope.