The Israel Lobby Con EXTRA! Podcast
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The following is a presentation made at the 2015 Israel Lobby Con held at the National Press Club.
Paul Findley served the 20th District of Illinois during 11 terms in Congress, from 1961 to 1983.
Findley wrote the very first book to analyze the pervasive influence of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) on U.S. politics, policy, and institutions from the perspective of Congress. Carefully documented with specific case histories, They Dare To Speak Out: People and Institutions Confront Israel’s Lobby reveals how the Israel Lobby helps to shape important aspects of U.S. foreign policy and influences congressional, senatorial, and presidential elections.
First published in 1985 and reprinted several times since, the book criticizes the undue influence AIPAC exerts in the Senate and the House, and the pressure AIPAC brings to bear on university professors and journalists who seem too sympathetic to Arab and Islamic states, or too critical of Israel and its policies. Findley is co-founder of the Council for the National Interest.
The conference is solely sponsored by the American Educational Trust, publisher of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, and the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy (IRmep).
Prof. Kirk J. Beattie: How Congress shapes Middle East policy, and how AIPAC shapes Congress.
Dr. Roger Mattson: Did Israel steal U.S. weapons-grade uranium, and did it have help from U.S. citizens?
Grant F. Smith: Ten ways the Israel lobby ‘moves’ America.
Reza Marashi: The Iran Nuclear Deal
Gareth Porter: The Israel lobby push for war on Iran
Paul Pillar: AIPAC/Netanyahu objectives and the American interest.
Congressman Rick Rahall: How does the Israel lobby influence Congress?
Former AIPAC employee MJ Rosenberg: Is it all about the money?
Gideon Levy: Does unconditional support for Israel endanger Israeli voices?
Miko Peled: How the Lobby enables Israeli policy: Views of an Israeli in America
Ahmad Saadaldin: Overcoming obstacles: Students for Justice in Palestine successes.
Dima Khalidi: Pressures on universities to discipline and punish students and faculty for speech activities.
Amani Al-Khatahtbeh: Daring to speak out on campus.
Dr. Jack Shaheen: The use of cultural stereotypes to shape policy
Dr. Alice Rothchild: Silencing voices that question Israeli actions.
Jeffrey Blankfort: The ADL: Covert action, censure, and courting law-enforcement.
Seth Morrison: From the Jewish National Fund to Jewish Voice for Peace and BDS.
Grant F. Smith: How big is the Lobby and what does it do? An overview of the 501(c) universe.
Roger Waters: ”The positive impact of artist boycotts targeting Israel and how to educate fans.” IsraelLobbyCon 2022
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