The Israel lobby and U.S. foreign policy
by John J. Mearsheimer, Stephen M. Walt, Ignacio Morera de la Val Antón, Francesc Massana Cabré · first published 1986
56% recommend44% neutral
Why HN recommends it
Argues that U.S. support for Israel is shaped by domestic lobbying and compares this influence with other countries' lobbies. It offers a structured explanation of the subject.
Summarised by Claude from recommending comments
Does America's pro-Israel lobby wield inappropriate control over US foreign policy? This book has created a storm of controversy by bringing out into the open America's relationship with the Israel lobby: a loose coalition of individuals and organizations that actively work to shape foreign policy in a way that is profoundly damaging both to the United States and Israel itself.Israel is an important, valued American ally, yet Mearsheimer and Walt show that, by encouraging unconditional US financial and diplomatic support for Israel and promoting the use of its power to remake the Middle East,
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What do people really think about Mearsheimer's book? (John Mearsheimer, co-author of "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy") His analysis and interpretation of the Jewish lobby provide excellent answers to a lot of questions. Perhaps this is a topic that isn't easy to discuss openly? I don't want to make a sweeping statement…
on “How the war on terror primed America for autocracy” ↗Mearsheimer & Walt (2007): The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy This is the standard source on the topic. They compare the dynamics vs other countries like Russia
There is a whole book written on the corrosive nature of the Israeli lobby on US foreign policy by Stephen Walt and John J. Mearsheimer. A shorter working paper version of it is . "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP06-011, March 2006. As for Adelson, just look up her Wikipedia... she owns Israel Hayom, Israel's largest newspaper, and is a major supporter of current…
And to anyone who doesn't buy this comment, I strongly suggest "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy" by Mearsheimer.
on “Trump agrees to suspend 'bombing and attack of Iran' for 2 weeks” ↗Correct. My understanding is that there's no individual lobby group in America with more influence on foreign policy than AIPAC. The book The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy is a great read which fairly and methodically outlines how this influence works and what effects it's had on American policy, spanning decades.
There have been many books written on the subject, as in my previous comment, I suggested The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy. It's not antisemitic or even remotely conspiratorial to acknowledge that Israel and Israeli-Americans have been very successful in exerting influence on the federal government. I think it's bad-faith…
It's both. I used to be angry about Israel, but no longer see the point of it. Being critical of Israel is political suicide in the US. That's just how it is. See The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt (2007). But be careful about discussing it.
on “U.S. blacklists Huawei” ↗There is a book, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy (by two political scientists), that argues the Jewish/Israeli lobby is one of the most powerful, if not the most powerful, in the US. From Amazon: "Mearsheimer and Walt, political scientists at the University…
on “What Every Government (Except One) Doesn't Get About Startups” ↗…unprecedented threat from a rival pro-peace pressure group that is vying for the ear of President Barack Obama. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel... http://archive.is/kDcM0 The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy: Expanding on their notorious 2006 article in the London Review of Books, the authors increase the megatonnage of their explosive claims about the malign influence of the pro-Israel lobby on the U.S.…
…Book Award; Nuclear Deterrence: Ethics and Strategy (co-editor, 1985); Liddell Hart and the Weight of History (1988); The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2001), which won the Lepgold Book Prize; The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy (2007); and Why Leaders Lie: The Truth About Lying in International Politics (2011). His articles have appeared in academic journals like International Security and popular magazines like the London Review…