Israel Lobby’ Panel Video
ISRAEL LOBBY’ PANEL VIDEO http://www.c-span.org/rss/video.asp?MediaID=26942
War Proof of Israel Lobby’s Power
WAR PROOF OF ISRAEL LOBBY’S POWER Two American scholars have reopened the debate on the power of the so-called Israel lobby over the US Government. Earlier this year the two university professors created a controversy when they wrote that the pro-Israel lobby exerted too much influence over US foreign policy. On Monday they repeated their […]
Israel Critics: Israel Planned Lebanon War
ISRAEL CRITICS: ISRAEL PLANNED LEBANON WAR Israel planned the war in Lebanon months in advance with U.S. approval, according to the authors of a controversial paper on the pro-Israel lobby. Stephen Walt of Harvard University’s Kennedy Center and John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago spoke Monday at a Washington forum hosted by the Council […]
Analysts See ‘Disaster’ in U.S. Position
ANALYSTS SEE ‘DISASTER’ IN U.S. POSITION The authors of a hotly debated study on the influence of the pro-Israel lobby in Washington said yesterday that the Bush administration’s unquestioning support for Israel’s military action in Lebanon confirms their thesis that the power of the lobby hurts both U.S. and Israeli national interests. “Backing Israel to […]
Scholars: Pro-Israel Lobby Warps U.S. Policy
TWO SCHOLARS SAY PRO-ISRAEL LOBBY HAS WARPED U.S. POLICY Two scholars who created a controversy earlier this year when they wrote that the pro-Israel lobby exerted too much influence over U.S. foreign policy said Monday that the recent Israel-Hezbollah war in Lebanon was yet another example of what they view as a dangerous tendency. John […]
Poll: ‘Middle Eastern’ Travelers Should be Singled Out
AMERICANS BACK ANTI-TERRORISM RACIAL PROFILING: POLL BOSTON (Reuters) – Most Americans expect a terrorist attack on the United States in the next few months and support the screening of people who look “Middle Eastern” at airports and train stations, a poll showed on Tuesday. The Quinnipiac University Polling Institute said 62 percent of Americans were […]
CAIR-LA: Bible, Quran Easily Quoted Out of Context
CAIR-LA: BIBLE, QURAN EASILY QUOTED OUT OF CONTEXT Andy McIntosh (“Islamic history, words at odds,” Community Forum, Aug. 24), posed questions to Muslims, and I am more than happy to respond, in efforts to dispel myths about Islam and counter ignorance and Islamophobia. The Quran, like other scriptures, cannot be understood except within its context. […]
CAIR-Chicago: Poor Judgment in `Bomb’ Case
CAIR-CHICAGO: POOR JUDGMENT IN ‘BOMB’ CASE KEEPS GROWING Today, most of the embarrassment and shame falls squarely onto the poor shoulders of Skokie resident Mardin Azad Amin. The 29-year-old native of Iraq has become the subject of worldwide ridicule for an incident earlier this month in which authorities allege that he blurted out a bomb […]
National Faith Leaders to Mark 9/11 with DC ‘Unity Walk’
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NATIONAL FAITH LEADERS TO MARK 9/11 WITH DC ‘UNITY WALK’ WHAT: On September 10, national leaders of a number of faiths will stand shoulder-to-shoulder in a “Unity Walk” on Embassy Row in Washington, D.C., to mark the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 terror […]
Canadian Woman to Head Major Muslim Group
CANADIAN WOMAN TO HEAD MAJOR MUSLIM GROUP The largest Muslim organization in North America has elected a Canadian-born professor as its first female president – a result the group says signals support for women as leaders throughout their community. Ingrid Mattson, a convert to Islam from Catholicism and an Islamic law scholar at Hartford Seminary […]