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National Summit 2014 “1. How does the Israel
lobby influence Congress?”
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(57:54) National
Summit 2014 “2. Does Israel influence U.S.
decisions to wage war?”
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(58:06) National Summit 2014 “3. Does the
Special Relationship Transcend Rule of Law?”
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(57:54) National Summit 2014 “4. How Did the
‘Special Relationship’ Come to Be?”
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(57:59) National Summit 2014 “5. Has the
Israel Lobby Captured Political Parties and
News Media?”
NSLB-6
(58:01) National Summit 2014 “6. Is Israel
really a U.S. ally?”
National Summit to
Reassess the U.S. – Israel Special
Relationship
National Press
Club, Washington, DC, March 7, 2014
1. How does the
Israel lobby influence Congress?
Paul Findley -
Should the Executive outmaneuver Congress to
save Palestine and Israel?
Janet McMahon -
The Israel lobby network and coordinated
PACs that finance U.S. elections.
Cynthia McKinney
- In the Israel lobby's cross-hairs.
Delinda Hanley -
U.S. aid to Israel in numbers.
Panel 1 -
Questions and Answers.
2.
Does Israel and its Lobby Exercise Too Much
Influence on U.S. Decisions to Wage War in
the Middle East?
Stephen
Sniegoski - Neoconservatives and the Iraq
War.
Karen
Kwiatkowski - Inside the Pentagon's "Office
of Special Plans."
Gareth
Porter - The "manufactured crisis" and drive
for U.S. / Israel military actions against
Iran.
Brigadier
General (ret) James J. David - How does U.S.
military aid to Israel impact relations with
other U.S. allies?
3.
Does the "Special relationship" Transcend
Rule of Law?
Grant
F. Smith - A Brief History of Unprosecuted
Israeli Foreign Agent, Smuggling and
Espionage Cases.
Ernie
Gallo - The U.S.S Liberty: What Really
Happened? What Did Not?
Mark
Perry - Mossad Poses as CIA? No-Holds-Barred
National Security Reporting in the Current
Environment.
M.E.
"Spike" Bowman - The Jonathan Pollard
Affair: What Does it Mean and What Does it
Not Mean?
4.
History: How Did the "Special Relationship"
Come to Be?
Stephen
Walt - The "Special Relationship" and What
has Changed Since Publication of "The Israel
Lobby" Book.
Geoffrey
Wawro- Key Findings from the Book
"Quicksand" and What Happens to Historians
Who Revise History.
John
Quigley - 1967, International Law and Cost
of U.S. Support for the Occupation.
Alison
Weir - Findings from the New Book "Against
Our Better Judgment"
5.
Has the Israel Lobby Captured Political
Parties and News Media?
Jeff
Blankfort - Are There Israel Lobby
Gatekeepers and Damage Control Squads on the
Left?
Allan
Brownfeld - The ACJ and Battles over Zionism
inside Jewish Social Welfare Organizations.
Justin
Raimondo - Has the Israel Lobby Captured the
Right?
Scott
McConnell - Did Neoconservatives Take Over
GOP Foreign Policy?
Philip
Weiss - What is Changing in "Permissible"
Mainstream Public Debate—and What is Not?
6. Is
Israel Really a U.S. Ally?
Paul
Pillar - Are Threats to Israel's Security
Inflated to Justify Occupation and U.S.
support?
Ray
McGovern - Does Israel Act Like a U.S. Ally?
Philip
Giraldi - Is Israel a U.S. Ally?
Questions
and Answers
Closing
statements
A historic
non-partisan symposium in which top
diplomatic, military, intelligence,
Congressional, academic, and other experts
discussed the impact on American of U.S.
support for Israel.
Israel is often
considered a key ally for the United States.More
U.S. tax money has been given to Israel than
to any other nation – currently over $8
million per day.The
U.S. provides Israel trading advantages,
loan guarantees, weaponry, technology, and
other perks.At the same time, the U.S. has a long
record of vetoing Security Council
resolutions regarding Israel.
Presented by the
Council for the National Interest, Institute
for Research: Middle Eastern Policy,
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs,and
If Americans Knew.Israel
has been claiming to be the victim, while
spying on, stealing nukes from and attacking
America and lobbying Congress to give them
huge handouts primarily used to cage and
kill the actual Semites - the Palestinians!Must
viewing for every Truther.
