NPR: On 'The Israel Lobby'


	NPR: On 'The Israel Lobby'

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9-18-2007 11:48 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ce7b9cb5-7abe-4a2a-924d-4c0ea5915303/1F66E05D-F3EB-440F-8178-597AAE271C3D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14154082" href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14154082" style="font-size: 11px;">www.npr.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14154082"><P><SPAN class="program"><EM><A href="http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=13">Fresh Air from WHYY</A>, </EM></SPAN><SPAN class="date">September 4, 2007 · </SPAN>                         In <EM>The Israel Lobby</EM>, which grew out of a <A target="_BLANK" href="http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n06/mear01_.html">controversial 2006 article</A> in the <EM>London Review of Books</EM>, Stephen Walt and co-author John Mearsheimer examine the impact of the Israel lobby on U.S. foreign policy. They argue that American support for Israel cannot be fully explained on either strategic or moral grounds.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14154082"><P class="listentab"><A href="javascript:launchPlayer('14154079', '1', '04-Sep-2007', '&topicName=People___Places&subtopicName=Interviews&prgCode=FA&hubId=-1&thingId=14154082&ssid=&tableModifier=', 'RM,WM');" class="listen"><IMG width="67" height="16" align="left" src="http://download.npr.org/anon.npr-www/chrome/icon_listen.gif" alt="Listen to this story..." /></A> </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14154082"><P>Walt teaches international affairs at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14154082"><P><SPAN class="program"><EM><A href="http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=3">Morning Edition</A>, </EM></SPAN><SPAN class="date">April 21, 2006 · </SPAN>                         When two prominent American professors published their research on the U.S. relationship with Israel, their conclusions set off a firestorm of debate. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14154082"><P>           Mearsheimer and Walt's essay appeared in the <A target="_BLANK" href="http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n06/mear01_.html">London Review of Books </A>on March 23. An unedited version of the paper is posted on Harvard's Web site.
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