The power of the ‘Israel Lobby’ in the U.S. and Canada

“In the US for instance, candid critical discussion of Israeli policies in the media is overly self-censored. Unlike EU and even Israeli papers, there is no single US nationally syndicated columnist in any major newspaper who openly challenges Israel or its lobby… True American public opinion vis-à-vis Israel can be validated only after its political emancipation from Israel’s lobby.”


 Or as Mearsheimer and Walt said in their famous report on the Israel Lobby, it “…strives to ensure that public discourse portrays Israel in a positive light, by repeating myths about its founding and by promoting its point of view in policy debates. The goal is to prevent critical comments from getting a fair hearing in the political arena. Controlling the debate is essential to guaranteeing US support, because a candid discussion of US-Israeli relations might lead Americans to favour a different policy.” Emphasis added -JG .... http://www.jeff-goodall.com