Mearsheimer, Walt to discuss lobby's impact on U.S. response to Lebanon war
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- On Monday, August 28, the Council
on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will host a panel discussion on "The
Israel Lobby and the U.S. Response to the War in Lebanon" at the National
Press Club in Washington, D.C. The panel will feature Professors John
Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, authors of a recent Harvard University paper
titled "The Israel Lobby."
In that paper, the authors stated: "Other special-interest groups have
managed to skew foreign policy, but no lobby has managed to divert it as
far from what the national interest would suggest, while simultaneously
convincing Americans that US interests and those of the other country -- in
this case, Israel -- are essentially identical.
SEE: http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n06/mear01_.html
WHAT: The Israel Lobby and the U.S. Response to the War in Lebanon
WHEN: Monday, August 28, 2006, 1-2:30 p.m.
WHERE: Holeman Lounge, National Press Club, 529 14th Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C.
RSVP: Admission is free, but seating is limited. E-mail irahman@cair.com
to reserve a seat. Admittance by confirmed reservation only.
"For America to be regarded as an honest broker in the Middle East, we
must disengage our policies in that region from the dictates of the
pro-Israel lobby," said CAIR Board Chairman Parvez Ahmed.
He noted that public attitudes about the influence of the Israel lobby
are changing. He cited a commentary in today's New Jersey Star-Ledger in
which that newspaper's national political correspondent stated: "Bush must
abandon his policy of unconditional support for Israel in favor of an
even-handed one that might gain him credibility in the region as a more or
less honest broker. And the best way to move Bush in that direction is by
abandoning the unofficial taboo in this country on questioning Israel or
our policy toward that country."
SEE: End the Taboo on Challenging Israel (Star-Ledger)
http://www.nj.com/columns/ledger/farmer/index.ssf?/base/columns-
0/1155875417226840.xml&coll=1
Ahmed said recent studies also show that a majority of Americans favor
neutrality in the Middle East conflict.
SEE: Zogby Poll: U.S. Should Be Neutral in Lebanon War
http://bbsnews.net/article.php/20060818002645439
SEE: Poll: Americans Support Mideast Cease-Fire
http://cair.com/default.asp?Page=articleView&id=2246&theType=NR
CAIR, America's largest Islamic civil liberties group, has 32 offices
and chapters nationwide and in Canada.
CONTACT: CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper,
202-488-8787 or 202-744-7726, E-Mail: ihooper@cair-net.org
SOURCE Council on American-Islamic Relations
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CONTACT:
Ibrahim Hooper, CAIR National Communications
Director, +1-202-488-8787, or +1-202-744-7726, or
ihooper@cair-net.org
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