The Israel lobby: Does it have too much influence over US foreign policy?

In September, the London review of books hosted a debate at the Cooper union , New york city. The debate was a follow up on the article published in London review of books in March, by John Mearesheimer and Stephen Walt, this of course being an edited version of their controversial and much talked about researchpaper - The Israel lobby and U.S. foreign policy both of which can be found in one of my earlier postings at the diwan.

The panel was a very distunguished one made up by former Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Shlomo Ben-Ami, Martyn Indyk,Dennis Ross,Tony Judt, Rashid Khalidi and John Mearsheimer himself, the event was moderated by Anne-Marie Slaughter.

The debate can now be viewed in full on the net - and you find it here.

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