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News & opinions from a Palestinian-American
living & working in Ramallah/Al-Bireh, Palestine

BY TOPIC: Stephen M. Walt

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“The Occupation of the American Mind” documentary looks at Israel’s public relations war in the USA

“The Occupation of the American Mind” documentary looks at Israel’s public relations war in the USA

Over the past few years, Israel’s ongoing military occupation of Palestinian territory and repeated invasions of the Gaza strip have triggered a fierce backlash against Israeli policies virtually everywhere in the world — except the United States. The Occupation of the American Mind takes an eye-opening look at this critical exception, zeroing in on pro-Israel public relations efforts within the U.S.


“The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy” by  John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt [Recommended]

“The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy” by  John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt [Recommended]

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. Originally published in 2007, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, by John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Stephen M. Walt of Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, provoked both howls of outrage and cheers of gratitude for challenging what had been a taboo issue in America: the impact of the Israel lobby on U.S. foreign policy. A work of major importance, it remains as relevant today as it was in the immediate aftermath of the Israel-Lebanon war of 2006.