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

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“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.


Hamas’ Shock and Awe

Hamas’ Shock and Awe

The recent overrunning of Gaza by Hamas militants was the equivalent to the United States’ Shock and Awe campaign in Iraq.  Both campaigns were conducted outside the realm of international law and were violent and brutal, albeit each relative to their respective resources and internal contexts; both claimed to be ‘preemptive’ in nature; and both events placed the Palestinian people and struggle for national liberation in even a more precarious position.