{"id":6539,"date":"2018-11-02T18:58:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/?p=6539"},"modified":"2025-01-26T19:51:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T17:51:58","slug":"the-lobby-usa-a-leaked-al-jazeera-investigation-exposing-israels-influence-on-us-politicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2018\/11\/the-lobby-usa-a-leaked-al-jazeera-investigation-exposing-israels-influence-on-us-politicians\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Lobby (USA)&#8221;, a leaked Al-Jazeera investigation exposing Israel&#8217;s influence on US politicians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/al-jazeera-the-lobby-documentary-768x1024.png\" alt=\"Al-Jazeera Investigations: The Lobby (UK &amp; US versions)\" class=\"wp-image-6541\" style=\"width:298px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/al-jazeera-the-lobby-documentary-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/al-jazeera-the-lobby-documentary-480x640.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 768px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In late 2018, online Palestinian news site The Electronic Intifada obtained a complete copy of&nbsp;<em>The Lobby \u2013&nbsp;USA<\/em>, a four-part undercover investigation by Al Jazeera into Israel\u2019s covert influence campaign in the United&nbsp;States, made during 2016 and was completed in October&nbsp;2017 but <a href=\"https:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/blogs\/asa-winstanley\/al-jazeera-denies-qatari-emir-censored-israel-lobby-film\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">censored<\/a>&nbsp;after Qatar, the gas-rich Gulf emirate that funds Al Jazeera, came under intense&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/content\/national-security-cited-reason-al-jazeera-nixed-israel-lobby-film\/24566\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Israel lobby pressure<\/a>&nbsp;not to air the&nbsp;film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Electronic Intifada <a href=\"https:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/content\/watch-film-israel-lobby-didnt-want-you-see\/25876\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">released the leaked film<\/a> simultaneously with France\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Orient&nbsp;XXI<\/em>&nbsp;and Lebanon\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Al-Akhbar<\/em>, which have respectively subtitled the episodes in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/orientxxi.info\/magazine\/un-documentaire-interdit-sur-le-lobby-pro-israelien-aux-etats-unis,2715\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">French<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/al-akhbar.com\/Home_Page\/261149\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arabic<\/a>. The four English episodes of Al-Jazeera's <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Lobby\u2014USA<\/span> are embedded below. Read more about the strange passage of this documentary here on The Electronic Intifada: <a href=\"https:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/tags\/lobby-usa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/tags\/lobby-usa<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode 1: The Covert War<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Lobby - USA, episode 1\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3lSjXhMUVKE?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode 2: Managing Elites<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Lobby - USA, episode 2\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XytkI7afHcQ?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode 3: The Witch Hunt<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Lobby - USA, episode 3\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mm-Dm4pO0xY?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode 4: Marketing Occupation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Lobby - USA, episode 4\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_1OgxfCT044?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-sam-bahour-blog-on-epalestine-ps wp-block-embed-sam-bahour-blog-on-epalestine-ps\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"55S566FqpZ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2017\/01\/epalestine-al-jazeera-investigations\">&#8220;The Lobby (UK)&#8221; &#8211; An absolute MUST WATCH from Al-Jazeera Investigations!<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;&#8220;The Lobby (UK)&#8221; &#8211; An absolute MUST WATCH from Al-Jazeera Investigations!&#8221; &#8212; Sam Bahour Blog on ePalestine.ps\" src=\"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2017\/01\/epalestine-al-jazeera-investigations\/embed#?secret=URAg3I4OUh#?secret=55S566FqpZ\" data-secret=\"55S566FqpZ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In late 2018, online Palestinian news site The Electronic Intifada obtained a complete copy of\u00a0The Lobby \u2013\u00a0USA, a four-part undercover investigation by Al Jazeera into Israel\u2019s covert influence campaign in the United\u00a0States, made during 2016 and was completed in October\u00a02017 but censored\u00a0after Qatar, the gas-rich Gulf emirate that funds Al Jazeera, came under intense\u00a0Israel lobby pressure\u00a0not to air the\u00a0film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6412,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[926],"tags":[991,992,1043,318,1041,1042],"ppma_author":[936],"class_list":["post-6539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-documentaries","tag-al-jazeera","tag-the-american-israel-public-affairs-committee-aipac","tag-censorship","tag-congress","tag-the-electronic-intifada","tag-the-israel-lobby-documentary"],"authors":[{"term_id":936,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"sambahour","display_name":"Sam Bahour","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bca109c333bf6d8ae807746dd512adde46265d37c923f6cd0fc4aab437f8e9aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"1","first_name":"Sam","last_name":"Bahour","user_url":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour","job_title":"","description":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sam Bahour<\/strong> is a Palestinian-American business consultant, writer, and commentator based in Al-Bireh\/Ramallah, Palestine. He is the principal of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aim.ps\/\">Applied Information Management (AIM)<\/a>, a consultancy specializing in business development and startup advisory services.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bahour played a foundational role in establishing two of Palestine\u2019s publicly traded companies: the Palestine Telecommunications Company (PALTEL) and the Arab Palestinian Shopping Centers (APSC). He co-founded Americans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy (A4VPE), of which he is now an emeritus member, and served as an independent director on the board of Arab Islamic Bank P.L.C. from 2004 to 2025. He currently serves on the board of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justvision.org\/\">Just Vision<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mas.ps\">The Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS)<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He frequently gives talks to delegations visiting Palestine on the subjects of Palestine\u2019s political economy, Palestinian Politics 101, and a general orientation to the state of affairs under Israeli military occupation.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A prolific writer on Palestinian affairs, Bahour has been published in major international outlets including The New York Times, The Guardian, Haaretz, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, Al Jazeera America, Le Monde diplomatique, Al-Monitor, +972 Magazine, The Hill, and Arab News. He has appeared as a commentator on NPR, CNN, BBC, and other broadcast media.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bahour is the co-editor of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Homeland-Oral-Histories-Palestine-Palestinians\/dp\/1566561329\/ref=la_B00HBW71SO_1_1\">Homeland: Oral Histories of Palestine and Palestinians<\/a><\/em> (Olive Branch Press, 1993) and was profiled in the bestselling anthology <em><a href=\"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2017\/06\/epalestine-kingdom-of-olives-and-ash\/\">Kingdom of Olives and Ash<\/a><\/em>, edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, in a chapter authored by Chabon titled \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/lithub.com\/the-tallest-man-in-ramallah\/\">The Tallest Man in Ramallah<\/a>.\u201d He holds an Associate\u2019s and Bachelor\u2019s degree in Computer Technology from Youngstown State University, and a Kellogg-Recanati International Executive MBA \u2014 a joint program of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Recanati Business School at Tel Aviv University.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He tweets at <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SamBahour\">@SamBahour<\/a>, blogs at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epalestine.ps\">www.epalestine.ps<\/a>, and may be reached at sbahour[AT]gmail[DOT]com.<\/p>"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6539"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6550,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6539\/revisions\/6550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6539"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=6539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}