{"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&#8217;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":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","iawp_total_views":2,"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","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_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}]}}