The Israel Lobby:
Video Documentary - VPRO
For many years now the
American foreign policy
has been characterized
by the strong tie
between the United
States and Israel. Does
the United States in
fact keep Israel on its
feet? And how long will
it continue to do so?
In March 2006 the
American political
scientists John
Mearsheimer (University
of Chicago) and Steve
Walt (Harvard) published
the controversial
article 'The Israel
Lobby and US foreign
policy'. In it they
state that it is not, or
no longer, expedient for
the US to support and
protect present-day
Israel. The documentary
sheds light on both
parties involved in the
discussion: those who
wish to maintain the
strong tie between the
US and Israel, and those
who were critical of it
and not infrequently
became 'victims' of the
lobby.
The question arises to
what extend the
pro-Israel lobby
ultimately determines
the military and
political importance of
Israel itself. Colonel
Lawrence Wilkerson
(Colin Powell's former
chief-of-staff) explains
how the lobby's
influence affects the
decision-making
structure in the White
House.
With political scientist
John Mearsheimer, neocon
Richard Perle, lobby
organization AIPAC,
televangelist John Hagee,
historian Tony Judt,
Human Rights Watch
director Kenneth Roth,
colonel Lawrence
Wilkerson, Democrat Earl
Hilliard, Israeli peace
negotiator Daniel Levy
and investigative
journalist Michael
Massing.
Research: William de
Bruijn
Director: Marije Meerman
http://www.vpro.nl/programma/tegenlicht/afleveringen/34338524/
