The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy | Book Review
Fanatical Jewish settlers in disputed territories are forcibly removed by Israeli police.
BY JOHN MEARSHEIMER AND STEPHEN M. WALT
Dateline: September 2, 2007
Reviewed by Max Hastings/ Timesonline
Five years ago, Atlantic Monthly commissioned two academics, John Mearsheimer of Chicago University and Stephen Walt of Harvard, to write a significant article about the influence of the Israeli lobby on American foreign policy. When the piece was at last completed, the magazine declined to publish, deeming it too hot for delicate American palates. It eventually appeared in 2005, in the London Review of Books, provoking one of the most bitter media and academic rows of recent times. The authors were accused of antisemitism, and attacked with stunning venom by some prominent US commentators. Mearsheimer and Walt obviously like a fight, however, for they have now expanded their thesis into a book. [Read more →]
