THE ISRAEL LOBBY & AMERICAN POLICY 2018
March 2, 2018 at the National Press Club, Washington, DC
"So what explains the special relationship if there is no strategic or moral imperative and if most Americans do not favor it?
Our answer, of course, is the lobby." -
John Mearsheimer
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Dale Sprusansky:
Conference Organizer Welcoming Remarks.
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Grant F. Smith:
An Overview of the Israel Lobby Agenda.
PANEL: ISRAEL, THE LOBBY AND THE U.N.
Dr. Virginia Tilley:
Does the U.S. Support an Apartheid State?
Ian Williams:
The Israel Lobby and the U.N.
Noura Erakat:
How Support for Israel’s Violations of International Law Puts the U.S. on the Wrong Side of History.
PANEL: SUPPRESSING FREE SPEECH
Dr. Barry Trachtenberg:
Challenging the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act: Pushing Back Against Jewish Exceptionalist Politics.
Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi:
How and Why the Israel Lobby Is Suppressing Free Speech and Academic Freedom on College Campuses.
Q/A
Thomas R. Getman:
When and How Did Evangelicals Become Zionists?
KEYNOTE: Gideon Levy:
The Zionist Tango: Step Left, Step Right.
Q/A
Andrew Kadi:
The Palestinian BDS Campaign: What It Is, How It Is Growing, and Why the Efforts to Stop It Will Fail.
Ali Abunimah:
Israeli versus Russian Media Influence.
PANEL: AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
Jefferson Morley:
CIA and Mossad: Tradeoffs in the Formation of the U.S.-Israel Strategic Relationship.
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson:
Is the U.S. Ramping up its Military Presence in Syria and Preparing to Attack Iran for Israel?
Q/A
Delinda Hanley & Grant F. Smith
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