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NATIONAL SUMMIT TO REASSESS THE U.S. - ISRAEL 'SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP'

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Washington, DC - March 7, 2014 8AM-5PM at the National Press Club

 
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  Watch video of the entire program on C-SPAN

 

PROGRAM / SPEAKERS VIDEO AUDIO
1. How does the Israel lobby influence Congress? C-SPAN Segment

  

Paul Findley - Should the executive outmaneuver Congress to save Palestine and Israel?  

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Janet McMahon - The Israel lobby network and coordinated PACs that finance U.S. elections.  

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Cynthia McKinney - In the Israel lobby's cross-hairs.  

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Delinda Hanley - U.S. aid to Israel in numbers.  

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Questions and Answers  

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2. Does Israel and its lobby exercise too much influence on U.S. decisions to wage war in the Middle East? C-SPAN Segment

 

Stephen Sniegoski - Neoconservatives and the Iraq War.  

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Karen Kwiatkowski - Inside the Pentagon's "Office of Special Plans."  

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Gareth Porter - The "manufactured crisis" and drive for U.S. / Israel military actions against Iran.  

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Brigadier General (ret) James J. David - How does U.S. military aid to Israel impact relations with other U.S. allies?  

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3. Does the "special relationship" transcend rule of law? C-SPAN Segment

 

Grant F. Smith - A brief history of unprosecuted Israeli foreign agent, smuggling and espionage cases.  

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Ernie Gallo - The U.S.S Liberty: what really happened? What did not?  

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Mark Perry - Mossad poses as CIA? No-holds-barred national security reporting in the current environment.  

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M.E. "Spike" Bowman - The Jonathan Pollard Affair: what does it mean and what does it not mean?  

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Questions and Answers   MP3
   

 

4. History: How did the "special relationship" come to be? C-SPAN Segment

 

Stephen Walt - The "special relationship" and what has changed since publication of "The Israel Lobby" book   MP3
Geoffrey Wawro- Key findings from the book "Quicksand" and what happens to historians who revise history.  

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John Quigley - 1967, international law and cost of U.S. support for the occupation.  

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Alison Weir - Findings from the new book "Against Our Better Judgment"  

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Questions and Answers   MP3
   

 

5. Has the lobby captured political parties and news media? C-SPAN Segment

 

Jeff Blankfort - Are there Israel lobby gatekeepers and damage control squads on the Left?  

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Allen Brownfeld - The ACJ and battles over Zionism inside Jewish social welfare organizations.  

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Justin Raimondo - Has the Israel lobby captured the Right?  

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Scott McConnell - Did Neoconservatives take over GOP foreign policy?  

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Philip Weiss - What is changing in "permissible" mainstream public debate—and what is not?  

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Questions and Answers   MP3
   

 

6. Is Israel really a U.S. ally?  C-SPAN Segment

 

Paul Pillar - Are threats to Israel's security inflated to justify occupation and U.S. support?  

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Ray McGovern - Does Israel act like a U.S. ally?  

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Philip Giraldi - Is Israel a U.S. ally?  

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  1. Backgrounder: history and current situation in the Middle Eas

 

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