The Israel Lobby & U.S. Foreign Policy - Documentary

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Dutch documentary about the Israel lobby (particularly AIPAC) in the USA and the situation in the Middle East.

Featuring interviews with Prof. John Mearsheimer, geostrategist Lawrence Wikerson, Richard Perle, historian and critic Tony Judt, John Hagee, former Congressman Earl Hilliard, Kenneth Roth of Human Rights Watch, Michael Massing and Daniel Levy.

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A little old (2003), but still useful lesson for any American politician who dares to stray from the staunchly pro-Israel position:

Howard Dean's Israel problem - Salon.com

few issues in American politics are as sensitive as Israel, making a mere hint of dissent from the AIPAC line politically hazardous
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Dean is seen as having deviated from the narrow parameters in which Israel can be discussed in American politics. That threatens to slow his momentum, dampen his fundraising and tarnish his political reputation.

Dean's Israel troubles began at a Sept. 3 campaign event in Santa Fe, N.M. When it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, he said that day, "It's not our place to take sides." Then, on Sept. 9, he told the Washington Post that America should be "evenhanded" in its approach to the region.
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If Dean's Israel position really puts him far out on the left, it proves that not showing unequivocal support for the Jewish state remains a political poison pill -- for members of either political party.
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Dean's wife, Dr. Judy Steinberg Dean, and children are Jewish