The Israel Lobby

This was a long read for me, but quite informative also. According to the article, since the 1973 October War, Washing has given Israel more support, both economic and military, than any other state. Israel is also the only state to get this support in one lump sum. The other states are divided up into quarterly installments. The US also gives Israel access to critical intelligence no other country has access too. This is really disturbing news.

Jewish Americans are also influencing the US Government with a group called the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). This is the strongest and most influential group of them all. Unfortunately this group has a strong influence on Congress where critics will fall silent when Israeli problems arise and will not debate any issues pertaining to Israel. This makes you wonder who really is running the government....the US or Israel.

News reports are also effected and can't be as objective as they should because of the difficulty in covering events in the Occupied Territories would involve acknowledging Israel's actions. Even the radio station NPR was boycotted for going against Israeli sympathies.

This is very disturbing to think one country can have so much influence over our own country. I thought we were supposed to be a democracy, but in view of this information it realy makes you wonder who really is running this country. There was even a part about intimidating scholars and keeping close vigils on academics using students to litterally rat on the professors.