[lbo-talk] The Banality of anti-Israel Lobby Doctrine

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Aug 6 18:02:49 PDT 2010


On Aug 6, 2010, at 1:08 PM, Eric Beck wrote:


> Well done. I can't shake the feeling that at bottom, the anti-Lobby
> focus is racist, with the belief that Jews are controlling Our
> political process, etc.

It certainly partakes of the classic tropes of anti-Semitism - manipulative cabals controlling forces behind the scenes, etc. And it strangely implies or assumes that the rest of U.S. foreign policy is benign, and support of Israel an exception to the rule.

Doug



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