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2007-11: interviews, news, events, comment, context

Mearsheimer/Walt, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

 

by Charles Judson Harwood Jr.

 

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< November 2007 >

 

• John Dugard (The Hague), interviewed by David Frost (London) (Al Jazeera English, Frost Over the World, Friday November 2 2007, 6-7pm GMT), YouTube AJ video {8:54, at 0:00-4:30, 20.5mb.flv, flv, search, search, search, search}.

• John Mearsheimer, interviewed October 15 2007 by Ken Nash, Mimi Rosenberg (Pacifica, radio WBAI, Building Bridges, 120 Wall Street 10th Floor, New York City, broadcast Monday November 5 2007, 7-8pm ET), announced, segment audio {27:55, 6.4mb.mp3, rss, source, 25.5mb.mp3, rss, source, archive, rss}, entire hour audio {1:01:00, 10.4mb.mp3, rss, archive}, broadcast by 14 radio stations. “In their new book The Israel Lobby & US Foreign Policy, John Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt contend that the centerpiece of US Middle East policy is its intimate relationship with Israel. The authors argue that the U.S. commitment to Israel is due primarily to the activities of the Israel Lobby.”

• John Mearsheimer, Stephen Walt, André Kaspi, remarks (speech, Q&As), moderated by Jolyon Howorth, “US Policy Towards Israel: In whose interests?” (IFRI: Institut français des relations internationales, CFE: Le Centre français sur les États-Unis, 27 rue de la Procession, Paris Cedex 15, Monday November 5 2007, 6:00-7:30pm CEST) (en: IFRI: French Institute of International Relations, CFE: French Center on the United States), conferences, calendar {pf}, events archive 2007.

• John Mearsheimer, Stephen Walt, remarks (speech, Q&As), moderated by Michael Cox (professor of international relations), “The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy” (LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science, CWSC: Cold War Studies Centre, Old Theatre, Old Building, Houghton Street, London WC2A, Tuesday November 6 2007, 6:30-8:00pm) (events), LSE audio {1:30:10, Q&As at 40:46, 20.6mb.mp3, source, archive, transcripts, rss}, video {40:18, 71.75mb.mov} (omits Q&As) (Rachel Wenokur, Wong Chun Han, LooSE TV, LSE Students’ Union, Media Group), not reported, The Beaver (LSE student union newspaper) {search}, London Indymedia {search}.

• Three Years Later: The Humanitarian Impact of the Barrier Since the International Court of Justice Opinion {1.5mb.pdf} (U.N. OCHA/oPt: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, occupied Palestinian territory, East Jerusalem, Special Focus, July 9 2007) (maps), copy {1.5mb.pdf, source} (U.N. OCHA, ReliefWeb, New York City, Geneva, Kobe, Complex Emergency: Occupied Palestinian Territory (CE)) (maps).

• John Mearsheimer, Stephen Walt, interviewed by Kylie Morris (presenter), and interviews of David Cesarani (professor of Jewish history, Royal Holloway, University of London), Aaron David Miller (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars), “Lobbying foreign policy?” (Channel 4 News, Channel 4 TV, More4 News, London, November 6 2007, 8-8:30pm, U.K. freeview channel 13), C4TV video, “How kosher is US foreign policy?” {5:48, 17mb.wmv, copy, source, search, search}. “And on More4 News with Kylie Morris ... we’ll have the first British TV interview with Walt and Mearscheimer {sic: Mearsheimer}. Their names may not be familiar, but they’re the authors of one of the most controversial academic books in recent times — arguing, in essence, that a secret {not their argument} Israeli lobby exerts an unhealthy influence on American politics. We’ll put to them the charge of their critics, that behind their modern critique lurks a very old prejudice indeed.” (Channel 4 News, Jon Snow, Snowmail, November 6 2007, 6:30pm).

• John Mearsheimer, Stephen Walt, remarks (speech, Q&As), “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy” (IISS: International Institute for Strategic Studies, Fifth Floor Arundel House, 13-15 Arundel Street, Temple Place, London WC2R, Wednesday November 7 2007, 8:30-10am) (events, archive, archive).

• John Mearsheimer, Stephen Walt, remarks (speech, Q&As), moderated by Stephen Hopgood (senior lecturer in international relations), “The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy” (University of London, SOAS: School of Oriental and African Studies, CISD: Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, CISD-SOAS International Relations Speaker Series, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H, Thursday November 8 2007, 12pm), photos: “The Brunei Gallery Lecture was packed to the rafters for this Thursday lecture as SOAS students and staff were joined by members of the general public.”

• John Mearsheimer, Stephen Walt, remarks (speech, Q&As), United States Discussion Group, “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy” (Chatham House: RIIA: Royal Institute of International Affairs, 10 St James's Square, London SW1Y, Thursday November 8 2007, 6-7pm) (events, archive).

• John Mearsheimer, interviewed by Sylvain Attal (blog) (France 24, Talk, The France 24 Interview, Paris, Thursday November 8 2007, 10:40 p.m. CET, 9:40 p.m. GMT), video {12:45, 35.81mb.wmv}.

• Stephen Walt, interviewed by Stephen Sackur (BBC World, BBC News 24, HARDtalk, Thursday November 8/9 2007) (feedback) {BBCcat}, BBC video {23:29, 5.88mb.rm, source, rss, search, search, search, search, search}.

• John Mearsheimer, Stephen Walt, interviewed in New York City, and John Hagee in Melbourne Florida, by Willem Lust, Merel Miedema, introduced by Clairy Polak (presenter), “Machtige Israël-Lobby VS Geen Complottheorie Maar Werkelijkheid” (en: Powerful U.S. Israel Lobby, not a conspiracy theory, but reality) (NPO: Netherlands Public Broadcasting, NPS, Nova, Nova/Den Haag vandaag, Nederland 2 TV, Thursday November 8 2007, 10:00pm CET), Nova video (nb, bb) {33:30, 24.4mb.asf, 118.8mb.asf, 8:31 at 17:50-26:21, 6.24mb.asf, 29.75mb.asf, search, search, search, search, archive}. “Wat Israël ook doet, de VS steunen het land bijna kritiekloos. Dat komt door een sterke pro-Israël-lobby.” (en: Whatever Israel does, the U.S. supports the country almost uncritically. That is because of a strong pro-Israel lobby.)

• John Mearsheimer, Stephen Walt, remarks (speech, Q&As), “Transatlantic Forum: The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy” (RUSI: Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, Whitehall, London SW1A, Friday November 9 2007, 9am) (events, archive).

• John Mearsheimer, Stephen Walt, remarks (speech, Q&As), “The Israeli Lobby and United States Foreign Policy” (Oxon: University of Oxford, St Antony's College, MEC: Middle East Centre, Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street, Oxford England, Friday November 9 2007, 5-6pm) (“the oldest university in the English-speaking world”) {sAnt: events, archive, calendar, source, search, search, search} {Oxon: events, search, search, search}, Oxford University Gazette, November 8 2007, lectures, diary.

• Akiva Eldar (chief political columnist, political correspondent, Haaretz, Tel Aviv, co-author, Lords of the Land) {Amazon}, remarks (speech, Q&As), moderated by Rashid Khalidi (director, Middle East Institute, professor of Arab studies), “The Israeli Settlements—The Greatest Threat to Zionism” (Columbia University, SIPA: School of International and Public Affairs, MEI: The Middle East Institute, Morningside Campus, International Affairs Building, Room 1118, 420 West 118th Street, New York City, Friday November 9 2007, 12:30-2pm ET), brown bag lunch (archive), flyer, SIPA video {1:14:15, source}, UC video {1:14:30, 190mb.mp4, ditto, source, source, rss}, UC audio {1:14:30, Q&As at 50:02, 17mb.mp3, ditto, source, source, rss} (UChannel: University Channel, audio/video streaming/download/broadcast archive, managed by Princeton University, WWS: Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs).

• John Mearsheimer, Stephen Walt, Alfred Pijpers (senior research fellow, Nederlands Instituut voor Internationale Betrekkingen Clingendael) (en: Clingendael: Netherlands Institute of International Relations), Frans Verhagen, moderated by Leonard Ornstein (journalist), “Mearsheimer en Walt, De Israëllobby” (Happy Chaos!, Hotel Arena, ’s Gravesandestraat 51, Amsterdam, Saturday November 10 2007, 7-10pm), photos, discussion, audio excerpt (Q&As) {12:59, 6.76mb.mp3, source, menu, source}, followng a screening of this documentary: Marije Meerman (director), William de Bruijn (research), Judith van den Berg (producer) {source}, De Israël Lobby, “Portret van een groot taboe: de macht van de Israël lobby in de Verenigde Staten” (en: The Israel Lobby, “Portrait of a great taboo: The power of the Israel lobby in the United States”) (NPO: Netherlands Public Broadcasting, VPRO, Tegenlicht (en: Backlight), Nederland 2 TV, Monday April 2 2007, 8:55-9:55pm, Wednesday April 4 2007, 2:30-3:30pm), interviewing (in first-appearance sequence), John Mearsheimer, Richard Perle, Lawrence Wilkerson, John Hagee, Earl Hilliard, Tony Judt, Kenneth Roth, Michael Massing, Daniel Levy, VPRO video (nb, bb) {51:15, 36.85mb.asf, 176.45mb.asf, source, source}, YouTube VPRO video {50:31}, YouTube VPRO/Backlight excerpts, Google video {51:12}, Google video {50:09}.

• John Mearsheimer, Stephen Walt, interviewed Sunday November 11 2007 by Stan van Houcke, “De Pro-Israel Lobby 57” (Stan van Houcke, blog, Stan, Amsterdam, Monday November 12 2007), “John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt” (Audioblog), audio {47:17, 23.67mb.mp3, source, menu, source, source, rss, rss}.

• John Mearsheimer, Stephen Walt, interviewed by Mattijs van de Wiel, “Schrijvers The Israël Lobby verguisd” (en: Writers of The Israel Lobby much maligned, abused) (NPO: Netherlands Public Broadcasting, NOS, NOS Nieuws, NOS Journaal, Nederland Radio 1, Sunday November 11 2007, 8:49pm CET), NOS audio {20:37, 18.88mb.mp3, search, search, search, search, search, search, archive}, NOS audio (short version) {4:46, 4.37mb.mp3}. “Niet wetenschappelijk, smakeloos, antisemitisch. Het zijn enkele reacties op het artikel en het boek The Israel Lobby, van de Amerikaanse politicologen Mearsheimer en Walt. Hun analyse is dat een machtige pressiegroep er voor zorgt dat de onvoorwaardelijke steun van de Verenigde Staten voor Israël niet ter discussie kan worden gesteld. En: dat door die steun de Verenigde Staten soms tegen hun eigen belangen handelen. Het boek deed veel stof opwaaien in de VS. Het is nu vertaald, en de auteurs waren afgelopen weekend in Nederland. Mattijs van de Wiel sprak met ze.” (en: Not scientific, tasteless, anti-Semitic. These are just a few of the comments on the article and the book The Israel Lobby, by American political scientists Mearsheimer and Walt. Their analysis is, that a powerful pressure group ensures, that the unconditional support by the United States for Israel cannot be discussed. And that, this support by the United States is sometimes against its own interests. The book stirred up a lot of dust in the United States. It is now translated, and the authors were in the Netherlands, last weekend. Mattijs van de Wiel spoke with them.).

• John Mearsheimer, Stephen Walt, remarks (speech, Q&As), Anton Pelinka (professor of political science and nationalism studies, CEU: Central European University, Budapest; director, IKF: Institut für Konfliktforschung, Vienna) (en: conflict research), discussant, introduced by Karl A. Duffek (director, Dr.-Karl-Renner-Institut), moderated by Erich Fröschl (director, RI Akademie für Internationale Politik) (en: international policy) remarks (speech, Q&As), “Book Presentation: Die Israel-Lobby” (RI: Das Renner-Institut, Renner Institute lecture series, Voices from America, venue: Börsesäle Wien, Wipplinger Straße 34, 1010 Vienna, Monday November 12 2007, 6:30-8:30pm) (“lectures and discussion in English, simultaneous translation into German available”) (events archive).

• John Mearsheimer, Stephen Walt, remarks (speech, Q&As), moderated by Gert Krell (professor, Institut für Politikwissenschaft) (en: political science), “The "Israel Lobby" and American Foreign Policy” (Goethe-University, Campus Westend, Casino, Festsaal (Raum 823), Grüneburgplatz 1, 60323 Frankfurt am Main, Tuesday November 13 2007, 6-8pm) (calendar, events).

• John Mearsheimer, Stephen Walt, remarks (speech, Q&As), moderated by Eberhard Sandschneider (director, DGAP Forschungsinstitut) (en: research), “Buchpräsentation: »Die Israel-Lobby«” (English) (DGAP: Deutsche Gesellschaft für auswärtige Politik (en: society for foreign policy, council on foreign relations), Rauchstraße 17/18, Berlin, Wednesday November 14 2007, 5-7pm) (events archive) {rss}, DGAP USA/Transatlantische Beziehungen (en: relations) (events).

• John Mearsheimer, Stephen Walt, Daniele Moro, Vittorio Emanuele Parsi, discussion, “Presentazione di La israel lobby e la politica estera americana” (Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Witz: Associazione Culturale Ebraica, Cinema Apollo, sala Fedra, Galleria De Cristoforis, Associazione Culturale Ebraica 2, Milan, Thursday November 15 2007, 9:30pm), invitation {425kb.pdf}.

• Ilan Pappé (Haifa) (professor of history, “20th Century ethno-politics,” Exon: University of Exeter, England, Penryn Cornwall Campus (Tremough), chair, Emil Touma Institute for Palestinian Studies in Haifa, formerly, senior lecturer in political science, University of Haifa), author, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (Oneworld Publications, Oxford England, published October 12-19 2006, U.S. November 1) (Die ethnische Säuberung Palästinas, German edition, August 2007) {U.K., U.S., Germany}, interviewed by Tina Mendelsohn, “Ethnische Säuberung Palästinas: Die provokanten Thesen des Historikers Ilan Pappe” {pf} (en: Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine: The provocative thesis of historian Ilan Pappe) (3Sat, Kulturzeit, “Gespräch,” Mainz Germany, Friday November 15/16 2007, 7:20-8pm, 2:45am, 6:20am, 9:05am CET) (en: Culture Time, “Interview”), 3Sat video {7:44, .asx, 30.4mb.wmv, rss, search, search, search, search, search, search}, YouTube video {6:31, 15.4mb.flv, .flv, search: youtube, youtube rss, google rss, others}. “Gespräch vom 16.11.2007: 1947 bis 1948 hieß es in Israel offiziell, das Land sei quasi leer gewesen. Eine andere Variante lautet: Die Palästinenser hätten sozusagen freiwillig, in vorauseilendem Gehorsam, ihre Häuser verlassen. Eine neue Generation israelischer Historiker, wie Benny Morris oder Tom Segev, räumten mit diesen Mythen auf. Sie gingen aber nicht weit genug, meint der jüdische Historiker Ilan Pappe aus Haifa. Wir haben mit ihm über seine provokanten Thesen gesprochen.” (en: Interview of 16.11.2007: 1947 to 1948, it was official in Israel, that the land was virtually empty. Another variant is, that the Palestinians abandoned their homes voluntarily, in anticipatory obedience, as it were. A new generation of Israeli historians, like Benny Morris and Tom Segev, acknowledged that these are myths. But they did not go far enough, according to the Jewish historian Ilan Pappe, from Haifa. We spoke with him about his provocative thesis.). Forthcoming: Ilan Pappé, The Bureaucracy of Evil: The History of the Israeli Occupation (Oneworld, July 1 2010) {U.K., U.S.}.

• John Mearsheimer, Stephen Walt, interviewed in Madrid, “Autores "El lobby israelí" ven a Clinton más propensa a atacar Irán que Bush” (Agencia EFE, Madrid, Portada Terra USA, Monday November 19 2007) (en: “Authors The Israeli lobby see Clinton more prone than Bush to attack Iran”).

• John Mearsheimer, Stephen Walt, Carmen López Alonso (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), José María Ridao (diplomat, writer), Darío Valcárcel (editor, Política Exterior), “Debate sobre el lobby israelí y la política exterior de Estados Unidos” (CEPC: Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, en: Centre for Political and Constitutional Studies, Plazza de la Marina Española 9, 28071 Madrid, Monday November 19 2007, 7:30pm), invitation {41kb.jpeg}.

• John Mearsheimer, Stephen Walt, interviewed (BBC News, website, London, posted Thursday November 22 2007), transcript, “Text: Mearsheimer and Walt interview” {pf}, reported, Henri Astier, “US storm over book on Israel lobby” {pf} (BBC News, November 22 2007).

• John Mearsheimer, Stephen Walt, interviewed by Owen Bennett-Jones (BBC World Service, The Interview, London, Friday November 23 2007), audio (rm, wm) {26:30, 4mb.rm, 4mb.wm, archive, 11.88.mp3, podcast rss}.

• Gideon Levy, “Demands of a thief” {copy, pf, rss, rss, menu, search} (Haaretz, Tel Aviv, Sunday November 25 2007) (511 comments at January 7 2008).

• Stephen Walt, remarks (speech, Q&As), moderated by Robert DeVigne (professor and chair, political science department), “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy” (Tufts University, Department of Political Science, Colcord Lecture Series, Barnum Hall, 163 Packard Avenue, Medford Massachusetts, Tuesday November 27 2007, 7:30pm), calendar, Michael Del Moro, “Israel lobby critic to speak next month” {pf} (The Tufts Daily, Medford, Massachusetts, October 25 2007), reported, Michael Del Moro, “Walt decries influence of Israel lobby” {pf}, opinion, editorial (anonymous), “Editorial | Lobbying against lobbying” {pf} (The Tufts Daily, November 28 2007), Madeline Garber, “Students discuss Walt's Tuesday speech at Friends of Israel event” {pf} (The Tufts Daily, November 29 2007).

• John Mearsheimer (Chicago), Bruce Feiler (Brooklyn), conversation, “Debating the Israel Lobby” (BH: BloggingHeads.tv, recorded Wednesday November 28 2007, posted Thursday December 27 2007) (recording date: “We’re still in late November when you and I are taping this” {43:45}, file name bhTV11287BJ, “The conference has just taken place in Annapolis ... I blogged about it on Feiler Faster today, saying ...” {1:02:09}), BH video {1:10:22, 190mb.flv, 153mb.wmv, rss, search: mearsheimer, walt, lobby, google: search, search}, audio {32.2mb.mp3, rss}, diavlog comments.

• Norman Finkelstein, remarks (speech, Q&As), “Israel and Palestine: Roots of conflict, prospects for peace” (CEPAL: Canadian-Palestinian Educational Exchange, venue: UofT: University of Toronto, OISE: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Auditorium G162, 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto Ontario, Thursday November 29 2007, 6:30pm), RPN audio {2:45:00}: 1/3 {60:00, 27mb.mp3, rss, menu, archive, source, source, source, search}, 2/3 {60:00, 27mb.mp3}, 3/3 {45:00, 19mb.mp3} (rabble.ca, RPN: Rabble Podcast Network, NNI: Needs No Introduction) (“A series of speeches and lectures from the finest minds of our time. Uncensored, uncut, and uncompromising.”), reported, André Bovee-Begun (news editor), “Why free speech ain't free: Hot talks slapped with stiff security tab” (page 1) {pf, p1tn, archive, search, search}, Tori Cheifetz, “Ferocious Finkelstein stirs OISE crowd” (page 3) {pf} (“the crowd of 450”) (The Varsity, volume 128, number 26, Wednesday December 5 2007) {5.1mb.pdf}, blog reports, “Toronto: Protest JNF fundraiser for Canada Park” (November 27-30 2007, Rabble Babble, “the rabble.ca discussion forum,” topic 2437, forum 5 (activism)), “Aren't the JDL suppose to be scary!?” (December 29-31 2007, Rabble Babble, topic 2454, forum 5) (“a dozen protesters at most ... Looks their recruiting among Jewish youth hasn't been too successful”) {search}, facebook eid=6730442795, eid=7193921477.

• Norman Finkelstein, interviewed by Christopher Brown (“lived and reported from Palestine for three years”), “Annapolis and Dreams Deferred” (Crossing The Line: Life in Occupied Palestine, “A weekly podcast giving voice to the voiceless in occupied Palestine,” radio KPFA studios, Berkeley California, posted Friday November 30 2007), CTL audio {52:37 segment-2, 15:50 at 16:50-32:40, 20.18mb.mp3, rss, search, search}, audio copy {24.0mb.mp3, source, rss, menu, search, search} (Electronic Intifada, Chicago).

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• New York Times “Bestsellers,” “Hardcover Nonfiction”:

•• 6 weeks: The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, by John J. Mearsheimer, Stephen M. Walt (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, published Tuesday September 4 2007) (Sunday editions, week:rank): September 16 (1:17), September 23 (2:12), September 30 2007 (3:18), October 7 (4:24), October 14 (5:20), October 21 (6:absent), October 28 (7:30).

Mearsheimer and Walt, their book, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, was on the “New York Times Bestsellers” list for 6 weeks and was a “New York Times Bestseller” for 1 week.

•• 15 weeks: Palestine Peace Not Apartheid, by Jimmy Carter (Simon & Schuster, published Wednesday November 15 2006) (Sunday editions, week:rank): December 3 2006 (1:11), December 10 (2:17), December 17 (3:7), December 24 (4:5), December 31 (5:5), January 7 2007 (6:5), January 14 (7:5), January 21 (8:6), January 28 (9:5), February 4 (10:6*), February 11 (11:2), February 18 (12:3), February 25 (13:3), March 4 (14:9*), March 11 (15:11), March 18 (16:11), March 25 (17:17), April 1 (18:22), April 8 (19:35). Notes: “An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above”. “The exact methodology used in creating the list is classified as a trade secret.”

In New York Times speak, “bestsellers” are the 15 top-selling books of the 35 it lists, the remaining 20 it labels “also selling.”

Jimmy Carter’s book, Palestine Peace Not Apartheid, was on the “New York Times Bestsellers” list for 19 consecutive weeks and was a “New York Times Bestseller” for 15 weeks. His book “debuted” at 11, dropped out of the top-15 the second week (at 17), rejoined the “bestsellers” for the next 14 consecutive weeks, and then remained on the list afterwards, “also selling,” for the next 3 weeks.

December 2007

 

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Charles Judson Harwood Jr.

Posted Oct. 13 2007. Updated May 29 2009.

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