The Lobby: AIPAC and US Foreign Policy

A debate – James Petras and Norman Finkelstein.

The explanation for the support is to be found in the activities of the Israel Lobby, also known as the Jewish Lobby, or as AIPAC (the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee), which uses its formidable influence to shape American foreign policy in accordance with Israeli interests. This opinion has most recently been associated with an article published in the London Book Review, co-authored by Professor Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Professor Walt of Harvard University.

This debate is the topic of this program. Norman Finkelstein is a professor of political science at De Paul University and James Petras is an Emeritus Professor of sociology at SUNY, Binghamton.