George Soros on Pro-Israel Lobby: From N.Y. Review of Books & Kristof & The Economist

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By M.J. Rosenberg | bio
George Soros, the billionaire funder of a myriad of liberal causes and the Democratic party, has just published this piece on Israel, AIPAC and his relation to Israel and the Jews.

It is fascinating stuff and worth reading.

Then there is Nick Kristof's first column ever on Israel in the Sunday New York Times (which incidentally quotes me).

And then the Economist on the AIPAC conference. All below.



March 18, 2007
Op-Ed Columnist
Talking About Israel
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF

Democrats are railing at just about everything President Bush does, with one prominent exception: Mr. Bush’s crushing embrace of Israel.

There is no serious political debate among either Democrats or Republicans about our policy toward Israelis and Palestinians. And that silence harms America, Middle East peace prospects and Israel itself.

Within Israel, you hear vitriolic debates in politics and the news media about the use of force and the occupation of Palestinian territories. Yet no major American candidate is willing today to be half as critical of hard-line Israeli government policies as, say, Haaretz, the Israeli newspaper.

Three years ago, Israel’s minister of justice spoke publicly of photos of an elderly Palestinian woman beside the ruins of her home, after it had been destroyed by the Israeli army. He said that they reminded him of his own grandmother, who had been dispossessed by the Nazis. Can you imagine an American cabinet secretary ever saying such a thing?

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http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/coffeehouse/2007/mar/18/soros_on_israel_from_new_york_review_of_books

[Greyhound]

1. Dennis Kucinich says this kind of thing all the time.

In addition, he has a plan to http://kucinich.us/node/2261">do something about it.

[papau]

2. Dennis has a plan beyond a 2 state solution to be defined by PA agreement - so deal w/ Hamas? n/t

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