The American Spectator

and their j’accuse , The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy : br> /p>

It’s an important, heavily sourced and documented book (108 pages of footnotes) by two distinguished professors at two of our best universities. It deals with Middle East policymaking at a time when America’s problems in that region surpass our problems anywhere else. And it is a serious book about a subject that is decidedly provocative, a much improved and expanded version of the original London Review of Books article.

br> Neither Rosenberg nor the IPF are alone in their passions or positions. Something called the J-Street Project is being launched by left-wing Jews who worked for Carter, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. The J-Street board of advisers includes former Clinton aide Daniel Levy, Obama Mideast adviser Robert Malley, and Alan Solomon, a top Obama fundraiser. p>The invitation to the first meeting of J Street observes: br> /p> blockquote>For too long, the loudest American voices in political and policy debates have been those on the far right — often Republican neoconservatives or extreme Christian Zionists….We are the first and only lobby and PAC (political action committee) dedicated to ensuring Israel’s security, changing the direction of American policy in the Middle East and opening up American political debate about Israel and the Middle East.