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How US Public Opinion Has Shifted on Israel, Five Years After the Publishing of 'The Israel Lobby'

Jordan Michael Smith, AlterNet. March 10, 2011.

A popular book on US-Israel relations started a serious debate about why the US should adopt more even-handed approach towards the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.

Israel Lobby Authors Walt, Mearsheimer Travel to Tel Aviv

Linda Mamoun, AlterNet. June 28, 2008.

Many Israelis consider the authors' critique to be not only thoroughly mainstream, but also perfectly obvious.

Putting the 'Israel Lobby' in Perspective

Mitchell Plitnick, Chris Toensing, Middle East Report Online. October 31, 2007.

The idea that U.S. foreign policy would be saner without the "Israel lobby" is a fallacy.

Breaking the Taboo: Why We Took On the Israel Lobby

Eric Chinski, Farrar, Straus and Giroux. October 16, 2007.

John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt explain in this interview why they decided to speak out against the close relationship between the U.S. and Israel.