Of course, it does no harm on the receiving end to remark upon the bounteous flow of American funds, and how it is generated. It's on the sending end that too much publicity, of the Mearsheimer and Walt sort, could kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

Ultimately, U.S. democracy can't continue when important policies are off-limits for debate. So obviously, democracy may have to be sacrificed. The preceding post "Yes, Virginia, there is no Israel lobby" outlines the superb job of self-censorship which U.S. candidates perform like obedient puppies. Home of the brave? More like home of the pusillanimous and peculatory.

"I just can't understand why one is allowed to be sympathetic toward one's own fellow refugees but not to open your heart to another people's refugees. The Palestinian Arabs are a wonderful part of the Arab world. They supply intellectuals, professionals, engineers, scientists…It would be so wonderful if we could feel about them as brothers. I don't know how it is possible to uphold the right of a Jewish state in Palestine and deny the same right to Palestinians to determine what they want to do with the occupied territories. It runs against everything that's best in the Bible and in the Jewish tradition…There is a saying in Yiddish" 'If you don't have rachimones—that is, compassion—how can you call yourself a Jew? I think the test of that in the Middle East is the Jewish attitude toward the Arabs. If we harden our hearts and shut our minds to injusice, we will become a very different people; whatever the reaction of the Arabs is, the Jewish people themselves would be changed. Everything that [comes from] the Diaspora–toleration, separation of church and state, brotherhood of peoples of all different beliefs and backgrounds–these things are being trampled on in Israel, I am sorry to say. If something isn't done pretty soon, the lines may harden, each side will destroy its own moderates, and then will move on to destroy each other."

http://voltaire.blogster.com/izzy_stones_position_israel.html

If it ever did, the other shoe would drop – open borders –

And it was odd that he found Eldar's claim that the power of the settlement movement was centered in Washington so uninteresting that he immediately dropped the subject.

Here's the link to the interview–
http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/01/08/charlie-rose-br.html#comment-66489 <p>Chuckle. I ran across a guest interview by Rosner a while back. The interviewee, KC Johnson, best known for his takedown of the Duke LaCrosse "rape," was not at all reluctant to discuss the Lobby:</p> <p>"Johnson had worked closely with American Jewish leaders in raising money for Democratic Senate candidates. As President, he respected the power of the Israel lobby and was loath to cross it."</p> <p>http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/rosnerGuest.jhtml?itemNo=925321<br /> </p> Chuckle. I ran across a guest interview by Rosner a while back. The interviewee, KC Johnson, best known for his takedown of the Duke LaCrosse "rape," was not at all reluctant to discuss the Lobby: