Lately, Huffington Post, a battleground for Progressive Except on Palestine forces (my side gets some play now and then) has published Israel lobby spokesmen Lanny Davis, Alan Dershowitz, and Mortimer Zuckerman. Still, CAMERA isn't happy. The pro-Israel media-monitor finds that the commenters are hung up on…. the Israel lobby and dual loyalty. Interesting analysis:
A tally of 236 sequential entries from a portion of the comment thread following the article on [Chas] Freeman’s resignation found that 73 percent condemned Israel or Jews. Most often this took the form of accusing Jews of controlling the government and being disloyal. About 19 percent applauded Freeman’s resignation and 8 percent were neutral. The most common topics raised by Israel’s critics in this sample of 236 entries are listed as follows:
55 contended that AIPAC or the "Jewish Lobby" control the US government.
35 raised the charge of dual loyalty by Jewish members of Congress.
11 focused on alleged Jewish control of the media..
14 fixated on allegations of Israeli brutality.
9 expressed outrage over disproportionate aid to Israel.
5 extolled Saudi Arabia as an excellent ally in comparison to Israel.
A number expressed support for any or all of the above.
And finally, 24 were more generalized anti-Semitic rants lacking any specificity.
Only a small portion of these responses offered coherent arguments in favor of Freeman’s appointment or critical of those opposed it. As indicated above, the most commonly expressed sentiment in the comments was a belief in excessive and corrosive Jewish influence in America.
Note that anyone concerned with allegations of Israeli brutality is not offering a coherent argument in favor of Chas Freeman…
