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Brave ‘NYT’ exposes depth of Obama ties to the a lobby

Finally! Front-page, above the fold, the New York Times rips off the veil of secrecy surrounding the extent to which the Israel lobby influences U.S. policy:

HEADLINE: Lobby E-Mails Show Depth of Obama Ties to Israel

By Jodi Rudoren

A new batch of e-mails between administration officials and Israel lobbyists underscore the compromises the president made that contravene his stated policy opposing settlements and supporting Palestinian statehood on the 1967 borders.

Oops. Um, a few typos above. The actual NYT story appears below:

Lobby emails
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Lol

The NYT honest about Israel, abusive rabbis, meth labs, Palestine, Cast Lead, Rachel Corrie, hunger strike, USS Liberty, Britney Spears.

I can’t find a good use for the NYT. But should the newspaper start printing on toilet paper, I’d buy rolls of it.

A minute of silence.
http://usslibertyveterans.org/

The House and Home section (page 2) of the weekend (June 9/10, 2012) US edition of the Financial Times has a flattering profile of former Congresswoman Jane Harman who is now Director, President, and CEO of the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars in Washington, DC. No author for the puff piece is listed but it does not mention that Shamai Leibowitz is in Federal Prison for revealing that, as translator for the FBI he reported to his bosses that Congresswoman Harman had shared classified information with Israeli agents, going public because the FBI refused to take action against her.

I think it is safe to say that the Wilson Center was well aware that they were putting an Israeli agent in charge. That a “liberal” Democrat is in charge of a right wing foundation that supports drone warfare and promotes the notion that Arab women are losers in the Arab Spring, is something we have come to expect in our wacky world where most of Americans’ misinformation comes from the top.

What kind of reporter for the Financial Times would omit mention of Shamai Leibowitz or is the FT, like the NY Times, NPR, etc., a mouthpiece for the Israel Lobby?

http://mondoweiss.net/2011/09/shamai-leibowitz-a-moral-giant.html