Israel-Palestine: Essential facts on history, context, media (lecture by Alison Weir)
Lecture by journalist Alison Weir at the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists on February 16, 2017. Drawing on her best-selling book, “Against Our Better Judgment: The Hidden History of How the US Was Used to Create Israel“ (), Weir discusses the issue of Israel-Palestine, its history and current reality, media coverage of Israel-Palestine, and the role of Israel partisans in promoting the Iraq War and in the continued demonization of Iran.
Weir is the executive director of If Americans Knew () and president of the Council for the National Interest ().
The creation of Israel in 1948 was the result of a worldwide movement called Political Zionism, active in the United States since the late 1800s. After Israel was created, the members of this movement – which eventually became known as the “Israel lobby“ – continued to work on behalf of Israel.
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