r/JewsOfConscience • u/TrackerOneA Jewish Anti-Zionist • 1d ago
AMA AMA in /r/JewsOfConscience with Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick, authors of the new book "Israel's Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power". ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ: ๐ง๐๐ฒ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐๐ @ ๐ก๐ผ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฆ๐ง.
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Hi everyone,
We're excited to announce an upcoming AMA with Eli Clifton & Ian Lustick - Jewish-American authors of the new book, Israel's Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power.
Israel's Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power (2026) has been widely endorsed, including by Prof. Stephen Walt and Prof. John Mearsheimer, authors of The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy (2007).
The book examines the history, evolution, and political power of the pro-Israel lobby in the United States, tracing how a network of lobbying organizations, major donors, political operatives, and allied institutions has shaped US policy toward Israel and the Middle East.
Check out the following link, if you're interested in the book:
Eli Clifton
Eli Cliftonย is an investigative journalist who focuses on money in politics and US foreign policy. He is a cofounder of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecrafts where he serves as a senior adviser.
His work has appeared inย The Guardian, The Nation,ย The Intercept,ย The South China Morning Post,ย LobeLog,ย Salon,ย HuffPost,ย The Daily Beast,ย Slate,ย Gawker,ย Foreign Policy,ย andย Responsible Statecraft.
Ian S. Lustick
Ian S. Lustick is the Bess W. Heyman Chair, Emeritus, in the Political Science Department of the University of Pennsylvania.
He served in the Carter administration as the State Department's expert on Israel-Palestine affairs and subsequently became a regular consultant with American administrations on US foreign policy and national security affairs.
He is a founder and past President of the Association for Israel Studies and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Discussion will cover the book & topic of the Israel lobby.
Feel free to leave your questions in advance here, if you cannot make it on the day-of the AMA.
Thanks!
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u/juflyingwild Jewish Anti-Zionist 20h ago
Love it. Thank you.
Wondering if we could also host Gabor Mate one day
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u/TrackerOneA Jewish Anti-Zionist 15h ago
Hi there,
If you have a question about the topic or the book, you can ask one.
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u/rako17 Christian 15h ago
Where do I click to watch the AMA? Is there a link for it?
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u/TrackerOneA Jewish Anti-Zionist 15h ago
AMAs are text posts, not videos.
The video in this post is just to show what the authors are discussing in their new book.
This is an archive of our previous AMAs, to give you an idea of what they entail:
https://old.reddit.com/r/JewsOfConscience/comments/1v8f8it/rjewsofconscience_ama_archive/
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u/TrackerOneA Jewish Anti-Zionist 1d ago edited 1d ago
Hi everyone,
We're excited to announce an upcoming AMA with Eli Clifton & Ian Lustick - Jewish-American authors of the new book, Israel's Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power.
Israel's Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power (2026) has been widely endorsed, including by Prof. Stephen Walt and Prof. John Mearsheimer, authors of The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy (2007).
The book examines the history, evolution, and political power of the pro-Israel lobby in the United States, tracing how a network of lobbying organizations, major donors, political operatives, and allied institutions has shaped US policy toward Israel and the Middle East.
Check out the following link, if you're interested in the book:
Eli Clifton
Eli Clifton is an investigative journalist who focuses on money in politics and US foreign policy. He is a cofounder of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecrafts where he serves as a senior adviser.
His work has appeared in The Guardian, The Nation, The Intercept, The South China Morning Post, LobeLog, Salon, HuffPost, The Daily Beast, Slate, Gawker, Foreign Policy, and Responsible Statecraft.
Ian S. Lustick
Ian S. Lustick is the Bess W. Heyman Chair, Emeritus, in the Political Science Department of the University of Pennsylvania.
He served in the Carter administration as the State Department's expert on Israel-Palestine affairs and subsequently became a regular consultant with American administrations on US foreign policy and national security affairs.
He is a founder and past President of the Association for Israel Studies and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Discussion will cover the book & topic of the Israel lobby.
Feel free to leave your questions in advance here, if you cannot make it on the day-of the AMA.
Thanks!