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For many years now the American foreign policy has been
characterized by the strong tie between the United States and Israel.
Does the United States in fact keep Israel on its feet? And how long
will it continue to do so? In March 2006 the American political
scientists John Mearsheimer (University of Chicago) and Steve Walt
(Harvard) published the controversial article 'The Israel Lobby and US
foreign policy'. In it they state that it is not, or no longer,
expedient for the US to support and protect present-day Israel. The
documentary sheds light on both parties involved in the discussion:
those who wish to maintain the strong tie between the US and Israel,
and those who were critical of it and not infrequently became 'victims'
of the lobby. The question arises to what extend the pro-Israel lobby
ultimately determines the military and political importance of Israel
itself. Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson (Colin Powell's former
chief-of-staff) explains how the lobby's influence affects the
decision-making structure in the White House.
With political
scientist John Mearsheimer, neocon Richard Perle, lobby organization
AIPAC, televangelist John Hagee, historian Tony Judt, Human Rights
Watch director Kenneth Roth, colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, Democrat Earl
Hilliard, Israeli peace negotiator Daniel Levy and investigative
journalist Michael Massing.
Research: William de Bruijn
Director: Marije Meerman
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تاريخ التسليم: 04:35 AM 19th May 2009
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James Randi has an international reputation as a magician and escape artist, but today he is best known as the world's most tireless investigator and demystifier of paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
Randi has pursued "psychic" spoonbenders, exposed the dirty tricks of faith healers, investigated homeopathic water "with a memory," and generally been a thorn in the sides of those who try to pull the wool over the public's eyes in the name of the supernatural.
He has received numerous awards and recognitions, including a Fellowship from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in 1986.
On October 19, 1993, the PBS-TV "NOVA" program broadcast a one-hour special dealing with Randi's life work, particularly with his investigations of Uri Geller and various occult and healing claims being made by scientists in Russia.
He is the author of numerous books, including The Truth About Uri Geller, The Faith Healers, Flim-Flam!, and An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural. His lectures and television appearances have delighted — and vexed — audiences around the world.
"We may disagree with Randi on certain points, but we ignore him at our peril."
-Carl Sagan
In 1996, the James Randi Education Foundation was established to further Randi's work. Randi's long-standing challenge to psychics now stands as a $1,000,000 prize administered by the Foundation. It remains unclaimed.
الموضوع: أجنبي/
تاريخ التسليم: 01:54 AM 19th May 2009
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