Walt and Mearsheimer Are Ready for their Close-Up The Idea of an "Israel Lobby" Has Entered the Realm of Pop Culture

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Walt and Mearsheimer Are Ready for their Close-Up

The Idea of an "Israel Lobby" Has Entered the Realm of Pop Culture

By Gal Beckerman

Published February 28, 2013, issue of March 08, 2013.

Read more: http://forward.com/articles/172014/walt-and-mearsheimer-are-ready-for-their-close-up/#ixzz2MEAcBLh0

So far this year, the Anti-Defamation League has felt compelled to issue press releases in response to a belligerent talking teddy bear, a mildly funny Saturday Night Live sketch, and a fictional character portrayed by Kevin Spacey.

You might think the trigger-happy ADL was responding in these cases to anti-Semitic slights (its bread and butter, if you will). But that’s not what’s going on. It’s the depiction of the ADL itself, along with other American Jewish organizations, that is causing the offense.