Read carefully “what every American needs to know about Israel/Palestine” at: http://www.ifamericansknew.org/
b. Read carefully the short descriptions/reviews of the six books listed below:
Book 1: John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, The Israel lobby and U.S. foreign policy (2007):
http://www.israellobbybook.com/book.html
Book 2: Jimmy Carter, Palestine: peace not apartheid (2006):
http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/latimes_palestine_081206.html
Book 3: Ilan Pappe, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (2006): http://www.counterpunch.org/whitbeck01272007.html
Book 4: Paul Findley, They dare to speak out: people and institutions confront Israel’s lobby (1985):
http://www.csmonitor.com/1985/0802/bfindl-f.html
Book 5: Norman Finkelstein, The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering (2000):
http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/category/the-holocaust-industry
Book 6: Mark Green, ed., Persecution, Privilege & Power: Reconsidering the Zionist Narrative in American Life, Thirty
Essential Articles on the Most Pressing Issue of our Time (2007): Read carefully the Book Description/About Mark Green, click
on TV Interviews and watch the Jeff Blankfort (#1 and #2) short video clips at: http://persecutionprivilegeandpower.com
c. Write a half-page essay in which you (1) summarize the significant facts you learned from “what every American needs to
know about Israel/Palestine” and the descriptions/reviews of the six books, (2) explain why does the United States support
the Jewish Israelis (who do not believe in Jesus) against the Muslim and Christian Palestinians (who do believe in Jesus),
and (3) discuss the consequences of the Palestine-Israel Conflict for US economy and diplomacy
