In the United States there are essentially four basic sources of financial, ideological and political support for the Israeli rentier economy: 1. Wealthy Jewish contributors and powerful disciplined fund-raising organizations. 2. The US government-both Congress and the Presidency. 3. The mass media, particularly the New York Times, Hollywood, and the major television networks. 4. The trade union bosses and the heads of pension funds. There is substantial overlap in these four institutional configurations. For example, Jewish supporters in the Israeli lobby work closely with Congressional leaders to secure long-term, large-scale US military and economic aid for Israel. Most of the mass media and a few trade unions are influenced by unconditional supporters of the Israeli war machine. Pro-Israel Jews are disproportionately represented in the financial, political, professional, academic, real estate, insurance and mass media sectors of the American economy. While Jews are a minority
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 06:31:33 +0000
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