Editor Hits Back Over Israel Row
The Observer
April 2, 2006
London Review of Books stands its ground after being accused of anti-Semitism in an article attacking pro-Israeli influence on US policy
Peter Beaumont, foreign affairs editor
She is, in the words of her many admirers, the 'mater familias of London's liberal intelligentsia'. This weekend, however, Mary-Kay Wilmers, editor of the London Review of Books, is on the defensive - speaking out for the first time in an escalating transatlantic row that has seen her respected journal accused of promoting anti-Semitism.
The argument has erupted over a cover article in the latest issue of the LRB by two prominent American academics on the influence of the pro-Israel lobby in the US. The article, which argues that the lobby holds a disproportionate and damaging sway over American foreign policy, prompted a bitter and growing controversy, particularly in the US, where rival camps have exchanged claims of anti-Semitism and intellectual intimidation by those accused of being members of 'the Lobby'.
More: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1744960,00.html
April 2, 2006
London Review of Books stands its ground after being accused of anti-Semitism in an article attacking pro-Israeli influence on US policy
Peter Beaumont, foreign affairs editor
She is, in the words of her many admirers, the 'mater familias of London's liberal intelligentsia'. This weekend, however, Mary-Kay Wilmers, editor of the London Review of Books, is on the defensive - speaking out for the first time in an escalating transatlantic row that has seen her respected journal accused of promoting anti-Semitism.
The argument has erupted over a cover article in the latest issue of the LRB by two prominent American academics on the influence of the pro-Israel lobby in the US. The article, which argues that the lobby holds a disproportionate and damaging sway over American foreign policy, prompted a bitter and growing controversy, particularly in the US, where rival camps have exchanged claims of anti-Semitism and intellectual intimidation by those accused of being members of 'the Lobby'.
More: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1744960,00.html
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