Israel's Nuclear Threat

It's Official: The Pentagon Finally Admitted That Israel Has Nuclear Weapons, Too 03/20/2015 The Nation by William Grieder
	Full story:http://www.thenation.com/blog/202129/its-official-pentagon-finally-admitted-israel-has-nuclear-weapons-too?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow While the Washington press corps obsessed over Hillary Clinton's emails at the State Department, reporters were missing a far more important story about government secrets. After five decades of pretending otherwise, the Pentagon has reluctantly confirmed that Israel does indeed possess nuclear bombs, as well as awesome weapons technology similar to America's. Early last month the Department of Defense released a secret report done in 1987 by the Pentagon funded Institute for Defense Analysis that essentially confirms the existence of Israel's nukes. DOD was responding to a Freedom of Information lawsuit filed by Grant Smith, an investigative reporter and author who heads the Institute for Research: Middle East Policy. Smith said he thinks this is the first time  the US government has ever provided official recognition of the longstanding reality. Full story: http://t.co/wYjiuQKX8b
	Limited Quantity $75 tickets are still available. Current students or faculty members and members of the press are welcome to apply to attend this unprecedented Friday conference with luncheon at no cost.   Israel lobbying organizations were at the forefront of the push for U.S. attacks on Iraq.  Most have now set their sights on Iran. Since Israel's founding, the United States has provided unprecedented military, financial and diplomatic support to Israel.  Many in Israel and the lobby expect the United States to unconditionally support anything Israel does, from illegal settlement expansion to flouting the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. While many attribute Israel's influence over the U.S. to Israel's value as an ally, others point to American lobbying organizations, such as AIPAC.  But just how powerful are they?  How many are there, and what do they really do?  Are they good for the U.S.?  Are they good for Israel?  Join us on April 10 from 8AM to 5PM for an unprecedented, frank and overdue look at the power of the Israel lobby in the United States.  Speakers include: Amani Alkhatahtbeh is the founding editor-in-chief of MuslimGirl.net, a blog aimed at eliminating stereotypes surrounding Islam and promoting the place of Muslim women in Western societies. She ran into trouble with The Daily Targum, Rutgers University's daily newspaper, and trustees, which decided criticism of Israel is anti-Semitic. In June 2014, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee named Alkhat its media relations specialist. Richard Anderson Falk is professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University. He is the author or co-author of 20 books and the editor or co-editor of another 20 volumes, including Achieving Human Rights, Israel-Palestine on Record: How the New York Times Misreports Conflict in the Middle East with Howard Friel, and The Costs of War: International Law, the UN, and World Order after Iraq. Gideon Levy is a columnist for the Israeli daily Haaretz and a member of its editorial board. Levy joined Haaretz in 1982, and spent four years as the newspaper’s deputy editor. He is the author of the weekly Twilight Zone feature, which covers the Israeli occupation in the West Bank and Gaza over the last 25 years, as well as the writer of political editorials for the newspaper. Dima Khalidi is the founder and Director of Palestine Solidarity Legal Support (PSLS), and Cooperating Counsel with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR). Her work includes providing legal advice to activists, engaging in advocacy to protect their rights to speak out for Palestinian rights, and educating activists and the public about their rights. M.J. Rosenberg is a writer, primarily on matters relating to Israel. He is a regular contributor to The Nation and Huffington Post, with his writing widely reprinted throughout the world. He has special expertise on the Israel Lobby, having been employed by several pro-Israel organizations between 1973 and 1975 and 1982 and 1986. His last post was as editor of AIPAC’s Near East Report and as senior adviser to then-Executive Director Thomas Dine. Dr. Paul Pillar is a Nonresident Senior Fellow of the Center for Security Studies in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He retired in 2005 from a 28-year career in the U.S. intelligence community, in which his last position was National Intelligence Officer for the Near East and South Asia. Earlier he served in a variety of analytical and managerial positions, including chief of CIA analytic units, covering portions of the Near East, the Persian Gulf, and South Asia. Students and Factulty apply for your free, donor-supported eticket today at: http://IsraelLobbyUS.org/students    Limited Quantity $75 etickets: http://IsraelLobbyus.org/register/ Review other speaker biographies:  http://IsraelLobbyUS.org/speakers/    See http://www.IsraelLobbyUS.org and @IsraelLobbyUS on Twitter for future updates. Conference organizers are the American Educational Trust, publisher of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, and the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy.