Balder Ex-Libris - Findley PaulReview of books rare and missing2024-03-16T01:56:42+00:00urn:md5:aa728a70505b2fae05796923271581c2DotclearFindley Paul - Deliberate deceptionsurn:md5:9f5ccb8576c7f62a4c741f6c7be686602018-03-29T22:31:00+01:002018-03-29T21:48:59+01:00balderFindley PaulAmericaConspiracyConspiracyIsraëlIsraëlJewJewUnited States <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img4/Findley_Paul_-_Deliberate_deceptions.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Findley Paul</strong><br />
Title : <strong>Deliberate deceptions Facing the facts about the U.S.-Israeli relationship</strong><br />
Year : 1993<br />
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Prologue. The Arab-Israeli conflict is fraught with disastrous consequences for the United States, and much of the trouble is of our own making. The damage goes far beyond the financial and economic burdens that are created as our government continues to donate billions of dollars each year to Israel and to lavish tax and trade favors on that state. The worst of the consequences arise from U.S. collusion in the dreadful, longstanding violation of human rights that Israel has perpetrated on a vast scale. The United States maintains a pivotal role in Israel's control and exploitation of the occupied territories-the West Bank, East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip, southern Lebanon, and the Golan Heights-all of it Arab land. Our government provides unwavering financial, diplomatic, and military support while Israel persists in the violation of international law, maintains a tight and often brutal military rule over nearly two million Arabs, and masks all of this behind a shield of deliberate deceptions. Beyond the suffering Arabs, the principal casualty of this collusion is America's reservoir of goodwill in the Middle East. Respect for the United States-once deeply rooted and widespread among Arabs and Israelis alike-is being squandered in the unseemly, perpetual quest by politicians in this country for the approval of pro-Israel interest groups. The collusion is transparent in the appalling double standard that the U.S. government applies in the enforcement of Middle East-related UN Security Council resolutions. When Iraq invaded and annexed Kuwait in 1990, the United States organized and led a massive multinational military assault that, under UN sanction, reversed the conquest. <strong>...</strong></p>Findley Paul - They Dare to Speak Outurn:md5:3373ab929ae091b8f6df884454d7c85a2011-11-27T22:37:00+00:002014-05-07T22:08:53+01:00balderFindley PaulJew <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img/.Findley_Paul_-_They_Dare_to_Speak_Out_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Findley Paul</strong><br />
Title : <strong>They Dare to Speak Out People and institutions confront Israël's lobby</strong><br />
Year : 1989<br />
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To our grandchildren Andrew, Cameron, Henry, and Elizabeth may they always be able to speak without fear. Preface to the 1989 Edition One day in early December 1982, I was called to the Republican cloakroom, an area just off the floor of the House of Representatives where Congressmen may receive telephone calls, have a light lunch, or watch television. The House was engaged in the post-election "lame duck" session, finishing up legislative business which had been put off by campaign pressures. Waiting on the phone was a prominent citizen I had known and admired for years. He expressed his regret at my defeat at the polls the previous month, then made the surprising suggestion that I write a book about Israel's lobby. He even suggested the title. That telephone call started me down a fascinating trail that absorbed most of my time and energies for the next two years and culminated in this volume. The journey elicited great support from many people and entailed, from others, many frustrations. The magnitude and diversity of cooperation I received were surprising. The frustrations were not. Although there were many dark moments when I harbored evil thoughts about my friend for luring me into writing this book, there were rewards aplenty, and now I wish I could thank him by name in this space for making the suggestion. I cannot, for I promised him anonymity. I can name only one of the five people who contributed the most in the preparation of my manuscript - Robert W. Wichser, a good friend and for fourteen years director of my Washington staff, who perished in flood waters in December 1985. While the other four are enthusiastic about the text and convinced the book meets a long-standing need, they unanimously asked that their names not be mentioned in these acknowledgments. Recognizing the Israeli lobby's potential for malice, they agreed that such mention might jeopardize their careers. One said bluntly, "In helping you, I'm taking a big chance. If this gets out, I will be fired from my job." Others who helped expressed similar concern. Much of the information provided here is volunteered by career government officials who want the public to be aware of how the lobby functions but insist that their own names be withheld. These requirements tell a lot about the sensitivity of the subject matter. Happily, I can acknowledge by name several people who provided yeoman support. I am especially indebted to Washington journalist Donald Neff, former Middle East correspondent for TIme magazine and author of Warriors at Suez and Warriorsfor Jerusalem, and George W. Weller, former foreign correspondent for the Chicago Daily News who now lives in Rome, for their extensive and valuable suggestions on organization and style. If you detect a professional touch here and there, credit these gentlemen. My gratitude also extends to a number of my former colleagues in Congress and many citizens around the United States and elsewhere who provided both encouragement and cooperation, especially former Senator James Abourezk. I must also thank the word processor to which I was glued for eighteen months. The attachment was so constant that my wife, Lucille, occasionally described herself-without really complaining-as a Wang widow. In fact, when she first learned that I was thinking of writing this book, she offered to live on beans and water if need be to see the project to completion. The Spartan diet was unnecessary, thanks to a grant provided by Sangamon State University, Springfield, Illinois, and funded by the American Middle East Peace Research Institute, a nonprofit organization based in Boston, Massachusetts. The grant covered most of the expenses I encountered in the preparation of the text. During this period I also received helpful income by speaking at chapter meetings of the AmericanArab Anti-Discrimination Committee. My quest for a publisher began in March 1983 and was predictably long and frustrating. Declining to represent me, New York literary agent Alexander Wylie forecast with prophetic vision that no major U.S. publisher would accept my book. He wrote, "It's a sad state of affairs." Bruce Lee of William Morrow and Company called my manuscript "outstanding," but his company concluded that publishing it "would cause trouble in the house and outside" and decided against "taking the heat." Robert Loomis of Random House called it an "important book" but reported that the firm's leadership decided the theme was "too sensitive. " Twenty other publishers also said no. In July 1984, veteran publisher Lawrence Hill agreed to take the gamble. When he died in March 1988, I lost a friend, and the cause of human rights lost an able advocate. He would rejoice, I am sure, that this book now appears in a new updated edition. <strong>...</strong></p>