Live Wednesday: Israel's Lobby with Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick

Live Wednesday: Israel's Lobby with Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick

Corporate media treats Israel's lobby as the third rail of American politics. Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick didn't get the memo. This Wednesday, the authors of Israel's Lobby join Drop Site for a live conversation on how campaign cash and political pressure built one of the most powerful lobbying operations in Washington, and why crossing it can end careers. Drop Site's Ryan Grim and Murtaza Hussain host, and you'll get your questions answered by …

Anatomy of the Israel Lobby

In July 2016, the veteran Conservative politician Alan Duncan was slated for a promotion at the Foreign Office. ‘All seems clear and agreed that I will be Minister for the Middle East, as expected’, he wrote in his diary. ‘Permanent Under-Secretary Simon McDonald called to say it’s all been agreed and he would recommend it to the Foreign Secretary.’Later that day the plan was suddenly upended. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson told Duncan that wor…