They Dare to Speak Out: People and Institutions Confront Israel's Lobby Paperback – May 1, 2003

Best thing about this book is that Findley was in the congress so he (and his colleagues) experienced lobby pressure first hand. Secondly he just presented the situations and concluded how Israel Lobby (more specifically AIPAC) has been putting pressure on US Foreign Policy and molding it in their favor which works for Israel citizens put makes US citizens more volatile to terrorism (point presented very nicely by Micheal Scheuer as well). As evident in recent issue over Human Right violation by both Israel and Hamas in Gaza where US keeps vetoeing the report from Goldstone. And now out of 30 countries have voted in favor of the report while US and 5 other European countries have vetoed.This book covers the people who actually stood up against Israel lobby and criticize Israel's policy against Palestine, had to face so much problems/heat from AIPAC/pro israel lobbies.Few new things that i learned from this book is that US and Israel allow each other's military to get educated/trained in each other's countries. US trainees are not allowed to enter certain areas in Israel yet Israeli trainees have all the freedom to enter even the high profile areas. On one occassion when US Defense Minister couldn't find the ammunition Israel requested, Israel in turn told the defense minister the exact location of those ammunition which were in Hawaii and the total number in stock. Other issue is that Israel spies in congress have been caught spying on US's high profile documents and handing them over to Israel Embassy.Another thing is how Jews/Pro Israelis, who also criticize Israel, they are labeled traitors and loose votes and face the heat. Also learn in this book, how our Tax dollars are spent on Israel as AID. Now this was something quite interesting because just last year when the whole world was crying recession, Israel got $3 billion in AID from US (some other financial support also from lobbies/military assistance). Why this much of Tax Payers money was used in AID while in our own country we had so many people on the streets due to foreclosures, unemployment etc.? Shouldn't the leaders be helping the people of our own country first before helping others?My thought about anti semitism is that if someone criticizes someone doesn't mean they are anti semite or anti US. We all are realizing now that something is not and we share openly our thoughts. I think Anti Semite/Anti Israel is over used and people need to realize that Paul Findley (or many other authors) are not Anti semite or anti israel. They are pro US and cannot stand someone abusing their country. It is about time that US treat Israel as another country rather than special where US keeps hiding Israel's 'mistakes'. Public is not stupid. Real men and women accept their mistakes and try to correct themselves. Rather not keep denying the responsibility of their actions.If you want to find out more, I highly recommend this book. Definitely worth a read. Also below are some of the books every American and Canadian Citizen should read. And see how we are being kept in the dark and how our hard earned tax dollars are sent to Israel. Amazing read, great investment. Go for it.Recommended Books/MaterialImperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on TerrorPalestine: Peace Not ApartheidYoutube videos every North American Citizen should watch:Confessions of an Economic Hit ManGreta Van Susteren James Traficant

I've read an earlier edition of this book, and I hope this one has even more material, because the subject matter grows steadily it seems, if you know what I mean.There is no doubt the Israeli lobby, which includes the ADL, as well as AIPAC, has had a profound effect on our Congress and media. The organized use of money, voting blocks and so forth has made it virtually impossible for a given Congressman to be fair with regards to the Middle East, let alone very critical of Israel. I look forward to reading this 3rd revised edition to learn of the more recent outrages.A few words to the Chinese reviewer below: It may be true we Americans are fools and are deserving of the blame for allowing ourselves to have our foreign policy, with regards to the Middle East, to be directed by a small very powerful interest group. Nevertheless, there are a number of countries similarly cowed by the same "interest group." I daresay your country itself may even have the same fate, if Max I. Dimont's idea, stated in THE INDESTRUCTIBLE JEWS, that the West is in terminal mode and that the Jews might want to choose China as a home, is correct. China, afterall, he said, was essentially a Jewish state having been founded on the principles of Karl Marx. Just think of it, according to Dimont, China might be "Jewish," in terms of its current regime's founding ideas, and the Chinese don't even realize it.

Imagine you're a congressman or a senator. Israeli spies are everywhere. They hear everything you say to your fellow senators in the halls of the Capitol Hill. You refrain conveying an important memo over the phone since the lines are tapped by Israel. If you say anything slightly against Israel, the AIPAC the Israeli lobby threatens your political career by smearing you with being anti-semitic and pouring money to your rival in the upcoming election. You saw all these happened to other congressmen previously. So you approve butchering the budget which was intended to strengthen cockpit doors in commercial airliners just to release more aid money to Israel. You cut down aid money for poor 3rd world countries so that Israel should get more.Imagine you're a top burocreaut working at Pentagon. The fighter jets will be equipped with a just-released a high-tech air-to-air missiles. It's a top secret. Somehow Israel knows about them, and they want to have them. You say "No, there's a law that prohibits the release a tech secret. Besides we have only one squadron equipped with those missiles". Somehow they force you and they get the only squadron you have.Israel requests a particular tank, you look for everywhere but you can't find it. When you tell them the USA doesn't have that kind of tank, they tell you that you do have those tanks and tell you exactly where they are stored. They know what, where, everything.Imagine your father is one of those 280 something marines who were killed in Beirut in 1980's in a single attack by a shiite muslim group. When you read the book you learn that MOSSAD (the CIA of Israel) knew that the attack was going to happen but deliberately doesn't warn USA. What else comes to your mind?All these are in the book. One top government officer says If Americans knew what Israel is doing to USA, they would take up arms against Israel. The book was written by Paul Findley a former USA congressman with tons of corraborating evidence. Don't think even a second. Buy it at every cost. You will thank me.