A note before I'll start: the first two articles are almost the same. Just to inform you.
Although the first article by Mark Weber is very well based, I do have some sidemarks. First, in general, the author believes that "the Jews" are one homogeneous group, considering the fact that he concludes that all Jews must have certain collective goals (one of them being the "Jewish-Zionist interests", which conflict with American interests according to the article). However, Jewish America is more diverse than one may think, and it should be taken in consideration that all 5 million US Jews can have different opinions on different subjects. And not only in the political arena; they're can be great difference on opinions concerning a social topic like gay marriage (Reform Jews approve of this, as well as several Jewish gay and lesbian organisations,
http://archive.datalounge.com/datalounge/news/record.html?record=2980 ). Not all the US Jews support Israel no matter what (although it's logical US Jews have a greater sympathy towards Israel than other religious/ethnic groups), with the Satmar being a prime example (
http://www.jewsnotzionists.org/satmar.htm ). More than other Americans do the American Jews oppose the war in Iraq (
http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/041022/jews.shtml ). While it is undoubtely true there are Jews among Conservatives, US Jews have a history of voting Democrat. And to what extent do American Jews use their "powers" to benefit their own group, and to a further extent, the Israeli government? To what extent can the author claim the "Jewish lobby" to be the most decisive factor in the US support for Israel, and not the "born-again Christian lobby"? To what extent does the "Jewish lobby" support Israel because of their actions against Palestinians, and not because the majority of the Israeli population are fellow Jews? To what extent does the "Jewish lobby" use their "power" to protect Israeli interests, and not use it for their own American interests? To what extent is the "Jewish lobby" one group, and not a group of all the several Jewish groups there exist, as I bet there is not one "Christian lobby" but seperate ones, from born-again Christians to Roman Catholics? To what extent can you claim - as I said before - that all Jews are Zionists and act in a way to protect Israel? And to what extent does the following quote " Non-Jewish suffering simply does not merit comparable attention. Overshadowed in the focus on Jewish victimization are, for example, the tens of millions of victims of America's World War II ally, Stalinist Russia, along with the tens of millions of victims of China's Maoist regime, as well as the 12 to 14 million Germans, victims of the flight and expulsion of 1944-1949, of whom some two million lost their lives" only apply to the US, and not to most countries in the world? (with which I mean that in countries where there is no so-called disproportiate amount of Jews in the media these other genocides are getting only minimal attention too).
More to follow.
