Recommended Reading

• Davide Mastracci, Tara Alami and Liam Meisner  Is The Lobby The Main Reason For Western Support Of Israel? (summarizes the two many theories)
• Ed McNally  The Israel Lobby matters  (argues that the lobby is the main reason for US support of Israel)
• Joseph Massad  Why blaming the Israel lobby for western Middle East policies is misguided  (argues that the lobby is not the most important reason for US support)

Supplementary Reading

• Ilan Pappé Lobbying for Zionism Chapters 9 and 10  (what is the Israel lobby?)
• John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt  The Israel Lobby  (a more detailed argument prioritising the lobby’s importance)
• Samir Amin The US Imperialism and the Middle East  (a more detailed argument saying that there are more important reasons than the lobby)
• John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt  The Israel Lobby and US Foriegn Policy  (the article which started the whole debate)