[forum-prof] Infeliz 2009 !

Thu Jan 15 18:51:19 BRST 2009

A revista americana "Foreign Affairs", em seu 
número de julho/agôsto de 2008, tinha um artigo 
ótimo intitulado "The New Israel and the Old:
Why Gentile Americans Back the Jewish State" 
http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20080701faessay87402/walter-russell-mead/the-new-israel-and-the-old.html 
. Isto aparentemente se origina no pensamento 
puritano e agora na direita evangélica que é 
sucessora deste. O artigo está integral online.

Essa revista tem artigos com os quais concordo e 
outros que me fazem ferver o sangue (ou melhor 
faziam, quando o jornal que eu lia vinha com um 
encarte dela traduzida para o português). Quem 
desejar ver os artigos: 
http://www.foreignaffairs.org/browse/... Em geral 
é muito interessante, nem que seja para entender 
o pensamento norte-americano sobre política 
externa, o oficial e os que o criticam. O apoio 
incondicional americano a Israel é tema de muitos deles.

O Brasil, por exemplo, quase não existe nesse 
pensamento oficial, somos muito menos importantes 
que Israel ou China... mas li uma vez (não me 
lembro em qual número) um artigo fazendo 
exatamente essa crítica, de que o Brasil era mais 
importante para os Estados Unidos que a China mas 
que nem existia na política externa americana. 
Por exemplo em novembro/dezembro de 2008 tinha um 
artigo que achei  bom sobre o Brasil (...fizemos 
o dever de casa da estabilidade econômica e da 
continuidade administrativa mas ainda temos 
muitas reformas sociais a fazer, da melhoria da 
educação ao combate à corrupção...), mas só o 
início do artigo está online: 
http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20081001faessay87608/juan-de-onis/brazil-s-big-moment.html 
.

Abraços

Se você tiver At 18:40 12/1/2009, Luis Paulo Vieira Braga wrote:

>WASHINGTON (AFP) — American Jews are divided over the Israeli military
>offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, which is being vigorously
>denounced by an increasingly active progressive Jewish movement.
>
>The war has sown divisions among Jews here, according to Ori Nir, spokesman
>for the US branch of the Israeli pacifist movement "Peace Now," long
>overshadowed by the America-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
>
>"Many American Jews view this as a legitimate war," Nir said.
>
>"There are however people who are very uncomfortable with the way in which
>it was carried out and with the extend to which diplomatic means were not
>exhausted ... to prevent this war," he added.
>
>Divisions within the US Jewish community burst open in 2006 with the scandal
>over the publication of a book critical of the influence of the pro-Israel
>lobby group, AIPAC, on US foreign policy.
>
>Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer, co-authors of "The Israel Lobby and US
>Foreign Policy," were accused of anti-Semitism and pilloried by AIPAC, which
>the pair said gave unconditional support to the right-wing Likud party.
>
>However, their criticism made its way to the heart of the US Jewish
>community and a progressive Jewish organization, J Street, was established
>several months ago to defend the goals of pacifist Jews before the US
>Congress.
>
>J Street circulated a petition calling for an immediate ceasefire in the
>Gaza Strip just days after Israel's December 27 launch of massive air
>strikes -- at a time when US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice balked at
>such calls.
>
>"We reiterate that J Street is deeply committed to Israel, its security and
>the safety of its citizens," the group's director Jeremy Ben-Ami said on the
>J Street website.
>
>"However, as Americans and as friends and supporters of Israel, we do not
>believe the continuation of the present military operation is in the best
>interests of either the United States or Israel," he added.
>
>He pointed to anti-Israeli demonstrations in Iraq and Afghanistan, where
>tens of thousands of US soldiers are deployed.
>
>"Demonstrations throughout the Middle East and the Muslim world indicate
>that this week's events are only further damaging America's image, interests
>and relationships around the world," Ben-Ami argued.
>
>Another sign that progressive Jews are gaining ground in the United States
>is that Walt is today one of the authors that the respected Foreign Policy
>magazine has chosen to launch a series of blogs on US diplomacy.
>
>In 2006, Harvard University distanced itself from the article that gave rise
>to the book -- which was also written by Walt, a Harvard professor, and
>Mearsheimer, a University of Chicago professor.
>
>Walt now blasts the response of President George W. Bush's administration to
>the latest Israeli offensive, comparing it to its decision in 2006 to wait
>one month before calling for a truce in Israel's war against Lebanon's
>Hezbollah.
>
>"The sooner we redefine what it means to be 'pro-Israel,' the better for us
>and the better for Israel. Needless to say, it would be much better for the
>Palestinians too," Walt noted.
>
>
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