Israeli historian Prof. Ilan Pappé and Palestinian writer and academic Dr. Ghada Karmi are to speak at a series of college meetings on Wednesday and Thursday this week organised by Academics for Palestine (AfP) and which will examine the role of academics in the struggle for justice in Palestine.

By James Petras
One of the least analyzed aspects of the Egyptian pro-democracy movement and US policy toward it, is the role of the influential Zionist power configuration (ZPC) including the leading umbrella organization—the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (CPMAJO)—Congressional Middle East committee members, officials occupying strategic positions in the Obama Administration’s Middle East bureaus, as well as prominent editors, publicists and journalists who play a major role in the prestigious newspapers and popular weekly magazines.  This essay is based on a survey of every issue of the Daily Alert (propaganda bulletin of the CPMAJO), the  NY Times and the Washington Post between 25 January—17 February, 2011.