Fulbright

How the Israel Lobby Took Control of U.S. Foreign Policy

by Jeff Gates October 25, 2009

By Jeff Gates * In the early 1960s, Sen. William J. Fulbright fought to force the American Zionist Council to register as agents of a foreign government. The council eluded registration by reorganizing as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. AIPAC has since become what Fulbright most feared: A foreign agent dominating American foreign policy [...]

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Jeff Gates – How Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal Endangers Us All

by Jeff Gates September 14, 2009

By Jeff Gates* On September 24th, U.S. President Barack Obama will preside over a U.N. Security Council session on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament. In March 2010, Moscow will host a Global Nuclear Summit that the U.S. has agreed to attend. The next six months could prove hopeful or harmful-depending on the impact on Israel’s nuclear [...]

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Israel Turns Gaza Into Prison For UConn Fulbright Scholar

by Haitham Sabbah September 8, 2008

By ZOHAIR M. ABU SHABAN As a Palestinian from the Gaza Strip, I could not have been more proud to learn last June that I had earned a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to study in the United States. As a child, I would wonder how televisions, computers and washing machines actually worked. I took this fascination [...]

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Blocking a Gazan’s path to San Diego

by Haitham Sabbah August 16, 2008

U.S. Revokes Visas Of Fulbright Scholarship Winners From Gaza based on “Secret Charges” Blocking a Gazan’s path to San Diego By Fidaa Abed August 15, 2008 As a young Palestinian from Gaza, I had been eagerly anticipating the opportunity to study at the University of California San Diego on a Fulbright scholarship. The chance to [...]

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