Who wants to pay for nuclear-armed Israel’s “Qualitative Military Edge”? Results of a September 2014 IRmep Online Survey By Grant F. Smith Editing and additional analysis by Jeffrey Blankfort Through 2014 the…
Month: September 2014
Americans Believe the US Gives Too Much Foreign Aid to Israel
Surveying Americans about U.S. aid to Israel requires putting it into proper perspective. Given Israel’s position as the leading single U.S. foreign aid recipient (by a wide margin), asking the foreign aid…
Americans Falsely Believe Iran has Nuclear Weapons
A steady campaign of accusations that Iran’s civilian nuclear program was—in fact—a cover for nuclear weapons development paid off. In late 2014 a strong majority of Americans (58.5%) believed that Iran had nuclear…
Most Americans Correctly Believe Israel has Nuclear Weapons
Despite a longstanding Israeli policy of “strategic ambiguity”—never confirming or denying that Israel has nuclear weapons—curiously followed by the US government, most Americans are not fooled. Revelations by Mordecai Vanunu, complete with…
DOJ Demands Immunity for Anti-Iran Group UANI
Will precedent place Israel lobby organizations above the law? The U.S. Department of Justice asked a federal judge on Friday to throw out a lawsuit against the American Coalition Against Nuclear Iran,…