A leading voice of the pro-Israel lobby is pushing for an old-style "witchhunt"-under the guise of "homeland security"-to identify (and expel) individuals in the U.S. government and American military who are suspected of being hostile to Israel. The call for a witch-hunt is based on the outlandish thesis that "Islamo-fascists" and Muslim "jihadist" operatives and, perhaps more particularly, their "sympathizers"-however loosely defined-have infested America's defense, national security and federal law enforcement community.

The witch-hunt was proposed in the fall 2006 issue of the small-circulation-but highly influential-Journal of International Security Affairs published by the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA). JINSA has been one of the frontline forces in the fanatically pro-Israel "neo-conservative" circles directing foreign policy under George W. Bush. Not only Vice President Dick Cheney, but also UN Ambassador John Bolton, former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Douglas Feith and Richard Perle, former chairman of the Defense Policy Board-to name just a few big Bush administration names-have all been associates of JINSA.

University of Pennsylvania Prof. Edward Herman has described JINSA as "organized and [run] by individuals closely tied to the Israeli lobby and can be regarded as a virtual agency of the Israeli government." What first appears as commentary in JINSA's Journal often leads to very real policies carried out by the Bush administration alone and sometimes in concert with Capitol Hill which some critics have been known to cynically call "Israeli occupied territory."

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Also read: ISRAEL LOBBY SAYS PENTAGON 'INFILTRATED'; HOSTILITY TO ZIONISM SEEN AS 'MAJOR THREAT' at http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/pentagon__infiltrated_.html