VII


Eric Alterman of the Nation published a list of American pundits unreservedly supportive of Israel.

COLUMNISTS AND COMMENTATORS WHO REFLEXIVELY SUPPORT ISRAEL:
  1. George Will, The Washington Post, Newsweek and ABC News
  2. William Safire, The New York Times
  3. A.M. Rosenthal, The New York Daily News, formerly Executive Editor of and later columnist for, The New York Times,
  4. Charles Krauthammer, The Washington Post, PBS, Time, and The Weekly Standard, formerly of the New Republic.
  5. Michael Kelly, The Washington Post, The Atlantic Monthly, National Journal, and MSNBC.com, formerly of The New Republic and The New Yorker.
  6. Lally Weymouth, The Washington Post and Newsweek
  7. Martin Peretz, The New Republic,
  8. Daniel Pipes, The New York Post
  9. Andrea Peyser, The New York Post
  10. Dick Morris, The New York Post
  11. Lawrence Kaplan, The New Republic
  12. William Bennett, CNN
  13. William Kristol, The Washington Post, the Weekly Standard, Fox News, formerly of ABC News
  14. Robert Kagan, The Washington Post and The Weekly Standard,
  15. Mortimer Zuckerman, US News and World Report (Zuckerman is also Chairman of Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations ).
  16. David Gelertner, The Weekly Standard
  17. John Podhoretz, The New York Post and The Weekly Standard
  18. Mona Charen, The Washington Times
  19. Morton Kondracke, Roll Call, Fox News formerly of The McLaughlin Group, The New Republic and PBS
  20. Fred Barnes, The Weekly Standard, Fox News, formerly of The New Republic, The McLaughlin Group, and The Baltimore Sun
  21. Sid Zion, The New York Post, The New York Daily News,
  22. Yossi Klein Halevi The New Republic,
  23. Sidney Zion, The New York Post, formerly of The New York Daily News
  24. Norman Podhoretz, Commentary,
  25. Jonah Goldberg, National Review and CNN
  26. Laura Ingram, CNN, formerly of MSNBC and CBS News
  27. Jeff Jacoby, The Boston Globe
  28. Rich Lowry, National Review
  29. Andrew Sullivan, The New Republic
  30. Seth Lipsky, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Sun, formerly of the Jewish Forward
  31. Irving Kristol, The Public Interest, The National Interest and The Wall Street Journal Editorial Page
  32. Chris Matthews, MSNBC
  33. Allan Keyes, MSNBC, WorldNetDaily.com
  34. Brit Hume, Fox News
  35. John Leo, US News and World Report
  36. Robert Bartley, The Wall Street Journal Editorial Page
  37. John Fund, The Wall Street Journal Opinion Journal, formerly of The Wall Street Journal Editorial Page
  38. Peggy Noonan, The Wall Street Journal Editorial Page,
  39. Ben Wattenberg, The Washington Times, PBS
  40. Tony Snow, Washington Times and Fox News
  41. Lawrence Kudlow, National Review and CNBC
  42. Alan Dershowitz, Boston Herald, Washington Times
  43. David Horowitz, Frontpage.com
  44. Jacob Heilbrun, The Los Angeles Times
  45. Thomas Sowell, Washington Times
  46. Frank Gaffney Jr, Washington Times
  47. Emmett Tyrell, American Spectator and New York Sun
  48. Cal Thomas, Washington Times
  49. Oliver North, Washington Times and Fox News, formerly of MSNBC
  50. Michael Ledeen, Jewish World Review
  51. William F. Buckley, National Review
  52. Bill O'Reilly, Fox News
  53. Paul Greenberg, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,
  54. L. Brent Bozell, Washington Times
  55. Todd Lindberg, Washington Times
  56. Michael Barone, US News and World Report and The McLaughlin Group
  57. Ann Coulter, Human Events,
  58. Linda Chavez, Creators Syndicate
  59. Cathy Young, Reason Magazine
  60. Uri Dan, New York Post
  61. Dr. Laura Schlessinger, morality maven
  62. Rush Limbaugh, radio host.

"What is perhaps most interesting is the long list of non-Jews who support Israel reflexively and without qualification", - wrote Professor Kevin McDonald of California State University . – "Unconditional support for Israel is a critical litmus test of acceptability by the major media in the U.S. Prospective pundits "earn their stripes" by showing their devotion to Israel (and, presumably other Jewish issues). - SOURCE