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Story TranscriptBEN NORTON: It's The Real News Network, I'm Ben Norton.
An explosive internal investigation into the Israel lobby in the United States has effectively been censored. An undercover reporter infiltrated pro-Israel groups in Washington D.C. and recorded officials admitting that they worked closely with the Israeli government. This was going to be released in a documentary film for the Qatari state media broadcaster, Al Jazeera, but this film, titled The Lobby - USA was
censored after Qatar gave into political pressure from the U.S. government which wanted the film to be repressed.
In the past few months, however, clips of this groundbreaking documentary have begun being leaked by journalists. And today, we're joined by two of those journalists who have been reporting on some of these clips. We're joined by Ali Abunimah of the Electronic Intifada, where he has reported repeatedly on some of the clips that have been released. And we're also joined by Max Blumenthal, the founder and editor of The Graystone Project, which has likewise reported on the censored film. Thanks for joining us, guys.
MAX BLUMENTHAL: Thanks for having us.
ALI ABUNIMAH: Thank you.
BEN NORTON: So, Ali, let's start with you. At the Electronic Intifada, you and your colleague Asa Winstanley have reported extensively on this censored documentary. On August 27, you published an article at the Electronic Intifada titled, Censored film names Adam Milstein as Canary Mission funder.
Canary Mission is a blacklist for pro-Palestine activists that effectively smears them as racists and tries to get them fired from their jobs or prevent them from getting future jobs. Thanks to this film and the leak that you obtained, you now know the funder. Can you talk about what your reporting has shown and why this film has been censored?
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