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[[Daily Mail]] journalist [[Melanie Phillips]] writing in her own blog called the paper a "particularly ripe example of the [[The Protocols of the Elders of Zion|global Zionist conspiracy]]’ libel". According to Phillips, "The fundamental misrepresentations and distortions in this LRB paper are quite astonishing." For example, she dismisses the paper's assertion that Israeli citizenship "is based on the principle of blood kinship" as "totally untrue" because "Arabs and other non-Jews are Israeli citizens." Contrary to the claim by the paper's authors that critics of Israel stand "a good chance of getting labeled an antisemite", writes Phillips, "they stand instead an excellent chance of being published in the ''[[London Review of Books]]''".

<ref>[[Melanie Phillips|Phillips, Melanie]]. "[http://www.melaniephillips.com/diary/archives/001643.html The graves of academe]", March 21, 2006. Accessed April 6, 2006.</ref>

In the blog ''Washington Babylon'' at www.harpers.org, [[Ken Silverstein]], Washington editor of [[Harper's Magazine]], discusses a blog of [[As'ad AbuKhalil]], professor of political science at California State University, Stanislaus. Silverstein writes:

"AbuKhalil also wrote a fascinating critique of the controversial paper ' The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, ' by Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer. His analysis pointed out some of the contradictions in the paper—most notably that the authors seemed ' intent on blaming all the ills in U.S. foreign policy on the Israeli lobby. ' "

<ref> Ken Silverstein, [http://harpers.org/sb-a-statue-to-reason-1152745267.html A Statue to Reason], Harper's Magazine website www.harpers.org, July 13, 2006 </ref>

Others critical of the paper include author [[Michael Oren]];<ref>[http://www.aipac.org/Publications/SpeechesByPolicymakers/PC2007_MichaelOren.pdf Michael Oren piece], from AIPAC.</ref> [[Caroline Glick]] of [[The Jerusalem Post]];<ref> Caroline B. Glick, [http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0306/glick032406.php3], Jewish World Review March 26, 2006</ref> columnist [[Bret Stephens]];<ref> Bret Stephens [http://users2.wsj.com/lmda/do/checkLogin?mg=wsj-users2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB114325983069308278.html], The Wall Street Journal, March 25, 2006 (username and password needed)</ref> <ref> [http://www.israpundit.com/2006/?p=610]</ref> editor of ''Jewish Current Issues'' Rick Richman;<ref> [http://www.jewishpress.com/page.do/17970/The_'Israel_Lobby'_And_Academic_Malpractice.html], The Jewish Press, March 29, 2006</ref> <ref>[http://israel.uchicago.edu/bret_stephens_speech.pdf Bret Stephens: “Meet the Israel Lobby”], Speech at the University of Chicago May 3, 2006, Delivered to Chicago Friends of Israel, Israel Week 2006 Keynote</ref> and [[James Taranto]] of the [[The Wall Street Journal]];<ref>[http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110008117], The Wall Street Journal, Editorial Page, March 20, 2006</ref>