Facts: - known for: founder president of the council for the national interest -lrb- cni of -rrb- , author of book on the history of the if us-israel relationship americans knew -lrb- iak -rrb- , - name: alison weir - nationality: american - image: alisonweir-journalist-may2011 . jpg - occupation: journalist & author Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of alison weir -lrb- journalist -rrb- .
alison weir is an american journalist .she is the founder and executive director of the non-profit organization if americans knew -lrb- iak -rrb- and president of another us-based non-profit , the council for the national interest -lrb- cni -rrb- .both organizations are concerned with the israeli-palestinian conflict .she is the author of '' against our better judgment : the hidden history of how the u.s. was used to create israel .weir has described the founding of israel as a '' holocaust . ''she has called israel a '' violently imposed , ethnically based nation-state , '' and has compared it to the 9/11 terrorists .she has been criticized by groups such as the anti-defamation league , which has called her '' a prominent voice in the anti-israel movement , '' and by the committee for accuracy in middle east reporting in america -lrb- camera -rrb- , which has called her reports '' preposterous '' and '' unreliable . ''