`=Claimed Factual Errors=== (The following is the piece that  above refers to as original research.  I have placed it here so that it can be built upon and de-``ugly``-ified.)  Many critics have contended that the article contains numerous factual errors.  What follows is an attempt to list those claimed factual errors, the source of that claim and whether that error can be substantiated or disproved:  * ``In fact, the whole paper is full of errors, large and small. A matter as simple as Israel's current population is incorrectly stated at 6,276,883. The number is precise but inaccurate. Israel's population recently reached eight million, a fact that was reported extensively in the press, and could have been verified with very little effort.`` - Ilana Freedman, ``A dangerously wrong study on the Israel lobby``, March 24 2006. : According to the CIA World Fact Book, the current population of Israel is 6,276,883 as claimed by Mearsheimer and Walt.   ==`