Tide Turns in Favor of Pro-Israel Lobby
Then again, too, Trump trips up over Taiwan, aligning himself with a faction of the Republican party that would like America to play a more modest role on the world stage.
The worst of both worlds has lately been the lot of America’s pro-Israel lobby. Anti-Semites still warned in conspiratorial tones about the hold groups like the American Israel Public Affairs Committee have over American foreign policy. Yet the lobby was powerless to stop President Obama’s Iran nuclear deal in Congress.
Aipac might have boasted of overwhelming pro-Israel majorities in Congress, but the new stars of the Democratic Party — like Congresswoman Ilhan Omar — were staking their reputations on defaming supporters of the Jewish state as puppets bought off by Jewish money.
A login link has been sent to
Enter your email to read this article.
Get 2 free articles when you subscribe.
