I grew up idolizing Israel, from Charleton-Heston-provided History (Good Guys vs Romans and Egyptians, 2 movies), to all their wars and their responses to terror attacks. Always the heroes, both military and moral. Took 1985-1995 to turn me around.
I read "The Israel Lobby" when it came out, and the Gaza response has made me completely ac…
I grew up idolizing Israel, from Charleton-Heston-provided History (Good Guys vs Romans and Egyptians, 2 movies), to all their wars and their responses to terror attacks. Always the heroes, both military and moral. Took 1985-1995 to turn me around.
I read "The Israel Lobby" when it came out, and the Gaza response has made me completely accept that the book is dead-on. There's nothing opponents can do. There is no "Palestine Lobby". At least not remotely comparable. Israel will lose power over America when multiple Congressmen lose their jobs to a dedicated pro-Palestine voting bloc like Israel enjoys.
About all journalists can do is make sure we are aware of what's happening to Palestinians, and monitor polls - which should change, one would think, over coming decades. Yes, decades. Israel will lose support some decade,maybe have to accept terms they don't like. But not this decade.
That "future" dream was a sweet dream, though. One can hope.
I grew up idolizing Israel, from Charleton-Heston-provided History (Good Guys vs Romans and Egyptians, 2 movies), to all their wars and their responses to terror attacks. Always the heroes, both military and moral. Took 1985-1995 to turn me around.
I read "The Israel Lobby" when it came out, and the Gaza response has made me completely accept that the book is dead-on. There's nothing opponents can do. There is no "Palestine Lobby". At least not remotely comparable. Israel will lose power over America when multiple Congressmen lose their jobs to a dedicated pro-Palestine voting bloc like Israel enjoys.
About all journalists can do is make sure we are aware of what's happening to Palestinians, and monitor polls - which should change, one would think, over coming decades. Yes, decades. Israel will lose support some decade,maybe have to accept terms they don't like. But not this decade.
That "future" dream was a sweet dream, though. One can hope.
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