I hope that this will weaken the lobby, but I just do not see 11 congresspersons and one senator as a stampede. Maybe if the senator were Schumer and not Sanders, I would be more hopeful.
This whole speech controversy and its implied threat of sanctions must be making it much harder for Iranian officials who want an agreement, to sell it to the Iranian hardliners and the public. Score one for the Israeli PM.
Despite Netanyahu's unprecedented challenge to the US Pres., Democrats are still attending and treating the Israeli PM with more deference than they treat their own Pres.
The lobby money is still there, and it will continue to influence US Israel relations for the foreseeable future. But they do not always get their way, and I hope that will be the case with Iran.
If all the casualties were on the Syrian side of the border, as claimed by the IDF, doesn't that mean that this was a crime?
If this happened as a result of government policy with the intent of deterence, I am starting to worry about the activists on the flotilla. The Israelis have acted with impunity in Gaza and against the last flotilla. I am very concerned about another massacre.
I hope that this will weaken the lobby, but I just do not see 11 congresspersons and one senator as a stampede. Maybe if the senator were Schumer and not Sanders, I would be more hopeful.
This whole speech controversy and its implied threat of sanctions must be making it much harder for Iranian officials who want an agreement, to sell it to the Iranian hardliners and the public. Score one for the Israeli PM.
Despite Netanyahu's unprecedented challenge to the US Pres., Democrats are still attending and treating the Israeli PM with more deference than they treat their own Pres.
The lobby money is still there, and it will continue to influence US Israel relations for the foreseeable future. But they do not always get their way, and I hope that will be the case with Iran.
If all the casualties were on the Syrian side of the border, as claimed by the IDF, doesn't that mean that this was a crime?
If this happened as a result of government policy with the intent of deterence, I am starting to worry about the activists on the flotilla. The Israelis have acted with impunity in Gaza and against the last flotilla. I am very concerned about another massacre.