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From birth, Israel was a regional menace until America became its
benefactor in the late 1960s. Now it’s a global one, powerful with a
large standing army and the latest weapons and technology, nuclear armed
and ready to use them. It’s belligerent on the slightest pretext or
none at all, and a threat to world peace and security because US
administrations since Lyndon Johnson supported a nation of 5.6 million
Jews in an area the size of New Jersey, partnering in its worst crimes
and abuses.

It’s due largely to the Israeli Lobby’s influence, or as John
Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt wrote in their book, “The Israel Lobby and
US Foreign Policy,” America’s Middle East policy is driven “almost
entirely (by) US domestic politics, and especially (because of) the
(Lobby’s) activities….This situation has no equal in American political
history.”

In his book, “The Power of Israel in the United States,” James
Petras documented its enormous influence, explaining its roots
throughout government, the business community, the dominant media,
academia, the clergy, and powerful wealthy Jewish families. Broad
support comes from thousands of dedicated activists, including doctors,
lawyers, accountants, other professionals, philanthropists, and
journalists given special prominence and benefits for their unwavering
pro-Israeli reporting, suppres... >>>