by Maidhc Ó Cathail

IF ISRAEL’S STRANGLEHOLD over U.S. foreign policy is to be broken, Americans will need to be informed about the harm that Washington’s unconditional support for Israel is doing to American interests, say leading analysts of U.S.-Israeli relations.

According to John J. Mearsheimer (pictured), co-author of The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, “The only plausible way to weaken the lobby’s influence on U.S. foreign policy is for prominent policymakers and opinion-makers to speak openly about the damage the special relationship is doing to the American national interest.”

“Plenty of people in the United States, especially inside the Beltway, know that Israel is an albatross around America’s neck,” says Mearsheimer, the . . . → Read More: Breaking Israel’s Stranglehold Over American Foreign Policy