The Israel lobby has succeeded in making itself irrelevant

The Israel lobby has succeeded in making itself irrelevant

Posted: 02 Jan 2014 07:40 AM PST

Peter Beinart writes: The organized American Jewish community has spent decades building influence in Washington. But it’s succeeded too well. By making it too politically painful for Obama to push Netanyahu toward a two-state deal, the American Jewish establishment (along with its Christian right allies) is making Washington irrelevant. For two decades, the core premise […]