Benjamin Netanyahu Won’t Be Israel’s Prime Minister Forever
Taking stock of a man of moderation.
October 10, 2017
Stephen Walt is back.
Ten years after the publication of The Israel Lobby—the work of two “realist” political scientists who accused pro-Israel forces of manipulating U.S. foreign policy into disaster—events in the Middle East have shown that the existence of a Jewish state is the least of the region’s problems. Yet the book’s coauthor, Stephen Walt, has resurfaced with a column in the Forward arguing that history has proved him right. Jonathan Tobin comments:
Taking stock of a man of moderation.
Access to the $19-trillion American financial system will always win out over access to Iran’s $400 billion.
Stephen Walt is back.
Fleeting and timeless.
A mikveh provides proof.
Ten years after the publication of The Israel Lobby—the work of two “realist” political scientists who accused pro-Israel forces of manipulating U.S. foreign policy into disaster—events in the Middle East have shown that the existence of a Jewish state is the least of the region’s problems. Yet the book’s coauthor, Stephen Walt, has resurfaced with a column in the Forward arguing that history has proved him right. Jonathan Tobin comments:
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