But despite the lobby’s best efforts, there is a new political map in the U.S., and the lobby is approaching a crisis. Today, it is up against foes it has never had before and that, in the long run, will defeat it.
Three forces have announced themselves: 1. the establishment is wobbly; even pro-Israel voices (Peggy Noonan, Richard Haass, Thomas Friedman) are expressing deep fears about what Israel has become and its absence of a vision for a future beside massacring Palestinians; 2. the Jewish community on which the lobby depends is fracturing, with brave strong young people labeling apartheid and genocide; 3. the intersectional politics of the left have brought a diverse coalition to challenge Israeli racism in ways that were marginalized in the past. That coalition is exerting a groundswell that is now scaring Democrats about losing Michigan.