by Ludwig Watzal
On an all-day conference in Washington on the power and the influence of the Israel Lobby organized by the „Institute for Research/Middle East Policy“ and the „Washington Report for Middle East Affairs“ Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy delivered an impassioned speech at the National Press Club blaming the Zionist lobby for the dominant role Israel plays in U. S. politics.
„Let’s call it from now on the United States of Israel.“ According to Levy, one has to ask oneself who is the superpower between the two. The American political class is permanently talking of an „ironclad friendship“ between the U. S. and Israel, but for Levy it’s a „corrupting friendship“. „If there wouldn’t be an Israel lobby, Israel would be a better place to live in, Israel would be a more just place. And I think that if it wouldn’t be the Israel lobby, the US would be a better place and a more democratic place.“
							