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"Realname" why do you try to cast my criticism of the Israel Lobby/Neocons - who brought us the Iraq war and are working overtime to bring us a war with Iran- into an attack on Jews? The Lobby has, for some reason that is difficult to fathom, allied itself with the most extreme fascist warmongering forces in Israel (e.g. Likud, the settler colonists and Israel Beitenu) that openly advocate "endless conflict" and the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their land. Surely this does not represent the views of most American Jews!
The Neocons/Israel Lobby don't want to see any attempt to deescalate the conflict or bring about peace succeed. Hence, their venom toward Pelosi.
The destructive influence of the Israel Lobby on US foreign policy in the Middle East and their tactics of smearing critics and stifling debate are well documented. See the London Review of Books essay published by professors John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt 'The Israel Lobby' http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n06/mear01_.html
