Sorry Ed, but hinting at an anti-semitic resurgence is a the oldest intimidation tactic ever known. Chalres Lindburgh used it 60 years ago, and didn’t work for him, and many others have tried and failed since. Sure, violent anti-semitism is ugly, but it simply doesn’t have much staying power on American soil. And history has shown this.

Frankly, this is all very reminiscent the “Bell Curve” scandal of ten years ago when two other professors, “Hernstein & Murray”, published a book claiming blacks were less intelligent than whites. Blacks were rightly upset about the resurrection of these old ugly steroetypes (under the thin veneer of scholarship); anti-black racists came out in droves to claim vindication; but at the end of the day most people just yawned. And based on the comments that seem to attend the”The Israel Lobby”, its clear that the same is happening here - the book appeals strongly to that subset of America who are passionately and emotionally ant-semitic, but doesn’t seem to resonate much with truly neutral observers of the Mid-East; and certainly not the vast majority of Americans who are not, in fact, anti-semitic. In other words, like “The Bell Curve”, these guys are just preaching to their choir.

First, of all –> NO–Its not Anti-Semitic

The authors of the book clearly stated that the Israel Lobby is not first and foremost Jewish. The authors said that a verity of groups identify with the pro-Israel Lobby; Christian/catholic, and Jewish, as well as a mix of secular ideologies. I think the book calls into question “What is America’s objective in Israel and what is America’s objective in the Middle East more generally.”