THE PRO-ISRAEL LOBBY HAS SWAYED US PRESIDENTS SINCE TRUMAN. IT MUST END WITH TRUMP | IAN LUSTICK AND ELI CLIFTON

Our new book tracks the growth over nearly eight decades, of the most powerful foreign policy lobby in US history In 1948, with war raging in Palestine, Harry Truman found himself trapped. On one side were Zionist lobbyists and the president’s domestic political advisers, who were urging him to support the establishment of a Jewish state in as much of Palestine as possible.

US news | The Guardian reports that our new book tracks the growth over nearly eight decades, of the most powerful foreign policy lobby in US history In 1948, with war raging in Palestine, Harry Truman found himself trapped.

The report adds: On one side were Zionist lobbyists and the president’s domestic political advisers, who were urging him to support the establishment of a Jewish state in as much of Palestine as possible.

On the other were his top foreign policy and national security officials, led by the secretary of state, George C Marshall.

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