There is now an increase in military activity at Israel’s border with Lebanon, because Hezbollah is known to possess rockets with which they can retaliate against an Israeli attack.

He’s got that right!

Moderate Israeli supporters in America will realize that Israel is doing harm to America’s interests (Pastor Hagee not included). There are small gains made by Israel annually, but there are losing the grand strategy, now evident in the changing American public attitude, which will only get worse.

If Israel could meld into its surroundings in the Middle East and make some concessions and repay the damage they’ve caused, things will start to rotate clockwise. The more war they create, the easier it will be to lose the narrative of the Jews as victims of the Holocaust, Anti-Semitism, etc. Both ways can’t be had.

The sooner the strike on Iran occurs, the more people will realize the ‘clean break’ (Perle) plan. When, if ever, the news media becomes independent from being non-critical of Israel, this might just make 60 Minutes as a prime story – 10 years late.

No news about these issues, makes a majority believe it does not exist.

“Security” or stature as the regional superpower and expansionist, imminent threat to the entire Muslim world?

“As for the matter of Israel’s influence on U.S. policymaking, that will only wane as a new generation of immigrant elites – from Asia, the Muslim world, and the Indian Subcontinent – take their places inside America’s civilian bureaucracy and military ranks. Israel is not central to the analytical concerns of these young, newly minted Americans. To them, it is just another country with which America must engage according to its interests.

Very interesting point, though it’s not really “analytical,” it’s that these minorities may not be as susceptible to moral blackmail due to the Holocaust as white Americans have been. Steven Steinlight has said much the same thing. I’m not sure it’s true though. We can expect more of the type of “outreach” (horse trading?) Jewish groups are already doing with Hispanics. Also, it’s a very common view in Asia that the way to get things done in the US is to get in good with American Jews by praising Israel.