Take a look at the Huffington Post headlines right now. One activist was American, shot four times in the head… Blockade has failed… Obama administration believes blockade is "untenable," per NYT.
I believe (yes, I want to believe; but that never stops me) the special relationship is over.The Israelis will put in a new government to try and stop the damage to its principal source of support, the lobby. But the Democratic Party base is now lost.
