AIPAC would likewise wield much less influence inside the 21st-century beltway if the Puritan settlers of Massachusetts hadn’t thought of themselves as reenacting the exodus of the Hebrews from bondage in ancient Egypt. ~D.L. at Democracy in America As the distilled essence of Mead’s argument about the reasons for pro-Israel attitudes in America, this captures … Continue reading New Israels and U.S. Israel Policy