this unwavering bonamy influence that really has over politics and foreign affairs i'm joined by robert naiman also director for just a former policy thank you so much for coming on so it's the fiftieth year since a packed formation how did it grow into this super lobby well partly. educating organizing people organizing their first amendment rights partly by raising a lot of money and partly by the confluence of. supporting policies that were convenient for a rising faction of the military industrial complex the united states and when israel invaded egypt and defeated their countries nine sixty seven this is a time when the united states was wrestling with the impending defeat in vietnam and there was a faction in washington that said wow we can we can have a comeback by you know look at this this is the way forward so this was that was after the seven war that became really power over because of this confluence of interests between the right wing media but it offered to differ and that moment. you know i spoke to a guest a little bit ago on the show who said that apex influence over washingt

strike on iran maybe only the latest in a series of reversals for a pack according to analysts robert naimanrom just foreign policy. there is a lot of believe the. israel lobby is losing the clout for milo they have had a series of reversals bush about the election the reelection of obama was a reversal when the israeli go you clearly need leaders even we want a bomb and we was elected to go back you were then their candidate for secretary of state with susan rice she was our john kerry. they didn't want john kerry so that was their second defeat and then we just had the spectacular defeat and the nomination confirmation of mr fenty these just suffer a number of personal and women in their lives and plump and milk in their agenda is getting more extreme and more radical these two things are leading the used to be used to be very careful to try and project a bipartisan image of public democrats but increasingly openly advocating a great weekend that a lot of democrats don't want to be a source of. as israel's relationship with the u.s. is in danger of going cold so could financial ties with w

iran may be the only the latest new series of reversals for a pac according to political analysts robert naimanfrom just foreign policy there is a lot of believe the. israel lobby is losing the club from a high level but they have had a series of reversals bush about the election the reelection obama was a reversal where the israeli go clearly mean clearly in we want to be reelected you're back and then their candidate for secretary of state with susan rice she was our john kerry came in they didn't want john kerry so that was your second defeat and then we just had the spectacular defeat and the nomination confirmation of chuck able to stick step to these just so for a number of rehearsals in the one hand they're losing khloponin the other in their agenda is getting more stream and more radical these two things are used to be used to be very careful to try and project a bipartisan image republicans democrats but increasingly openly advocating the right wing agenda that a lot of democrats don't want to be a source of so for. militia's explosive temper spoils libya's business plans coming up the

iran maybe only the latest in a series of reversals for a back according to political analyst robert naimanrom just foreign policy. there is a lot of belief that the. israel lobby is losing the club. but they have had a series of reversals which about the election the reelection of obama was a reversal where the israeli got clearly need for years even with one bombing we really like to do that here then their candidate for secretary of state was susan rice she was our john kerry came in they didn't want john kerry so that was your second defeat and then he just said spectacular see the nomination confirmation and chuck it said terry incentive is just suffered a number of personal and women and they're losing khloponin and their agenda is getting more stream and more radical used to things are using these to be used to be very careful to try and project a bipartisan image of public democrats that increasingly openly advocating breaking the gender that a lot of democrats don't want to be a source of. well there certainly have been bumps along the road in diplomatic relations between the u.s.

us to support israel militarily should israel decide to preemptively attack iran just yesterday robert naiman of just foreign policy a labrat it just on what this bill means take a look. look at this bill in the senate you know the top lobbying demand of a pac this week which already has twenty one senate. sponsors including like barbara boxer and ron wyden and sure brown saying explicitly if israel attacks iran the united states should support israel militarily and diplomatically which is the opposite of current united states policy so is there still discussion about attacking and you know that means that would mean israel the israeli government having the power to determine when the united states goes to war so not only does this bill go against current u.s. policy but it was centrally give the state of israel the helm of control on whether or not the u.s. goes to war the u.s. chose to back israel on this would potentially jump start world war three and while this bill on its own disturbs me greatly what's perhaps even more troubling to see how eager our representatives are to instantly sup

the only sign the primaries are all influence and washington is waning says political analyst robert naiman from just foreign policy there is a lot of belief that the. israel lobby is losing the clout from high level but they have had a series of reversals bush about the election the reelection of obama was a reversal where the israeli government clearly made clear they didn't want that obama to be re-elected feel that iran would then their candidate for secretary of state was susan rice she was our john kerry came in they didn't want john kerry so that was your second defeat and then he just had a spectacular defeat and the nomination confirmation of chuck able to stick effectively is just. suffered a number of the worst in the one hand they're losing top in the other hand their agenda is getting more stream and more radical he's too dangerous a little used to be used to be very careful to try and project a bipartisan image republicans democrats but increasingly they are openly advocating breaking agenda dad a lot of democrats don't want to be a citizen so for example they are pushing legi