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The Israel lobby is an ordinary American interest group rather than a cabal, and it happens to be extremely powerful.

Drawn from what John Mearsheimer said

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  1. John Mearsheimer

    Political scientist at the University of Chicago

    So our argument is that the lobby is not doing anything that's illegal, or illicit, or immoral, or unethical. It's just a good old-fashioned American interest group. And it just happens to be extremely powerful.

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    ↗John Mearsheimer: Israel-Palestine, Russia-Ukraine, China, NATO, and WW3 | Lex Fridman Podcast #401youtube.com

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