W alter L. H ixson . Israel’s Armor

In 1796, President George Washington’s Farewell Address established a foreign relations protocol that lasted for more than a century, stating that “nothing is more essential than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular nations and passionate attachments for others should be excluded . . . our true policy is to steer clear of permanent alliances.” This policy collapsed as the United States emerged a century ago as the world’s great economic and political power. Walter Hixson has written a well-researched study of US-Israeli relations, with his primary focus on the role of the Israel lobby. Israel’s Armor: The Israel Lobby and the First Generation of the Palestine Conflict posits that, in the history of American foreign relations, the lobby is the most influential pressure group operating on behalf of another country. An example of its favored status is that as a country of 8.5 million—smaller than seventeen US counties—Israel is the...

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