The pro-Israel lobby has swayed US presidents since Truman. It must end with Trump | Ian Lustick and Eli Clifton

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In 1948, President Truman recognized Israel under pressure from Zionist lobbyists, despite warnings from Secretary of State George Marshall about jeopardizing US foreign policy interests. The article argues this pattern of the pro-Israel lobby influencing US presidents, exemplified by Donald Trump's decision to confront Iran against his advisors' counsel, must end.

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Our new book tracks the growth over nearly eight decades, of the most powerful foreign policy lobby in US historyIn 1948, with war raging in Palestine, Harry Truman found himself trapped. On one side were Zionist lobbyists and the president’s domestic political advisers, who were urging him to support the establishment of a Jewish state in as much of Palestine as possible.

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