A weird article it is. So many words, but not a single statement: what EXACTLY is wrong with the Israel's policies in the eyes of the Americans. It sounds like Israel is "guilty" of something, but of what exactly - remains a mystery.

Israel is not loved by the vast majority of non-Jewish elite in US, it is merely tolerated. The reason it's tolerated is because of the vast disproportionality in the presence of Jews in most spheres, especially in media and the 100s of millions in campaign contribution from Jews. This isn't conspiracy theory, it's reality. Israel is a liability to US strategic interests and it has indeed cost US loss of credibility.

Shain came out of the closet in the last two paragraphs. What does it mean "an Israeli-American-Arab initiative aimed at changing the face of the Middle East" Arabs will never accept Israel to solve their problems in the Greater Middle East. It is clear that the only thing they will agree to is Israeli concessions and this is exactly what the author has in mind. For the sake of good relations with the Muslim Administration in Washington Israel cannot agree to commit suicide. In any case even if Israel did Obama is well known to abandon friends in the region and the world. Libya, Syria, Kurds, Ukraine, Afghanistan, US marines jailed in Mexico for no real reason.

the congress of the united states is in near unanimity that iran's nuclear weapons program must be stopped. the congress is in near unanimity that obama's deal with iran will not stop its nuclear weapons program, including enrichment, the heavy water reactor at arak, its weaponisation program, and its inter continental ballistic missile program.

You could be right on a theoretical level , but ultimately American approach is pragmatic , of Israel defeats Iran clearly for the regional,supremacy then it would in the good books again ,,but If Iran manages a decisive change Innthe regional security apparatus then Israel,days will be numbered .. The way to deal with Iran can be easy f we take the following steps : - Continue to bleed them in Syrian , Iraq, Lebanon , and now Yemen through surrogates war . - Use the republican win to tighten the the sanctions regime . - Go back to the tactics of selective sabotage and picking their scientist and experts , it erodes morale and raise the costs Once Iran becomes bankrupt ,,the knock out will be less expensive and shorter .

Keep out of harms way !

do anything about Iran. Congress critters have already done everything they can do (direct sanctions in 1979). Third-party sanctions are being ignored around the world and if congress critters try to punish countries ignoring congress, the countries will just retaliate against US businesses causing massive economic problems for Americans. The only other option congress has is declaring war as the constitution defines. This will, of course, get every congress critter booted from office, especially in the states that allow recall of sitting congress critters. Once even one congress critter is booted, the rest will immediately try to stop the war. So in the end. all you will have is a bunch of hot air from the congress critters and no action.. Life will get better every day in Iran.

Even if they wanted to help, the Republicans can't to aid Israel. The Republicans may or may not sympathize with Israel, but if they fight it will be Obama's four Horsemen to fundamentally transform America: unlimited immigration, weaponized government agencies, voter ID and Obamacare. What Shain ignores is the real issue: Obama has discarded all guarantees the US gave Israel in negotiations with the PLO, and is now firmly allied with Hamas, and Obama has gloated that he has given Iranian nukes.

What twisted arguments for a prof. obama's democrats are, and were from the beginning israels foes and the names you are dropping are beaurocrats chosen by the king himself, clones of himself and his ideas. Israelis don't know the first thing on american politics. The word democrat blinds them to its meaning. Funny when you complain about reps winning all the names of complaint are dems. By the way the jews voted 65% this time also for obama politics, anti israel or even anti jewish. Eyes wide closed, shoa is closing in

Finally- our views are published. Pro Israeli Americans are enraged by Gaza atrocities, disrespect of our leaders, over-playing power cards of AIPAC and Right-wing Likud policies & diminisment of Labor. We feel you bit our hand and carelessly weakened our prestige and power by your policies. We want strong peaceful Israel not a bully dragging Israel and us down for few square miles of dirt lands. Start peace process along lines of 1967...

You show a blatant ignorance of history and facts, or is it blindness. The arabs INSISTED (emphasis theirs) that the 1967 lines (actually known as the 1948 lines) were not a border, nor an armistice line; they were to be taken ONLY (emphasis theirs) as a cease fire line. SInce then they have shown no inclination whatsoever to accept any form of Israel (let alone Jews) living alongside them. Their fighters hide behind their population, while people like you feel this gives them cart blanche to fire at Jewish civilians. (In international law, once fighters hide begin civilians the civilians lose immunity. In spite of this, Israel did all it could to warn them when and where there would be strikes.) They have not accepted proposals that gave them 97% of the land they wanted; proof that their definition of “compromise’ is “no compromise”. Come back to reality and we might give some credence to your posts. This post has none.

What is wrong with the article? Any observer of the United States political scene should know that all those who are cited as anti-Israel (from Jim Baker and Zib on up) have ALWAYS been violently anti-Israel. Nothing to do with current Israeli policies.

The democrats are not friends of the Jews of of Israel, not anymore. Time to wake up, they are just using us and trying to subvert the US Jewish community - as with the quisling J-Street, an arm of the Democrat party, formed and funded by them to bypass Jewish community leaders unhappy with Obama. Time for US Jews to dump the Democrats, Carter and Clinton tried to destroy Israel,as has the current boob in the White House. Mutual respect is possible and reliable with the Republicans, and aging Pentagon bigots like retired General Odom and General Mattis are irrelevant. The current Republican party sees Islamists as the mortal enemy of the US that they are, to be defeated and destroyed, the current far left wing Democrat party wants to sacrifice Israel to help the US make "friends" with them. Thats reality. The black community in the US, strongly backed by Jews in the past, has repayed us by becoming solidly anti-Israel (and anti-Jewish as well), and the Democrat party is unwilling to challenge this, since blacks (3 times as numerous as Jews) vote 90% Democrat. The Democrats just want Jewish money, so they try to con us. That's also reality. There is no future for Jews or Israel in backing the Democrat party - its the rich alte kakkers of the Jewish community that can't let go and face facts, the younger generation is swinging to the Republicans.