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| In their authoritative study of the Israel lobby in the United States, John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt describe it as 'a loose coalition of individuals and organizations that actively works to move U.S. foreign policy in a pro-Israel direction...it is not a single unified movement with a central leadership'. It is 'a powerful interest group, made up of both Jews and gentiles, whose acknowledged purpose is to press Israel's case within the United States and influence American foreign policy in ways that its members believe will benefit the Jewish state. The various groups that make up the lobby do not agree on every issue, although they share the desire to promote a special relationship between the United States and Israel' (Mearsheimer & Walt, 2007: 5). | | In their authoritative study of the Israel lobby in the United States, John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt describe it as 'a loose coalition of individuals and organizations that actively works to move U.S. foreign policy in a pro-Israel direction...it is not a single unified movement with a central leadership'. It is 'a powerful interest group, made up of both Jews and gentiles, whose acknowledged purpose is to press Israel's case within the United States and influence American foreign policy in ways that its members believe will benefit the Jewish state. The various groups that make up the lobby do not agree on every issue, although they share the desire to promote a special relationship between the United States and Israel' (Mearsheimer & Walt, 2007: 5). |