"Zionist Lobby" or American interests?

[Marc Rodrigues]

Two recent pieces from Counterpunch exploring the role of the "Zionist
Lobby" in the U.S.-

http://www.counterpunch.org/atzmon0822.html

http://www.counterpunch.org/neumann0820.html

I think the Neumann piece is oversimplistic, dismissing any interest
on the part of the American ruling class and explaining the U.S. support
of Israel as due to: 

"the support of ordinary American Jews for Israeli policies. More important
may be the enormous prestige of Jews and Jewish culture in American life."

Almost sounds like a "jews run everything" conspiracy explanation.

Any thoughts?

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