By Denis Korkodinov
It is believed that the starting point of Israeli influence on Washington’s policies is a conference held in Baltimore in 1942, which was attended by representatives of the majority of Jewish organizations concentrated in the United States.
The initial purpose of the conference was to develop a set of measures necessary for the mass reception of Jewish refugees with the financial support of the American administration.
Thus, it is worth noting that the Jewish lobby in the United States was formed much earlier than the state of Israel was formed. More precisely, it was the international lobbyist groups of Jews that served the state as a pleasing factor, as a result of which the very existence of Israel turned out to be possible.
The main role in shaping the Jewish lobby in the United States was played by Isaiah Leo Kenen and Abba Eban, who managed to mobilize almost all significant Jewish groups in order to lay the foundations for influencing the cabinet of the US President.
Surprisingly, the Palestinians, with whom Israel is currently openly hostile, initially supported the Jewish lobby. The main reason for this is that the Palestinians were deprived of the possibility of self-organization, while the Jews represented for them a model of cooperation to which they should strive. However, when Israel was formed as a state, representatives of the Jewish lobby almost immediately forgot about their Palestinian like-minded people. And even when the UN representative Folke Bernadot tried to put the Israelis and Palestinians at the negotiating table in order to find a compromise, in 1948, at the initiative of Israel, he was shot dead.
Very quickly, the influence of the Israeli lobby spread to the White House. So, US President Harry Truman owes a lot to Israel, thanks to which he actually became the 33 head of the White House. The direct link between Truman and Israel was David Niles, who serves as an adviser on Jewish affairs. In addition, the President of the World Zionist Organization, who later became the first President of the State of Israel, Haim Weizman, as well as a certain Eddie Jacobson, had a great influence on the presidential administration.
Dwight Eisenhower, taking the post of President of the United States, tried to somewhat confront Israel. In particular, he advocated peace in the Middle East and tried to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict. The head of the White House even managed to put pressure on Israel in 1957, when Israeli troops attempted to invade Egypt. Nevertheless, the Jewish lobby succeeded in responding to this by negotiating with the United States the right to navigation, which would have a positive effect in the 1967 war.
John Kennedy, as well as Harry Truman, is due to his presidential nomination to Israel. As an expression of gratitude for such a “gift,” Israel received special privileges in the United States and even received military assistance from them in the form of ground-to-surface missiles.
By the way, it was under John Kennedy that Israel initiated the creation of its own nuclear weapons. A great help in the implementation of these plans was the activity of Mayer Feldman, an adviser to the head of the White House.
There is no exception in this regard, and US President Lyndon Johnson, who was absolutely pro-Israeli politician. There is an opinion that Lyndon Johnson was betrayed to Israel under the influence of her aunt Jessie, who, being devout, from an early age inspired her nephew with the idea that the Holy Land was given to Jews by God for their centuries-old suffering. Anyway, it was under the 36th President of the United States that Israel launched the war in 1967. However, after the Israeli armed forces attempted to attack the USS Liberty warship, Lyndon Johnson was forced to change his mind about the need for the Israeli lobby to flourish. The President of the United States sharply advocated the preservation of 1949 borders. However, this did not prevent Israel from celebrating its military victories.
And finally, the president of the United States Donald Trump turned out to be absolutely ghost like. It would seem that his so-called “Jerusalem campaign”, as well as the recognition of the Golan Heights as part of the Israeli territory, is an international game designed for the outbreak of regional conflicts. On the other hand, this is a price-oriented policy in the rebirth of a Greater Israel.
The key vehicles of this policy are Donald Trump’s son-in-law Gerard Kushner and his own daughter Ivanka Trump. They do not hide their exclusive pro-Israel orientation. They did accept Judaism only in order to demonstrate their loyalty to Israel.
However, Gerard Kushner, for the sake of visibility, offers his mediating role in resolving the conflict. Although in reality such a “peace plan” can only threaten the conflict, since Israel, driven by the desire to claim the biblical Holy Land, will never agree to make peace with the Palestinians. Thus, the “peace plan” is just a cover, that could further aggravate the conflict. Assume that the parties have any pretexts for a negotiating table, but they will never come to a compromise.
Moreover, after a failed round of negotiations, they will resume their mutual blows with even greater force and intensity. Therefore, there is no doubt that the Arab-Israeli war could come very soon.
(The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of World Geostrategic Insights)