In this light, it bears noting that American Muslims see themselves in direct competition with Jews – the Brookings Institute’s Muqtedar Khan predicts that Muslims in the United States soon “will not only be able to out-vote, but also out-bid the Jewish and most other ethnic lobbies.”

These developments have potentially profound implications for U.S.-Israel relations. The cross-party continuity of policy of the past will end, replaced by a major shift whenever the White House changes hands from one party to the other.

Advertisement




As the political consensus breaks, Israel will be the loser.

Advertisement

1
2
SHARE
Previous articleEminent Domain: A Jewish Issue?
Next articleShortchanging Our Children By Teaching Midrashim Literally
Daniel Pipes is a world-renowned Middle East and Islam expert. He is President of the Middle East Forum. His articles appear in many newspapers. He received his A.B. (1971) and Ph.D. (1978) from Harvard University and has taught at Harvard, Pepperdine, the U.S. Naval War College, and the University of Chicago. He is a board member of the U.S. Institute of Peace and other institutions. His website is DanielPipes.org.