Whereas Mearsheimer and Walt dealt mainly with the role of the Israel lobby in the United States, Matt Kennard here deals with the same question, empirically, in the UK. The message of both is clear. Israel controls key elements of Western politics in a manner that evidently contradicts even rationally determined British or US imperialist interests. Thus Israel is not a strategic asset of its imperialist cohorts, but a strategic liability.
Max Blumenethal speaks of “dogmatic Marxists” on the left that insist that Israel is a puppet of Western, particularly US imperialism, and deny reality. We differ, and consider this denial of reality comes from the baleful influence of Bundism, and partly left-Zionism on the left, which are at odd with genuine Marxism.
This is also useful empirical material that we will be citing in future material.
