How did the pro-Israel lobby shape Obama's Middle East policy? | Eli Clifton
How did the pro-Israel lobby shape Obama's Middle East policy? | Eli Clifton Submitted by Mohamed Hashem on Fri, 10/09/2026 - 21:31 'Obama’s first term was sort of a hinge moment. It was when the old bipartisan pro-Israel consensus... began to visibly crack.' How did the pro-Israel lobby shape Obama's Middle East policy during his two terms in office? Mohamed Hashem speaks to Eli Clifton,…
Obama's first term was a turning point for the bipartisan pro-Israel consensus in the US. According to Eli Clifton, co-founder of the Quincy Institute and co-author of "Israel's Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power," this consensus began to visibly crack during Obama's presidency. Clifton was interviewed by Mohamed Hashem about the influence of the pro-Israel lobby on Obama's Middle East policy during his two terms in office.
The reports do not provide further details on the specific impact of the pro-Israel lobby on Obama's policy.
In other news, the US has urged Americans in the Middle East to exercise heightened vigilance due to escalated missile strikes on Saudi Arabia by Yemen's Houthis.
Brief written by urgent.news from Middle East Eye, Ajel English, Gulf News, Haaretz — 4 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
