Lori Lowenthal Marcus is a writer and pro-Israel advocate who has focused on Middle East policy and U.S.-Israel relations. She contributed pieces to The Weekly Standard examining international peacekeeping failures in Lebanon and the dynamics of pro-Israel lobbying organizations in Washington.
The "new," "progressive" voice of the "pro-peace and pro-Israel" lobby known as J Street has had its "pro-Israel" label questioned by many observers, and even some of its own have shed that label. J Street has now also revealed it doesn’t keep its word to trusting Jewish organizations.
DURING THE RECENT month-long war between Hezbollah and Israel, U.N. "peacekeeping" forces made a startling contribution: They openly published daily real-time intelligence, of obvious usefulness to Hezbollah, on the location, equipment, and force structure of Israeli troops in Lebanon.