Over 12,000 delegates are expected to attend America’s Pro-Israel Lobby meeting in Washington. As both the US president and the Israeli PM decided to skip the gathering, the lobby seems to be losing its influence, analyst Patrick Henningsen told RT.
Israel could become the first-ever nation to enjoy the official status of America’s “major strategic ally”. The proposed legislation will be among the issues discussed on Sunday – when the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) gathering kicks off in Washington.
The Israeli lobby will push to persuade US politicians to support its agenda in the Syrian conflict as “Israel will be looking to seize the Golan Heights and keep it as a ‘security zone,’” Henningsen said.
But for the first time in seven years the gathering will not be attended by the US President or the Israeli Prime Minister.
Henningsen told RT that the lobby is slowly losing its influence in Washington.