Thread by @SethAMandel

The dirty not-so-secret of US politics is that Dems want Bibi because Gantz's policies will be the same but he won't grate, so they'll lose the easy out they have now with base activists, which is to just say it's about Big Bad Bibi. (This is a replay of Carter's team & Begin.)

For example, here's Brzezinski:

Here's William Quandt:

and here's Jordan:

In the event, how'd it work out? Poorly! Carter's stunt at the UN set off a revolt among the Jewish community.

The anti-Communists hated it too

As did newspaper editorialists:

The American Jewish community "went bonkers." Carter did get backing from one source, though: Edward Said in the New York Times

Carter's bid to use the US Jewish community to pressure Begin failed so spectacularly he was reduced to begging Sadat to bail him out:

Thus we have the great plot twist and a crucial lesson in Arab-Israeli diplomacy: The US Jewish community standing strong behind Begin, and the restatement of US backing for Israel, led to one of the most important breakthroughs in the history of the conflict.

Class dismissed!

History is very clear on what happened and why, and what you're being told most of the time bears no relation to reality. This history lesson brought to you by: a person who has actually done the research, which is pretty easy to do.