The old anti-Semitic myth about America being run by Jews has not completely disappeared – especially (but by no means only) in the Middle East. But the almost automatic identification in Washington of US interests with Israel's has made it difficult to criticize either country without criticizing the other.
这一观念不乏真理。关于美国由犹太人把持的旧反犹神话并未完全消失——特别是在中东（但绝非只限于中东）。但华盛顿几乎自动地把美国利益与以色列利益等同，这意味着很难批评两国之一而不批评另一个。