The history of the "special" relationship between Israel and America has been extensively documented by many historians and scholars, including Israeli and American Jewish scholars. Unfortunately, for the west and especially for us, Americans, these books are deliberately kept out of our bookstores and libraries for politically kosher reasons. It’s the same old story of the powerful American Jewish lobby ensuring that very little if any truth or criticism of Israel is ever publicized. Hell hath no fury like "Israel" scorned.