I have a feeling that Trump will not do well with the Jewish vote

He's a loose cannon.

Lesson: stop giving loose cannons the world stage.

for the other major party. That's going to get him all the attention he craves.

They don't want to lose paying members.

don't know jack shit about AIPAC. Plenty of Democrats are members and they strive to be bipartisan and it always was up until 2012 and that's as a result of that asshole bibi.

We're making the same point.

This is the way they actually feel. You said they were merely covering their asses.

If the US stopped giving money and weapons to Israel they would hate us more and care about our interest about as much as any group in the ME.

Where on earth did you get the idea Israeli's hate Americans? One thing I heard over and over again on my visit last fall was how pissed they all were at bibi for jeopardizing the relationship with the US with his bullshit.

And good people but as a policy, Israel would have no more heartburn destroying America as they would Iran if we no longer served in its best interest.
We have a very unhealthy relationship with Israel. We interact and give difference to them like no other country on Earth. Due to the religious obsessions of many in the US, we have a doomsday cult fixation about Israel being the tool to bring about the end of the world. The whole thing is disturbing.

that we give to Israel and most of that comes back in the form of weapons they buy from American arms manufacturers. You're very wrong about how Israel views the US. Very, very wrong. And you can't really hold Israel responsible for the armageddon nonsense our fundies believe in.