A new book revisits the contentious case that Israel’s friends wield too much influence in Washington. Yet the roots of America’s attachment to Israel run deeper. Harry Truman's recognition of Israel in 1948 remains an early test of the competing forces that shaped America's relationship with the Jewish state. By now, William Faulkner’s iconic observation in Requiem for a Nun that “the past is never dead. It’s not even past” has achieved gold cliché status, being quoted ad na