I think that we do our foreign policy a disservice when we don't realize the extent to which these vitriolic, venomous, and really poisonous attitudes seep into and characterize the lens through which they view relations with Israel.
Lantos Swett emphasizes the impact of anti-Semitic attitudes on foreign policy.
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