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sort of move a little bit further down that line, I do want to ask you, You know, we've heard a lot lately, especially over the last two years and maybe over the last year and a half, about how strong the Zionist lobby is in the U.S., how it dictates a lot of American foreign policy in the Middle East, and how it has supposedly twisted America's arm to go into this war with Iran.

Yeah, I guess that sort of reminds me of Anderson's book, Imagine Communities, and didn't he mention a phrase called long-range nationalism, where essentially speaking about Israel and how their lobbies are a form of long-range nationalism that sort of helps out their home country, even though they're now staying in the States or anything, you know? Yeah, so, you know, in terms of the lobby groups, what is the situation in Canada? How strong is our Zionist lobby and how are How and how much does it influence our foreign policy in the Middle East?

Yeah, I mean, a very good question.

So, obviously, the strongest lobby, pro-Israel lobby groups, Zionist groups, are in the U.S. And there's a reason for that, because the U.S. is the power, and that's the one that Israel cannot exist without.