J.J. Goldberg reports on a key moment at that Jerusalem Post conference about Israel in New York last Sunday. I think this is about hubris, the downfall of the lobby. The longtime principle of the Israel lobby is that there must never be daylight between the U.S. government and Israel. Dershowitz invokes that principle. But the crowd could care less. Hubris, pride before the fall. (Though there’s also a dual loyalty reading– Dershowitz urging Jews not to demonstrate it).

Another flashpoint was the caustic, 15-minute attack on President Obama by arch-conservative Jerusalem Post columnist Caroline Glick, who brought parts of the audience to its feet with repeated cheers for her, boos for the president and a standing ovation at the end. Speaking soon after her, Dershowitz angrily warned the crowd against undermining Israel’s relations with Washington by such hostile displays. “Do not ever, ever boo a president of the United States” when “speaking in the name of the state of Israel,” he scolded. The crowd’s response was a mix of polite applause and more angry boos.

I heard about the Glick in another context, she’s calling for the one-state solution. Jerusalem Post: