Did you ever wonder why the U.S. gives so much military aid to Israel and vetoes any resolutions critical of Israel at the U.N.? According to Chuck Freilich, a former deputy national security adviser in Israel and now a senior fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School, it’s thanks to the Israel lobby.

Freilich writes in the Jerusalem Post that the American Jewish community needs to close rank behind AIPAC (the American Israel Public Affairs Committee) after the Iran bruising.