http://www.observer.com/term/yitzhak-shamir en http://www.observer.com/node/33426 Two newly-published reports suggest that the first President Bush, George H.W. Bush, lost his bid for a second term in the 1992 general election because of the Israel lobby. First there's yesterday's Washington Post Magazine piece on the lobby. It explored the standoff between Bush and Yitzhak Shamir in 1992, when Bush tried to stop Israel from building more settlements in the Occupied Territories. Bush paid a price... He got crushed in... http://www.observer.com/node/33426#comments Bill Clinton George H.W. Bush Michael Desch MondoWeiss Yitzhak Shamir Mon, 17 Jul 2006 05:52:52 -0400 http://www.observer.com/node/33426