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US policy vis a vis Israel is not anti Semitic (although there may have been anti Semites here and there making policy) it's just real politic.

US policy is that Israel can/must survive but only on the terms acceptable to Saudi Arabia.

I lived in Saudi Arabia for five years (US Army COE) and and familiar with the history of that country and the Middle East. I do not believe that the Saudi Royal family directs our foreign policy vis-a-vis Israel.

I am convinced that the Saudi royals are less concerned about the Palestinians than they appear.

As for this comment:
"Here is a tiny country with less than 1/600 the land mass of the surrounding 22 odd Muslim states and she is being coerced to give up what little land she possesses."

While I totally support Israel and its continued security, Israel cannot continue to occupy large population centers of Arab population. Israel has been attacked time and time again and had been "in the right" in seizing real estate in order to protect itself. However, to permanently convert the West Bank into Israel would in effect create a state with either:

1) a huge population of people without civil rights;or
2) if you granted such rights, relegate Jews to minority status.

The Arabs need to learn to govern themselves. Prime Ministers of Israel to date have articulated this.
US policy has never been more favorable to Israel than it has under Bush, with Condi Rice as Sec of State. I believe that Bush and Sharon were on the same page. God Bless PM Sharon.

I say build the fence/wall and if the Palestinians won't negotiate a boarder, then create the border that leaves out the bulk of Palestinian population.

US policy is that Israel can/must survive but only on the terms acceptable to Saudi Arabia.

USA as a great power MUST operate according to the rules of realpolitik. Otherwise it will cease to be a great power like imperial Spain ceased or Polish Commonwealth before XVIIIc partitions. And such development would hurt Israel as USA is its main supporter.

For example the invasion of Iran would incur such political and economic loss that America would be seriously weakened.