Trita Parsi

I've argued in favor of diplomacy, argued in favor of a different approach to the region, a different relationship, not a hostile relationship to Israel, but nevertheless, a different, much more healthy relationship.

And that, they are trying to say, is a threat to U.S.

national interests and the basis for getting me deported.

But remember, I mean, that very premise is something they would even disagree with because there's no such thing as a difference between them.

They're one and the same.

So you're not conflating two different things.

Israel and America's interest from their perspective is the same.

Not that I know of, but I don't think this episode is entirely over.

I think this first attempt by them probably backfired.

There was also a lot of public support that came out that was completely organic.

We had nothing to do with that.

That I think was potentially a factor in all of this.

I suspect that it was.

But as you said before, they're relentless.

And I am, and the work of Quincy is not designed to be against them.

It's designed to be in favor of a much better American foreign policy that actually serves US interests and serves the American people.

It doesn't serve the American people to be in these endless wars.

It doesn't serve the American people that so much of our involvement in the world is not even,

structured to be based on our interests, but is based on the interests of our allies.

I mean, if you take a look at it, any average think tank report in Washington, DC,