I note you say "and worse", Wolfgang. I think it wouidl need to be worse to qualify.

I'd read that quote you gave as referring to the kind of organised lobbying on behalf of Israel which would be likely to involve backing from a much wider range of people than (some) Jews, including, in the American context, the Christian religious right.

Political lobbies do exist, and they do wield a lot of influence, which is what lobbying is about. There is a difference between referring to this kind of thing and paranoia about "Jewish conspiracies".

For a parallel I do not think it would be fair to brand as being anti-Irish anyone who people refers to the existance of a lobby in America supporting Irish republicanism. Or to define any referance to lobbying on behalf of Palestinians as necessarily indicating a racist antipathy towards that people.

I quite accept that this kind of quote can be used by people who in fact do have a racist or a sectarian agenda, and that it is important to stay on guard against that kind of "support".