Flight of the Lavi

by Dov Zakheim

Published 1 October 1996
This study takes the reader inside the major crisis between the USA and Israel, telling the story of their battle through Israel's development of its own jet fighter, the Lavi. The American pro-Israel lobby lined up key senators and representatives to support this Israeli enterprise with billions of US funds and the latest in US technology. The author was ironically accused of being a "traitor to Israel" when he became a point man for high-level American officials who challenged the wisdom and the costs of the new jet warplane. The book exposes the inner workings of the governments of the USA and Israel.