Prospect online this week

In the April 2008 issue of Prospect, Gershom Gorenberg previewed the launch of a new "liberal" Israel lobby in America. The lobby has now launched, under the name "J Street"—describing itself as the "political arm of the pro-Israel, pro-peace movement." In a web exclusive for Prospect this week, Gideon Lichfield, Jerusalem correspondent for the Economist, describes the challenges the new organisation will face in the bearpit of US domestic politics.

We also have an extended interview with Duncan Fallowell, novelist, travel writer and regular Prospect contributor. Fallowell reveals his writing strategies, explains how he got to meet Andy Warhol at 30 minutes's notice, and argues that he is the first travel writer who is not a wanker.