an inflation-adjusted sum of $222.8 billion to Israel since the Symington & Glenn Amendments became law in 1976. Since Bill Clinton became the first known US president to sign a secret letter to Israel, inflation-adjusted aid to Israel has grown to $99.9 billion.

Grant F. Smith is the director of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy in Washington and the author of the 2016 book, Big Israel: How Israel’s Lobby moves America now available as an audiobook.TRENTON -- A new poll shows Democratic nominee Phil Murphy leading Republican nominee Kim Guadagno by 13 percentage points in the race to succeed Chris Christie as New Jersey's governor -- a noticeably smaller margin than other surveys have found.

Murphy, a former U.S. ambassador to Germany and ex-Goldman Sachs banking executive, has the support of 42 percent of registered Garden State voters, according to the Fox News poll released Thursday. Guadagno, Christie's lieutenant governor, draws 29 percent.

Other polls in the race have shown Murphy up by at least 20 percentage points. Last week, a Quinnipiac University survey found him with a 25-point lead.

One distinction: That Quinnipiac poll surveyed likely voters, while the Fox poll surveyed the broader pool of registered voters.

Past polls have also shown Murphy nabbing at