Abstract
This book surveys discourse and opinion in the United States toward the Arab-Israeli conflict since 1991. Contrary to popular myth, it demonstrates that U.S. support for Israel is not based on the pro-Israel lobby, but rather is deeply rooted in American political culture. That support has increased since 9/11. However, the bulk of this increase has been among Republicans, conservatives, evangelicals, and Orthodox Jews. Meanwhile, among Democrats, liberals, the Mainline Protestant Church, and non-Orthodox Jews, criticism of Israeli policies toward the Palestinians has become more vociferous. This book works to explain this paradox.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Number of pages | 303 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781316146729 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781107094420 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2015 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© Jonathan Rynhold 2015.
Keywords
- Aipac (american israel public affairs committee)
- Almond, gabriel
- American political culture, american creed and
- American protestantism
- American support for
- Anti-semitism
- Apocalyptic
- Arab-israeli conflict, democratic administration policy towards
- Armageddon
- Bush, george w
- Center for responsive politics
- Cold war
- Collective
- Conservatives
- Constructivism
- Definition
- Definition
- Divestment
- Divestment
- Europe
- Evangelicals
- Grand strategy, anti-israel left approach
- Identity, american
- Impact of
- Influence
- Israeli paradox in
- Jerusalem
- Kennan, george
- Key subdivisions
- Kohut, andrew
- Liberals/liberalism
- Lippman, walter
- Mearsheimer, john
- Miller, aaron david
- Neoclassical
- Non-orthodox jews
- Orthodox judaism/jews
- Peace process
- Pew
- Political culture, american identity and
- Pro-israel
- Pro-israel lobby
- Protestant mainline church
- Pye, lucian
- Radical islam
- Realism
- Republican administration policy towards
- Republican party
- Role of protestantism
- Sadat, anwar
- Settlements
- Strategic asset (israel from the u.s. perspective)
- Support for israel
- Support for israel
- Terrorism
- U.s. policy towards
- Verba, sidney
- Walt, stephen m
- Zionism, american conservative movement support for
