Overview
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.
- | Author: Jonathan Rynhold
- | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- | Publication Date: Feb 23, 2015
- | Number of Pages: 312 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 1107094429
- | ISBN-13: 9781107094420
