The Arab-Israeli Conflict in American Political Culture

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ID19949208
AuthorsJonathan Rynhold (0000-0002-6886-2446, Bar-Ilan University, corresponding author)
Year2015
Publication date2015-02-23
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueArab-Israeli Conflict in American Political Culture (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9781316146729
OpenAlexW2280154494
Open LibraryOL28551869M
ISBN9781316146729
LanguageEN
Citations received21

This book surveys discourse and opinion in the United States toward the Arab-Israeli conflict since 1991. Contrary to popular myth, it demonstrates that US 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

Arab–Israeli conflict · Criticism · Mythology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Protestantism · Sociology · Classics · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society · Philosophy · Religious studies · 1989 · American Foreign public opinion · Arab-Israeli conflict · Attitudes · Attitudes toward Israel · Government · Israel · Jews · Political Culture · politics and government · Protestants · Relations · Right and left (Political science) · united states

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