The Arab-Israeli Conflict in American Political Culture

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The Arab-Israeli Conflict in American Political Culture is written by Jonathan Rynhold and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1107094429 (ISBN 10) and 9781107094420 (ISBN 13).

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.