Overview
Tackles integral aspects of the US-Israeli-Palestinian dynamic, a popular and much debated topic in Political Science
Analyses contentious subject matter of the Pro-Israel Lobby in the United States and The Clinton Administration’s handling of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Offers a unique interpretation and discussion of US Foreign Policy
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book seeks to debunk the popular myth of an all-powerful pro-Israel lobby. Here, Kiely demonstrates how discourses surrounding American Identity and US foreign policy towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which has deep roots in American historicity, have constructed an understanding of the conflict which is inherently more susceptible to the Israeli narrative. Kiely argues that the so-called power of what other researchers, such as Mearsheimer and Walt (2006, 2007), call ‘The Israel Lobby’ are limited by these discourses. It is the author’s contention that groups such as The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) serve to amplify and reproduce existing representations within these discourses which align the United States and Israel in terms of cultural, historical and political values while simultaneously reinforcing dominant representations of the Palestinian ‘Other’.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Keith Peter Kiely is a Researcher for the NGO ‘Issues without Borders’ on the subject of the contemporary European Refugee Crisis.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: U.S. Foreign Policy Discourse and the Israel Lobby
Book Subtitle: The Clinton Administration and the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
Authors: Keith Peter Kiely
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52986-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-52985-1Published: 14 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85031-3Published: 03 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-52986-8Published: 01 August 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 270
Topics: Foreign Policy, US Politics, Middle Eastern Politics, Political History