Source Note #19: US Involvement in the Palestine Question
US Involvement in the Palestine Question (Race & Class, March 2007)
A history of America’s involvement in the conflict between Israel and Palestine that examines the role of religious Fundamentalism and the Israel Lobby in the United States’s support of Israel.
Topic: Should the Obama administration continue to support Israel in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
Category: Academic research
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Publication Information: Race & Class; March 2007
Author: Ilan Pappe
Location: http://tinyurl.com/a9np3c
Accessed: March 9, 2009
Support:
The Israel Lobby by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt
America’s Palestine by Lawrence Davidson
The Arab Awakening by George Antonious
Arab Nationalism by Ilan Pappe
Ruth Kark
The Incredible Scofield and His Book by Joseph Canfield
Christian Zionism by Stephen Sizer
Max Blumenthal
Henry Churchill: King of Oberlin by Donald M. Love
Charles R. Crane: The Man Who Bet on People by David Hapgood
The King Crane Commission by Harry N. Howard
The making of the Arab-Israeli Conflict by Ilane Pappe
Abba Hillel Silver by Marc Lee Raphael
The Napoleon of New York by H. Paul Jeffers
Origins of the American-Israeli Alliance by Abraham Ben-Zvi
Israel and the American National Interest by Cheryl Rubenberg
The above represents the sources the author cited in recalling the long history of American involvement in Palestine. Drawing from connections to Fundamentalist American history and the effect of the Israel lobby, the author uses a broad spectrum of sources to make his case.
Audience and Agenda:
Race & Class is an academic journal that focuses on racism, empire, and globalization. The journal is funded by the London-based Institute of Race Relations, a think tank dedicated to investigating issues of contemporary racism. According to its website, the Institute is “at the cutting edge of the research and analysis that inform the struggle for racial justice in Britain, Europe and internationally.” Its various publications have a combined 7,910 subscribers with articles available online for purchase.
Usefulness:
Understanding a possible resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict requires an understanding of its history. The author sets forth an extensive history of the United States’s involvement in supporting Israel. Fundamentalism in America plays an important role in determining the country’s current foreign policy towards Israel and Zionism. Likewise, the country’s reaction to the events of September 11th shaped the way the country viewed Islam and the Arab world.
Works cited:
http://tinyurl.com/a9np3c
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