U.S. Foreign Policy Discourse and the Israel Lobby: The Clinton Administration and the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process - Couverture souple

Kiely, Keith Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3319850318 ISBN 13 : 9783319850313

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

Synopsis

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’.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Keith Peter Kiely is a Researcher for the NGO 'Issues without Borders' on the subject of the contemporary European Refugee Crisis.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3319850318
• ISBN 13: 9783319850313
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 284
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