We are not one

a history of America's fight over Israel
Eric Alterman
Book - 2022

"In We Are Not One, historian Eric Alterman traces this debate from its nineteenth-century origins. Following Israel's 1948-1949 War of Independence (called the "nakba" or "catastrophe" by Palestinians), few Americans, including few Jews, paid much attention to Israel or the challenges it faced. Following the 1967 Six-Day War, however, almost overnight support for Israel became the primary component of American Jews' collective identity. Over time, Jewish organizations joined forces with conservative Christians and neoconservative pundits and politicos to wage a tenacious fight to define Israel's image in the US media, popular culture, Congress, and college campuses. Deeply researched, We Are Not One reveals how our consensus on Israel and Palestine emerged and why, today, it is fracturing"--

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Main Author: Alterman, Eric (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
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505 0 0 |t Introduction: Working on a dream --  |t Zionism for thee, but not for me --  |t The horror --  |t In the arena --  |t Jew vs. Jew --  |t Standing up and standing down --  |t A new "Bible" --  |t Six days that shook the world --  |t A Jew (and an antisemite) for all seasons --  |t "Zionism is (not) racism" --  |t A separate peace --  |t Alliance for Armageddon --  |t War: what is it good for? --  |t "Fuck the Jews" --  |t Discourse matters --  |t The consequences of chaos --  |t Wars of words --  |t "Basically, a liberal Jew" --  |t Coming unglued --  |t Conclusion: Not "over". 
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