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A bestselling historian uncovers the surprising roots of Americas long alliance with Israel and its troubling consequences

Fights about the fate of the state of Israel and the Zionist movement that gave birth to it have long been a staple of both Jewish and American political culture But despite these arguments significance to American politics American Jewish life and to Israel itself no one has ever systematically examined their history and explained why they matter

In We Are Not One historian Eric Alterman traces this debate from its nineteenthcentury origins Following Israels 19481949 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 SixDay 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 Israels image in the United States 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