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Michael B. Oren • Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide
Devoid of archival sources and tainted with inaccuracies—oil, of course, and not Israel, was America’s Middle East priority—“The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy” was even less academically sound than Orientalism. Utterly ignored were the vast advantages that Israel afforded the United States in intelligence sharing, weapons development, and hi
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Such trends compelled me to stand my ground. I worked to expose Said’s Orientalism screed, noting that the first experts on the Middle East came from Germany and Hungary, neither of which ever colonized the region.
Michael B. Oren • Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide

Othman was the director of the Syrian Atomic Energy Commission.
Ronen Bergman • Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations

Israel in fighting his rivals in Hamas while accusing Israel of war crimes in international forums. Throughout, he could count on American and European leaders to keep meeting Palestinian demands without requiring any concession in return.
Michael B. Oren • Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide
of center and Israel’s center-right.