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The United States and Israel

I. Introduction: The "special" relationship between the United

B. Israel, America, and the Cold War

C. Israel's pattern of difficult diplomacy with Washington

D. Israel's reliability in a crunch

II. The difficult problems: the Middle East arms race

A. Demands for American weapons from Israel, Arab states

B. Israel's growing arms manufacturing and sales process

C. Iran-contra and the arms-for-hostages deal

1. Dealing with "moderates" in Iran

2. International embarrassment at the deal

III. The complex loyalties vs. self-interest

A. US-Israeli alliance vs. USSR sponsorship of Arabs in peace talks

B. US deals with Arab countries (Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia)

C. Israeli arms sales to third countries (South Africa)

3. A "rogue" operation or official sponsorship by Israel?

IV. Divisive issues between US and Israel

A. Independence of Israeli military, diplomatic actions

1. Negative American public opinion

2. American solidarity with Israel vis-a-vis terrorism

3. Israel's claim for national security, Jerusalem

5. Israel's hatred, rejection of PLO

B. American military defense of Israel, control of Israel's response to Scud attacks

C. Iraq's failure to link Israel to Kuwait invasion

B. Failure of internal Israeli flexibility, consensus

C. Projected future shifts in American opinion

D. Increasing claims from Arabs for equal treatment by US

The purpose of this research is to examine United States foreign policy with Israel, from 1986 to the present time. The plan of the research will be to explore relations between the United States and Israel both intrinsically, and with reference to other countries of the Middle East. In particular, two areas of examination will be emphasized: (1) the changing pattern of relations between the United States and Israel due to American relations with Arab nations of the region, such as the issues sur...

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