THE UNITED STATES AND THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT
(ABSTRACT)

Our hypothesis is that the US policy relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict has been biased in favor of Israel, predictably so, and effectivein helping Israel achieve its goals, at the expense of the Palestinians andother Arabs. Even so, US policy has been indispensable to the advantage ofArabs in general and the Palestinians in particular, for without USintervention, Arab losses in the wars with Israel could have been larger,and their gains smaller or less realizable than they have been.. The studywill contain five sections.

The first section states the hypothesis andexplores various meanings and perceptions of bias and its possibleexplanations as it applies to Israel.

The explanations range from Americanguilt reactions to the Holocaust, to the Judio-Christian ethic, to theappearance of Israel as an underdog in the Middle East, and to theperception of the creation of Israel as a replay of the drama of thebuilding of the US republic in America.

The second section will illustratepolicy biases, and the consistency of that policy to the extent of itsbeing predictable ever since the establishment of the state of Israel.

Section three will demonstrate the effectiveness of US policy in helping Israel realize its objectives while still retaining friendship with most Arab regimes, including the Palestine National Authority.

Section four will argue and illustrate the indispensability of US policy to the advantage of the Arabs, especially the Palestinians since 1948, by helping to reduce potential losses the Arabs could have suffered in their wars with Israel.

I will also show that most of the achievements of the Palestinians in retrieving land and establishing a pseudo-state in Palestine might have been unrealizable without US intervention because no other western power could have been as effective in bringing about those results.

The last section explores the pending issues between Israel and its neighbors and how US policy may still be indispensable to the Arab neighbors, particularly the Palestinians, in resolving these issues, including the permanent borders, refugee settlement, and future of Jerusalem. The data and analysis will depend on library research. The method of analysis will be qualitative, historical, and interdisciplinary.