1st Edition
American Presidents and Israeli Settlements since 1967
1. Introduction
2. Lyndon B. Johnson and the Problem of Territorial Integrity
3. Nixon, Ford, and Kissinger: Limited Withdrawal
4. Jimmy Carter and the Illegality of Israeli Settlements
5. Reagan and Bush 41: Not Illegal But a “Real Problem”
6. Bill Clinton: “Complicating Factors
7. George W. Bush: From “Anything But Clinton” to More of the Same
8. Barack Obama’s Failed Expectations
9. Settled
Biography
Dr. Michael Cairo is Professor of Political Science at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. He received his B.A. from the State University of New York College at Geneseo and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. His research emphasizes American foreign policy in the Middle East.
The post-1967 Jewish settlement movement which succeeded in transferring Israeli nationals to the Arab West Bank and East Jerusalem has long been identified as a major contributor to the lingering absence of peace in that part of the world. What distinguishes this study form others before it is its emphasis on the policy of each individual American President and his reaction to the egregious dismissal of international law as it applies to the Israeli-Palestinian issue. In the process, Professor Cairo also succeeds in clarifying the ways in which American foreign policy decisions are reached.
-Ghada Hashem Talhami, Lake Forest College, USA
This is a valuable new book studying an important dimension of U.S.-Israel relations: the attitudes of U.S. presidents and their administrations toward Israeli settlements and Israeli settlement policy, from 1967 through the Biden administration and Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The scholarship reflected here is impressive, and students of Israeli politics and Israeli political history will want to own a copy of this book.
-Gregory Mahler, Earlham College, USA
