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Event: Can America's “Special Relationship” with Israel Endure?
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What: Book talk with Q&A
Where: Middle East Books & More ([link removed]) , 1902 18th St NW, Washington, DC 20009.
Zoom tickets also available for remote attendance.
When: Friday, December 10 at 6PM.
Topic: The distinguished historian and Washington Report columnist Dr. Walter L. Hixson will discuss the unique and distinctive aspects of the U.S.-Israel "special relationship."

What assumptions underpinning the “special relationship” traditionally fit neatly into America's own history and national identity, such as "manifest destiny," "chosen" peoplehood, vanquishing the "savage" and settler colonialism? How did the rise of the formidable Israel lobby—by far the most powerful lobby representing a foreign nation in American history—exploit that identity to win the tiny nation of Israel more U.S. military assistance and unconditional diplomatic support than any other country in the world? Now that Americans are grappling with their founding mythologies, can Israel's and its lobby's grip on the American psyche and body politic endure?

Copies of Hixson's latest two books will be available for sale and signing by the author, and are also available for purchase online:

Imperialism and War: The History Americans Need to Own ([link removed])

Architects of Repression: How Israel and Its Lobby Put Racism, Violence and Injustice at the Center of US Middle East Policy ([link removed])

For in-person attendees: Enjoy a light refreshment before the talk and pick up some holiday gifts from our wide selection of unique pottery, Canaan organic olive oils, soaps, art and literature!

About the Author: Walter L. Hixson since 2019 serves as columnist and contributing editor for the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. His two recent books on the Israel lobby are Architects of Repression: How Israel and its Lobby Put Racism, Violence and Injustice at the Center of US Middle East Policy (Institute for Research, 2021) and Israel’s Armor: The Israel Lobby and the First Generation of the Palestine Conflict. (Cambridge University Press, 2019) He is the author of several books focused on the history of US foreign relations, including Imperialism and War: The History Americans Need to Own (Institute for Research, 2021), American Foreign Relations: A New Diplomatic History (Routledge, 2015), American Settler Colonialism: A History (2013, Palgrave-Macmillan), The Myth of American Diplomacy: National Identity and U.S. Foreign Policy (Yale University Press, 2008).

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