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Article Excerpt
Innocent Abroad: An Intimate Account of American Peace Diplomacy in the Middle East, by Martin Indyk. Simon and Schuster, 2009. 494 pages. $30.00 hardcover.
Since its founding, the state of Israel has cultivated a uniquely intimate relationship with the United States in military, economic and intelligence affairs; developed numerous global firms that are industry leaders; and dominated its neighbors with weapons, both conventional and nuclear. Israelis have also confiscated their neighbors' lands, invaded and demolished homes, and killed civilians in large numbers. Yet Israel demands that the world not judge its actions harshly, because Jews have suffered exceptionally. Further, they want the rest of the world to accept the Old Testament as justification for their claim to the land. U.S. policy supports this claim, amazingly, but America has not found a way to make Israel secure. That is the challenge facing U.S. diplomats, like Martin Indyk, who want to bring peace to the Middle East. Until the United States changes the way it deals with Israel, the cycle of violence will continue. Perhaps it is possible to make Israel secure and integrate it into its region, but it will take American leaders with the courage to break with the practices of the past.
Martin Indyk's new book is about how the Clinton administration tried and failed to achieve peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors. He includes the standard mythology: an isolated Israel in a sea of non-democratic enemies whose goal it is to destroy the Jews. But the recognition of Israel by Arab states, the Palestinian recognition that Israel is...
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