Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-42239-0 — Israel in the American Mind Shaul Mitelpunkt Index More Information Index Abu-Lughod, Ibrahim, 219 Jewish-Americans’ attitudes toward Abu Nidal Organization, 297 individual donations, 39 Adams, Eddie, 268 as non-partisan matter, 74 Advocates, The (television series), 209 rationales for, 9 Afghanistan suspicions of Israelis taking advantage of, Soviet invasion of, 289 105 Agadati, Yitzhak, 70 weapons embargo during 1950s, 34 Agnew, Spiro American Arab Affairs Council (AAAC), resigning, 186 307 Aharonson, Sarah, 157 American Enterprise Institute (AEI), 245 AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs American Friends Service Committee, Committee), 7, 331 210 on connections between US and Israeli American Fund for Israeli Institutions military personnel, 317 (AFII), 39 influence solidifying in 1980s, 293 American Institute for Holy Land Studies, strengthening in mid-1970s, 256 149 Alitalia, 46 American Jewish Committee (AJC), Allon, Yigal 281 approving of West Bank settlements, American Jewish Congress, 210 249 Amir, Yigal, 337, 339 discussing settlement construction in West Amitay, Morris, 293 Bank, 200 Anderson, Jack, 264 seen as inspiration to Exodus, 35 Anti Defamation League (ADL), 312 Alridge, Ron, 306 AOPEC (Arab Organizations of Petroleum American aid to Israel Exporting Countries) seen as engine for modernization, 95 oil trade during October War, 194 explained by Israelis as dependent on Arabs and Israelis (television series), similarities, 190 202–14, 332 growing after October War, 201 embraced by USIA officials, 246 Israel as lead recipient in late 20th Arad, Moshe, 208, 210, 325 century, 2 Arafat, Yasser, 226, 322 Israelis aware of aid continuing mid- during Intifada, 326 1970s, 222 invited to speak at UN, 227 369 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-42239-0 — Israel in the American Mind Shaul Mitelpunkt Index More Information 370 Index Arafat, Yasser (cont.) Saul Bellow worried by, 254 Menachem Begin on, 250 savoring controversy with US, 295 trying to bring PLO to negotiate in 1977, speaking against Exodus, 64 255 speaking tour in US, 261 Arens, Moshe Beirut, 297–99 and Benjamin Netanyahu, 292 marines stationed in, 298 speaking tour in US, 261 under Israeli siege, 297 Argov, Shlomo, 297 Bellow, Saul Arledge, Roone, 288 on Israel in late 1970s, 252–54 Armitage, Richard L., 317 Ben-Gurion, David Atherton, Alfred, 245, 247 announcing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, Atlanta, 149 91 Avnery, Uri claims about Palestinian expulsions, 57 on Israel’s reaction to Sadat’s visit, 260 courting Otto Preminger, 48 skeptical about Begin’s intentions, 260 on military commitment, 17 Avoda (Israel’s labor party), 322 praising kibbutz. See Kibbutz deposed in 1977, 248 see Mapai refusing to embed journalists with troops, Avrushami, Yona, 304 33 speaking against Tel Aviv, 84 B’nai Brith, 210 unofficial influence of, 82 Baker, Howard H. Jr., 270 Berlusconi, Silvio, 335 Baldowsky, Clifford (“Baldy”), 272 Bernstein, Leonard, 147 Ball, George, 251, 336 Between the Ages (book), 238–40 on comprehensive peace plan, 242 Bialkin, Kenneth J., 312 invited to advise White House. See Black Panthers reassessment Israeli Black Panthers, 172 on US admiration of Israel, 243 sympathizing with Palestinian liberation, Banai, Margalit, 160 209 Barbour, Walworth, 88 Black Sunday (film), 193 on civilian primacy in Israel, 125 Blitzer, Wolf, 314 on Israeli attitudes to Vietnam, 110 Bolling, Landrum R., 209 on Moshe Dayan, 113 Bowie, Robert, 238 Bar-Lev, Haim, 167 Brazil Bartov, Hanoch US supporting military regime in, 80 Four Israelis and All of America, 70–71 Breira (political movement), 224 impressions of early 1970s US, 170 Brinkley, David Bayh, Birch, 104 interviewing Henry Kissinger, 269 Begin, Menachem, 294–97, 339 on media blackout outside Camp David, on Ariel Sharon, 297 270 becoming Prime Minister, 248 Brookings Institute and Christian right, 288 1975 report on Middle East, 242 depicted in Baldy cartoon, 272 Israeli officials on, 246 depicted in Bill Schorr cartoon, 273 Brzezinski, Zbigniew depicted in Bones cartoon, 251 accused as antisemitic, 256 expectations from Camp David on America’s ideological impact, 277 conference, 266 architect of Carter’s foreign policy, guest of US Navy, 278 237–43 on his image in US, 250 author of Between the Ages, 237–40 praising Carter after Camp David, 276 criticizing Israeli settlements, 263 rebuked by Carter, 262 differences with Gush Emunim, 250 and Sadat’s visit, 259 dismissed by Israelis, 250 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-42239-0 — Israel in the American Mind Shaul Mitelpunkt Index More Information Index 371 in Johnson White House, 237 breaking with previous conduct toward plan for Middle East, 234 Israel, 248 preference for multilateral diplomacy, cartoon collection, 274 258 close relationship with Anwar Sadat, 261 pursuing political middleground, 239 comprehensive peace plan frustrated by similarities with Henry Kissinger, 241 Israeli settlements, 262 supporting Israel during War of Attrition, concern that Israel would not offer much 171 in negotiations, 259 supposed reservations about Brookings criticized for joint declaration, 257 Report, 243 determined to negotiate an agreement, 263 Trilateral Commission, 238 disappointed by Sadat’s visit to Jerusalem, on US leadership in an interdependent 258 world, 239 early negotiations with Begin, 254 Bundy, McGeorge, 107, 237–38 expectations of Camp David conference, Burundi, 108 266 frustrated by Menachem Begin, 278 Cairo, 213, 318 Jewish American organizations against, Cambodia, 216, 305 256 Camp David Accords leadership qualities of, questioned, 264 shortcomings, 24 learning foreign policy from Zbigniew Camp David conference, 231–80. See also Brzezinski, 238 Camp David Accords looking weak due to Iran hostage crisis, benefit to participants, 274 288 Carter on, 271 losing 1980 elections, 289 Carter on, as antidote to Vietnam War, making Israelis uneasy, 250 266 neglecting Palestinian cause in Camp increasing popularity of Carter David, 273 presidency, 272, 276 on need for Palestinian homeland, 247 media blackout during, 267 plan for Middle East, 234 media praise for Carter’s achievement in, praised after Camp David conference, 271 271 militarizing US-Israeli relations, 277 as presidential candidate, 234 and naval visits to Israel, 278 on Rabin’s recalcitrance, 247 paradoxes, 231–34 seen as weak by CDM, 288 portrayed in Bill Schorr cartoon, 273 suspected as overtly moralistic, 241 providing conditions for continued as target for pro-Israel lobby, 255 conflict, 233 Carter, Rosalynn, 264 sidestepping Palestinian crisis, 278 on US as moral leader, 265 signature ceremony, 275 Center for Security and International Studies within America’s global mission, 233 (CSIS), xix, 245 Cannes film festival, 66 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 75, 289 Carmichael, Stokely, 209 detecting Soviet ship during October War, Carter, Jimmy, 332 187 alarmed by Begin’s 1977 victory, 250 fictionalized in Homeland, 330 Americans disappointed with, 264 report on 1961 Israel, 75 announcing success in Camp David, 231 Chile attacked by pro-Israel lobby, 263 US support of coup in, 80 attacking Gerald Ford in 1976 elections, “Chocolate Soldier” (song), 168 241 Christian evangelicals, 331 in Baldy cartoon, 272 sympathetic to Likud, 288 in Bill Schorr cartoon, 273 tourism to Jerusaelm, 92 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-42239-0 — Israel in the American Mind Shaul Mitelpunkt Index More Information 372 Index Christian evangelicals (cont.) Council for a Democratic Majority (CDM), view of Israeli military exploits, 9 288 Christopher, Warren, 339 counterculture citizen-soldier model, 4, 172 hint of, in Israel, 121, 176 crisis of, in US, 2 lack of significant, in late 1960s Israel, depreciating during Vietnam War, 165 138–39 meaning in US context, 146 diminishing in US, 181–83 dominance in pre–Vietnam War US, Damari, Shoshana, 167 5, 10 Damascus, 318 and Exodus, 42 Danes, Claire, 331 as guarantor of balance between Davis, Angela, 226 patriotism and self-interest, 4 Dayan, Moshe, 124, 339 Israel as conduit to American fascinations appointed security minister, 124 with, 11 attending Every Bastard a King, 163 Israel no longer seen as fulfilling, 13, 308 bored with ministerial life, 115 Israel seen as living up to, 2, 7, 17, 80, criticizing American waste, 115 119, 140 demonstrations against, 191 Israeli women and, 158 dismissing Egyptian Army, 184 James Coleman on, 152 eulogy to Roy Rotberg, 17 masculinity and, 160 on impending June War, 111–15 neoconservatives disinterested in, 284 as Israeli icon, 78 not reflected in actual conscription during June War, 126 terms, 5 on Memorial Day and Independence Day, civil militarism 178 definition, 126 paid by US government, 112 dominant in Israeli popular culture, promoting his book, 112 166 rising profile after Suez Crisis, 111 source of American fascination with tour in US, 261 Israel, 79 US hopes for, 111 Clinton, Hillay Rodham, 333 in Vietnam War, 111–15 Clinton, Bill, 336, 338 on West Bank settlements, 249 Cobb, Lee J., 56–57 Dayan, Yael, 129, 166, 331 Cohen, Geulah, 313 attending Every Bastard a King, 163 Cohen, Richard, 313 hosting foreign journalists in her military Coleman, James, 10, 151, 285 unit, 131 Commentary (magazine), 223, 282 in June War, 128–31 Committee on the Present Danger (CPD), on war as cleansing experience, 129