American support for Israel depends on racial identification, not stated principle

Evidence

Although American Jews had experienced a surge in anti-Semitism during the wave of White nativism in the early 1900s, their racial Whitening within the domestic racial-religious hierarchy granted them membership in America’s newfound Judeo-Christian national identity. This translated into more political influence over time. After 1945, Jewish Americans emerged as a voter base courted by politicians. In 1948, when Israel was created, leaders of the nearly five million second-generation American Jews mobilized to successfully pressure the Truman administration to recognize the state of Israel. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 626 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

In 1948, when President Harry S. Truman became the first head of state to recognize the state of Israel after Jewish militias violently expelled approximately 700,000 Palestinians, America dealt a decisive blow to Palestinian aspirations for self-determination. During an era when indigenous populations around the world were fighting European colonial powers for their independence, US support for Israel—which became nearly unconditional after 1967—coupled with US extraction of oil in the Persian Gulf established the United States as an imperialist nation in the Middle East. Since then, the United States has been a major player in regional geopolitics through economic and military aid to dictator allies, business dealings, military interventions, and covert intelligence operations against Arab nationalist leaders. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 100 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: American support for Israel might falter if Israel’s Jews were visibly Mizrahi — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 475; The US emulates Israeli techniques of racialized control elsewhere, not only supports them — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 679; Racial Whitening of Jews in the US hierarchy translated into political influence for Israel — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes…, 626 (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• Racial Whitening of Jews in the US hierarchy translated into political influence for Israel #corroborates (0.92) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 626
• US support for Israel and oil extraction established American imperialism in the Middle East #complicates (0.80) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 100
• The US emulates Israeli techniques of racialized control elsewhere, not only supports them #complicates (0.78) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 679
• US anti-Muslim racism emerged only with America’s imperial power in the Middle East #complicates (0.78)
• Unqualified support for Zionism is bipartisan in the US establishment #complicates (0.76) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 401
• US and European attitudes to Israel diverge over its perceived resemblance to colonial regimes #complicates (0.75)
• Racial classification as White does not shield Middle Eastern Americans from Islamophobia. #complicates (0.74) — Goleen Samari, Islamophobia and Public Health in the…, 38