Neocon Zionism stems from imperial politics, not Jewish ethnic identity.

Evidence

Thus, the roots of neocon hard-line Zionism lie less in its Jewish adherents’ ethnic identity and more in their politics and in a particular worldview that sees Israel as instrumental in advancing American power. If the United States was going to maintain its dominance in the Middle East, it followed that Israel, the most pro-American country in the region, had to be its key ally. As Dorien notes, most “unipolarist leaders were Jewish neoconservatives who took for granted that a militantly pro-Israel policy was in America’s interest. Wolfowitz, Perle, Podhoretz, Krauthammer, [Ben] Wattenberg, [Joshua] Muravchik, both Kristols, Kagan, Boot, and Kaplan fit that description.” Yet this position was also held by prominent non-Jews such as Jeane Kirkpatrick, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, James Woolsey, Francis Fukuyama, Zalmay Khalilzad, Linda Chavez, and others. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 387

Categorization

• XREF: Contrasts with the reader’s existing work on anti-Muslim racism and white supremacy; also speaks to the Long War/conspiracy literature this project engages. — connects to: Fanon asserted that Jews were not categorically aligned with colonialism — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 509; Jewish identity does not automatically produce hard-right Likud-style politics. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 386; Zionism was a revolution in Jewish theological and political history, not a natural continuation. — No. 77: Jewish Ethics in a Time of Power (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Jewish identity does not automatically produce hard-right Likud-style politics. #corroborates (0.85) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 386
• Neocons and liberal interventionists differ only in tactics, not imperial aims #expands (0.70) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 404
• Unqualified support for Zionism is bipartisan in the US establishment #expands (0.55) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 401