Neoconservative Middle East think tanks advance pro-Israel agendas in US policy

Evidence

As part of the effort to restore US hegemony, conservatives in the United States and Israel played a central role in advancing a counterterrorist program and imperialist agenda on a global scale. Two crucial conferences organized by the Israeli Jonathan Institute (discussed in Chapter 4) played a role in the development of the global “Arab terrorist” as a threat to democracy. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 237 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Pro-Zionist think tanks form the institutional base disseminating negative Middle East media; Neoconservatives and Israel pushed Islamism as the post-Soviet enemy; The Islam-fascism equation derived from Likud-style Zionism among neoconservatives (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Pro-Zionist think tanks form the institutional base disseminating negative Middle East media #corroborates (0.92)
• US and Israeli conservatives jointly framed the global Arab terrorist threat #corroborates (0.88) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 237
• The Islam-fascism equation derived from Likud-style Zionism among neoconservatives #corroborates (0.85)
• Neoconservatives and Israel pushed Islamism as the post-Soviet enemy #corroborates (0.80)