Are American Jews Turning Against Israel?
/ The Image of Israel Among the Foreign Policy Elite / Israel and the Future of American Politics / A Need for New Ideas The world is moving into a new era in international relations in the wake of the apparent end of the forty-year Cold War. After viewing the first year of the Bush administration following eight years of the markedly pro-Israel Reagan administration, one may begin to assess the impact of this changing world on U.S.-Israeli relations. Reagan and Bush–Contrasting Styles In his style as president, Ronald Reagan provided an inspired leadership with a great emphasis on media–the Great Communicator. He was also a great romantic, whether in relations toward Israel, the Soviet Union, or any other area of the world. He never visited Israel, yet he had a great deal of faith in it. He started his term in office by declaring the Soviet Union to be an “evil empire,” but after he came to know Gorbachev he became a champion of a closer relationship with Moscow. The Reagan Doctrine
