“Our Declaration of Independence”: African Americans, Arab Americans, and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1967–1979
@article{Yaqub2015OurDO, title={“Our Declaration of Independence”: African Americans, Arab Americans, and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1967–1979}, author={Salim Yaqub}, journal={Mashriq \& Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies}, year={2015}, volume={3}, pages={ - } }
Abstract:This article examines the evolution of African-American commentary and activism on the Arab-Israeli conflict from 1967 to 1979. It focuses in particular on the crystallization of a moderate black position that, while continuing to support the existence of a Jewish state in Palestine, increasingly questioned the pro-Israel orientation of U.S. foreign policy. The article argues that the emergence of this perspective reflected a transformation in the politics of the Arab-Israeli dispute…
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