Arab Lobby and US Foreign Policy

Khalil M. Marrar is Professor at DePaul University, USA. He has taught courses in history, religion, and political science at various institutions. While specializing in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, his research interests include international relations, American culture, foreign policy, political organizations, and terrorism. He has served in editorial positions at the Arab Studies Quarterly and the Association of Arab-American University Graduates.

• 1. US Foreign Policy and the Two State Solution 2. Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Perception 3. The Effects of the Pro-Israel Lobby 4. The Effects and Potential of the Pro-Arab Lobby 5. Conclusion and Scenarios: Two States Versus One. Appendices. Bibliography

Khalil Marrar brings us a closely reasoned, powerfully documented, and gracefully written analysis of the OTHER lobby and efforts to shape US policy in the Middle East. A valuable antidote to the simplicities that continue to distort this long running tragedy. J.David Singer, University of Michigan, USAThis is an important and much-needed book. Marrar uses the politics of a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine as a window through which to see the activities and prospects of the pro-Arab lobby in the United States. Part of the creativity of this work is that Dr. Marrar not only studies how pro-Arab lobby groups in the U.S. have tried to influence public opinion and foreign policy, he also shows how the arrow points in the other direction—the way that the Arab lobby is influenced and constrained by events in America and abroad. This thorough and provocative examination helps fill a tragic gap in our knowledge of ethnic interest group politics, and serves as a must-read for students of American foreign policy and ethnic interest group politics.Patrick J. Haney, Professor of Political Science, Miami University, USA