The Role of Religious Rhetoric in the U.S.-Israel Alliance (original) (raw)

This essay summarizes the role of religious rhetoric in the long-running alliance between the U.S. and Israel. This essay argues that although religion is integral to the existence of Israel, religion is not itself a strategic imperative for the alliance so much as a way of discourse-framing vital national interests that are served by the U.S.-Israel alliance. This is a working paper written in 2016, and may in the future be updated to reflect more recent events such as President Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.