Full Description
After Adolph Ochs purchased The New York Times in 1896, Zionism and the eventual reality of the State of Israel were framed within his guiding principle, embraced by his Sulzberger family successor, that Judaism is a religion and not a national identity. Apprehensive lest the loyalty of American Jews to the United States be undermined by the existence of a Jewish state, they embraced an anti-Zionist critique that remained embedded in its editorials, on the Opinion page and in its news coverage. Through the examination of evidence drawn from its own pages, this book analyzes how all the news "fit to print" became news that fit the Times' discomfort with the idea, and since 1948 the reality, of a thriving democratic Jewish state in the historic homeland of the Jewish people.
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Patriotic Loyalty 1896-1927
Chapter 2: The Zionist Menace 1928-1939
Chapter 3: Denial and Discomfort 1933-1948
Chapter 4: Democratic Allies 1949-1957
Chapter 5: Conquest and Occupation 1960-1979
Chapter 6: Arabs and Jews 1979-1984
Chapter 7: Moral Equivalence 1984-1988
Chapter 8: Occupation Cruelty 1988-1989
Chapter 9: Illusions of Peace 1990-1996
Chapter 10: Realities of Conflict 1996-2001
Chapter 11: Blame Israel First 2002-2006
Chapter 12: Israeli Goliath 2006-2009
Chapter 13: Double Standards 2009-2014
Chapter 14: American Loyalty 2014-2015
Epilogue 2016
Afterword
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Notes
Author's Note
