Israel and the diaspora: problems of cognitive dissonance by Safran, W

“…Jews in the diaspora believe that Israel will be better supported by their hostland’s political right rather than its left; that Israel can be saved, despite itself, by a kind of ‘tough love’ bestowed upon it by the diaspora or its hostland governments; and that Jewish identity and survival, based on an autonomous and largely secular culture, can be assured regardless of whether Israel exists or not. …”

Israel and the diaspora: problems of cognitive dissonance by Safran, W

“…Jews in the diaspora believe that Israel will be better supported by their hostland’s political right rather than its left; that Israel can be saved, despite itself, by a kind of 'tough love’ bestowed upon it by the diaspora or its hostland governments; and that Jewish identity and survival, based on an autonomous and largely secular culture, can be assured regardless of whether Israel exists or not. …”

Democracy and Resource Rents. by Collier, P, Hoeffler, A

“…During the resource boom of the 1970s, the average resource-rich country scored only 0.96 on the Polity IV scale of political rights (the scale ranges 0-10). By the mid-1990s the score had risen to 3.47.1 American policy following the intervention in Iraq is explicitly to democratize the Middle East, the world's most important resource-rich region. …”