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The Battle for the Jewish State
How Israel—And America—Can Win
About the Book
On October 7, 2023, Israel was ambushed by the Palestinian terrorist organization, Hamas. The attack, underwritten by the Islamic Republic of Iran, unleashed unspeakable terrors on the Israeli population. Most of the world reacted with horror to Hamas’ actions. But many commentators labeled the Jewish people, and Israel as a nation, as oppressors. The Palestinians, according to their Marxist calculus, were the oppressed.
A legion of figures in academia, the media, and the United States then declared support for Palestine, the perpetrator of the atrocities. Many American institutions have been indoctrinated and transformed into puppets who propagate the hateful antisemitism that has returned to the West.
Why does Israel exist? Why is it worthy of remaining a critical ally of the United States? Why have critical race theorists identified Israel and the U.S. as the most pernicious examples of “settler colonialism”?
Answers to these questions were developing during the first term of President Trump. But they were promptly abandoned by the Biden-Harris administration, imperiling both Israel and the United States. In The Battle for the Jewish State, scholar Victoria Coates shows how the current conflict in Israel is not a regional issue to be resolved through an interminable diplomatic peace process. Rather, it is a broader military and cultural war that must be won for the sake not only of Israel, but of the United States.
In ‘The Battle for the Jewish State,’ Victoria lays bare the truth that so many have ignored or denied for too long: the war on Israel is not a distant conflict but a direct attack on America’s interests, and indeed on our way of life.”
Senator Ted Cruz
With her background working on this issue from the Senate, White House, and Department of Energy, [Coates] leads the reader deftly through complex issues from missile defense to global energy markets to explain what has happened since the October 7, 2023, terrorist attack on Israel—and what should come next.”
Governor Rick Perry
Victoria Coates provides a powerful antidote to our government’s willful blindness. Israel is an essential ally for whom peace and prosperity are not merely its needs but also vital American interests.”
Andrew C. McCarthy
About the Author
Victoria Coates is the vice president of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation. Coates routinely appears on TV and radio. Her writing has appeared in outlets including Bloomberg, the New York Post, and the Wall Street Journal. She previously served as the senior policy advisor to the secretary of energy and deputy national security advisor for the Middle East and North Africa for President Trump. She also served as the national security advisor for Senator Ted Cruz.
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