Discourses and Notions of Identity in United States Foreign Policy: Israel and the 2014 Gaza War

This paper examines U.S. political and social discourse on the 2014 Gaza-Israel conflict and attempts to better understand U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, specifically on Israel. By examining official U.S. government documents, media articles, and pop culture platforms, this project identifies dominant narratives within the United States on Israel and the Palestinian territories. The complicated notions of identity that were discursively expressed within the United States on the 2014 Gaza-Israel conflict are deconstructed and discussed to further the academic discussion on U.S. relations in the Middle East.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Political Science

Department dc:contributor.department

Political Science

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• Johnson, Elizabeth Anne

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Dixit, Priya

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Daggett, Cara New
• Koch, Bettina

• U.S. Foreign Policy

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

vt_gsexam:20167

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/106955