TY - BOOK AU - Leslie,Jonathan G. TI - Fear and insecurity: Israel and the Iran threat narrative T2 - Oxford scholarship online SN - 9780197698327 AV - DS119.8.I7 U1 - 327.5694055 23 PY - 2023/// CY - London PB - Hurst & Company KW - National security KW - Israel KW - Politics and Government KW - ukslc KW - Politics & government KW - thema KW - Foreign relations KW - Iran KW - Foreign public opinion, Israeli KW - Politics and government KW - 1993- N1 - Previously issued in print: 2022; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - To observers of the Iran-Israel conflict, its vitriolic rhetoric might suggest an ancient hatred between Jews and Muslims - a biblical feud dating back hundreds, or thousands, of years. But this rivalry is a far more modern development. In this authoritative study, Jonathan G. Leslie examines the origins of the conflict. Drawing on extensive archival and open-source research, he concludes that - despite the animosity surrounding the Iran-Israel relationship - the twenty-first century's hostilities are not inevitable consequences of these nations' history, nor of contemporary political events. The intensification of tensions has been largely the product of one nation's efforts, with Israel viewing Iran as a far greater danger than Iran does Israel UR - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197685556.001.0001 ER -