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The close relationship between state identity & foreign policy in Israel is investigated. Overviews of the notions of identity, narrative, frames, & institutions are provided; it is asserted that the formation of Israeli state identity has been attempted in a specific historical narrative. The Yitzhak Rabin administration's attempt to implement a liberalist-Zionist Israeli national identity & its connection to the peace movement are discussed. It is contended that Israeli national identity actually became more fragmented under the Benjamin Netanyahu administration; his ambiguous stance on the issue of territorial withdrawal & accretion of power to the Palestinians & the poor electoral performance of the Labor & Likud Parties in the 1996 parliamentary elections accelerated the fragmentation. It is concluded that the Netanyahu administration deepened divisions between religious & secular groups & that the emergence of identity politics in Israeli's parliament during the late 1990s further problematized the peace process. J. W. Parker

The influence of state & national identity on Middle Eastern foreign policy programs is studied. An overview of theoretical perspectives employed by international relations scholars is presented. Differences between existing approaches to understanding the formation of state & national identity are considered, emphasizing the contention that no single cause or variable is ultimately responsible for identity formation. The claims that individuals living in the Middle East possess multiple identities & that these identities are frequently in conflict with one another, or other identities are stated. The need for contemporary scholarship to determine the extent to which identity formation affects Middle Eastern states' foreign policies is stressed; problems with existing attempts to answer this question are noted. The tendency for identity in the Middle East to have a transnational character & the role that technology has played in creating these transnational identities are also considered. Contributions exploring the connection between identity & foreign policy in Jordan, Israel, Iran, Iraq, Syria, & Egypt are introduced. J. W. Parker