Steven L. Spiegel, in The National Interest (Winter 1990-91), 1112 16th st. N.w., Washington, D.C. 20036.

Even before Iraq invaded Kuwait on Au- gust 2, US.-Israeli relations were tense. Is- raelis worried that the United States would abandon them; Americans were dismayed daily reports of violence between Arabs and Jews in Israel's occupied territories. It appeared that the two allies might be nearing a major falling out.
But Spiegel, a political scientist at UCLA, argues that tension is the r...