Jerome Slater is professor (emeritus) of political science at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He is the author of numerous works, both for professional and general audiences, on the U.S. and Israel. He is currently at work on a book on that topic. His most recent articles include: ‘Just War Moral Philosophy and the Israel Campaign Against Gaza,’ International Security, Fall 2012 and ‘Zionism, the Jewish State Issue, and an Israeli-Palestinian Settlement,’ Political Science Quarterly, Winter 2012-13”.