The Force of Exceptionalist Narratives in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

There has been a turn, for many people, in recognizing that Manifest Destiny was a horror, and the supposed "exceptionalism" or "idealism" of American "foreign" policy-these first inhabitants from whom the land was stolen were long not treated as having American "rights," as foreigners-will not survive this evidence. We have come to a turning point in our society, where we might recognize the truth of what was done and resolve to go forward, as best we can, as a serious, multiracial society in which the stories of each person are acknowledged and the dark history which still afflicts us rejected.