>As to why conservatives are more hawkish on Israel than liberals are,
>isn't that generally true everywhere in foreign policy?
Yes but... American conservatives are hawkish whenever they think the violence they're supporting will increase U.S. power. Since most American conservatives are rabidly pro-Israel, I'm concluding that they think that Israeli policy serves U.S. power interests. Whether they're right or wrong about this is immaterial - I'm only emphasizing this to refute the AIPAC theory of U.S. support of Israel.
Doug