Zionist Israel and the Question of Palestine: Jewish Statehood and the History of the Middle East Conflict

by Tamar Amar-Dahl, Olga Thierbach-McLean (Translator)

Overview

After half a century of occupation and tremendous costs of the conflict, Israel is still struggling with the idea of a Palestinian state in what is often perceived as the Biblical Eretz Israel. Mapping Zionism, enemy images, peace and war policies, as well as democracy within the Jewish State, the present study offers original insights into Israel’s role in this conflict. By analyzing Israeli history, politics and security-oriented political culture as it has been evolving from 1948 on, this book reveals the ideological and political structures of a Zionist-oriented state and society. In doing so, it uncovers the abyss between the Zionist vision of Eretz Israel on the one hand and the aspiration to achieve normalization, peace and security on the other. In view of this conflict-laden bi-national reality, the Palestinian question is identified as the Achilles‘ heel of Jewish statehood in the Land of Israel. Thus, Zionist Israel and the Question of Palestine provides a fresh, innovative, critical and yet accessible perspective on one of the most controversial issues in contemporary history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110495645
Publisher:	De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Publication date:	11/07/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	206
Sales rank:	50,049
File size:	5 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Tamar Amar-Dahl, Free University, Berlin.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

1 Zionism and the Ideology of the Jewish State 4

2 Zionist Israel and its Enemies 18

3 Israeli Democracy and the Zionist Project 52

4 Israel's War Policy in the Service of Zionist Israel 92

5 Jewish Statehood and Regional Peace 148

Bibliography 191

Internet sources 196

Index of Persons 197