Original Sins Reflections on the History of Zionism and Israel |
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| Author:
| Beit-Hallahmi, Benjamin |
| ISBN: | 978-1-56656-130-3 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1996 |
| Publisher: | Interlink Publishing Group, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Olive Branch Press |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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Starting from a non-idealizing, non-demonological review of Judaism, Jewish history and anti-Semitism, this book presents a sympathetic analysis of the development of political Zionism - and goes on to show how a dream can become both a living reality and a nightmare. While Beit-Hallahmi does not fault the idea of a Jewish state in the abstract, he shows how Zionism in practice and power becomes a kind of settler colonialism trying to ignore its victims - the Palestinians. The purpose...
More DescriptionStarting from a non-idealizing, non-demonological review of Judaism, Jewish history and anti-Semitism, this book presents a sympathetic analysis of the development of political Zionism - and goes on to show how a dream can become both a living reality and a nightmare. While Beit-Hallahmi does not fault the idea of a Jewish state in the abstract, he shows how Zionism in practice and power becomes a kind of settler colonialism trying to ignore its victims - the Palestinians. The purpose of Original Sins is to counter the mystification on both sides of the Arab-Israeli conflict, to examine causes and principles, and to reach an analysis of the current political and moral crisis, in search for a solution to end the suffering on both sides.