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

Tamar Amar-Dahl

Open Access Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2017

Zionist Israel and the Question of Palestine

Jewish Statehood and the History of the Middle East Conflict

Tamar Amar-Dahl
Translated by: Olga Thierbach-McLean

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110498806

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About this book

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.

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Tamar Amar-Dahl, Free University, Berlin.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Introduction Open Access Download PDF	1
1. Zionism and the Ideology of the Jewish State Open Access Download PDF	4
2. Zionist Israel and its Enemies Open Access Download PDF	18
3. Israeli Democracy and the Zionist Project Open Access Download PDF	52
4. Israel’s War Policy in the Service of Zionist Israel Open Access Download PDF	92
5. Jewish Statehood and Regional Peace Open Access Download PDF	148
Bibliography. Internet sources Open Access Download PDF	191
Index of Persons Open Access Download PDF	197

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Pages
- Front matter: 7
- Main content: 199
Keywords: Israel; Zionismus; Nahostkonflikt

eBook

Published: November 7, 2016
ISBN: 9783110498806

Hardcover

Published: November 7, 2016
ISBN: 9783110496635