Myths of Liberal Zionism

Zusatztext “Israel’s most celebrated dissident! and perhaps its greatest living poet.” — Harper’s “Brave! yes—Laor is a poet—determined! yes—his unmasking of the hypocrisy of Israeli writers such as Amos Oz is irrefutable—modest! yes—he often speaks of his doubts—yet what makes his book so original and urgent is its historical reasoning: a disciple of Herodotus! Laor observes! narrates and questions all the ancient and contemporary half-truths concerning Jews! Europe and colonialism! which have culminated in Israel turning Gaza into a Ghetto! You do not simply read through! you think through this essential book.” —John Berger “A gift! incredible and beautiful! so wonderful that I am sure that the American Zionist community will spurn it.” — Electronic Intifada Informationen zum Autor Yitzhak Laor is a distinguished Israeli poet, novelist and veteran political activist. A longtime editor and writer for the daily newspaper Haaretz , he now also edits an independent journal of literature and political thought, Mita'am . The Portuguese Nobel Laureate Jose? Saramago was a novelist, playwright and journalist. His numerous books, including the bestselling All the Names, Blindness , and The Cave , have been translated into more than forty languages and have established him as one of the world's most influential writers. He died in June 2010. Klappentext "First published as "Le nouveau philosaaemitisme europaaeen et le "camp de la paix" an Israaeel"--Title page verso. Zusammenfassung One of Israel's most controversial writers demystifies the "peace camp" liberals

Product details

• Authors: Yitzchak Laor, Yitzhak Laor, Laor Yitzhak, Jose Saramago
• Assisted by: Jose Saramago (Foreword), José Saramago (Foreword)
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2017
• EAN: 9781784786281
• ISBN: 978-1-78478-628-1
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Israel, Europe, Nationalism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Nationalism and nationalist ideologies and movements