Book Size: 6" x 9"
Pages: 240
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781566561303
Imprint: Olive Branch Press
Edition: 1
Category: History/Politics/Current AffairsOriginal Sins
Reflections on the History of Zionism and Israel
$ 29.95“Original Sins is thought -provoking and valuable… [It] is brilliant in its overall analysis… Beit-Hallahmi succeeds in presenting a wide-ranging yet concise, highly readable, well-organized, rational analysis that is laced with fresh insights and hard-hitting criticisms. Original Sins is to date the best brief overview published in English of the definition and history of Zionism in theory and practice. ” — Middle East Policy
About this book
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 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.
About the author
Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi is a noted Israeli scholar and author of The Israeli Connection: Who Israel Arms and Why. He teaches at Haifa University.
Reviews
“Original Sins is thought -provoking and valuable… [It] is brilliant in its overall analysis… Beit-Hallahmi succeeds in presenting a wide-ranging yet concise, highly readable, well-organized, rational analysis that is laced with fresh insights and hard-hitting criticisms. Original Sins is to date the best brief overview published in English of the definition and history of Zionism in theory and practice. ” — Middle East Policy
Additional information
| Author | Beit-Hallahmi, Benjamin |
|---|---|
| Cover Type | |
| test | |
| Edition | 1 |
| Inprint | Olive Branch Press |
| Pages | 240 |
| Type | HB |
| Illustrator | Lovekin, Jonathan |
| Author Home | Israel |
| Subtitle | Reflections on the History of Zionism and Israel |
| Format | 6" x 9" |
| Reviews | "Original Sins is thought -provoking and valuable… [It] is brilliant in its overall analysis… Beit-Hallahmi succeeds in presenting a wide-ranging yet concise , highly readable , well-organized , rational analysis that is laced with fresh insights and hard-hitting criticisms. Original Sins is to date the best brief overview published in English of the definition and history of Zionism in theory and practice. " — Middle East Policy |
| MainReview | "Original Sins is thought -provoking and valuable… [It] is brilliant in its overall analysis… Beit-Hallahmi succeeds in presenting a wide-ranging yet concise, highly readable, well-organized, rational analysis that is laced with fresh insights and hard-hitting criticisms. Original Sins is to date the best brief overview published in English of the definition and history of Zionism in theory and practice. " — Middle East Policy |
