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Settlers

And the Struggle Over the Meaning of Zionism

Gadi Taub 

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Description

The controversy over settlements in the occupied territories is a far more intractable problem for Israel than is widely perceived, Gadi Taub observes in this illuminating book. The clash over settlement is no mere policy disagreement, he maintains, but rather a struggle over the very meaning of Zionism. The book presents an absorbing study of religious settlers' ideology and how it has evolved in response to Israel's history of wars, peace efforts, assassination, the pull-out from Gaza, and other tumultuous events.

Taub tracks the efforts of religious settlers to reconcile with mainstream Zionism but concludes that the project cannot succeed. A new Zionist consensus recognizes that Israel must pull out of the occupied territories or face an unacceptable alternative: the dissolution of Israel into a binational state with a Jewish minority.

Product Details

PublisherYale University Press
Publish DateSeptember 27, 2011
Pages240
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9780300177640
Dimensions7.9 X 5.0 X 0.6 inches | 0.6 pounds

About the Author

Gadi Taub is assistant professor, Department of Communications and the School of Public Policy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Reviews

"Anyone who has been concerned or angered by the debate over the future of liberal Zionism ... should hurry to read "The Settlers.""--Adam Kirsch, "Tablet Magazine"
--Adam Kirsch "Tablet Magazine "

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