The Myths of Liberal Zionism

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By Yitzhak Laor

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Yitzhak Laor, a leading Israeli dissident and poet, critically examines the attitudes of Western European liberal Left intellectuals toward Israel, Zionism, and the so-called "Israeli peace camp." Through the perspectives of renowned writers such as Amos Oz, David Grossman, and A.B. Yehoshua, Laor reveals how the peace camp embraces a "new Zionism" aligned with European desires for acceptance and is influenced by rising Islamophobia in Europe. The ever-present shadow of the Holocaust forms the background to this complex relationship, which Laor explores with keen insight and unflinching honesty.
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This work is suited to readers interested in Middle Eastern politics, Jewish culture, critical theory, and contemporary literary criticism. It will especially appeal to those seeking a profound and courageous critique of Zionism and the liberal Left's relationship to Israel.

One of Israel's most controversial writers demystifies the "peace camp" liberals

One of Israel's most controversial writers demystifies the "peace camp" liberals

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Yitzhak Laor is one of Israel's most prominent dissidents and poets, a latter-day Spinoza who helps keep alive the critical tradition within Jewish culture. In this work he fearlessly dissects the complex attitudes of Western European liberal Left intellectuals toward Israel, Zionism and the "Israeli peace camp".

He argues that through a prism of famous writers like Amos Oz, David Grossman and A.B. Yehoshua, the peace camp has now adopted the European vision of "new Zionism", promoting the fierce Israeli desire to be accepted as part of the West and taking advantage of growing Islamophobia across Europe.

The backdrop to this uneasy relationship is the ever-present shadow of the Holocaust. Laor is merciless as he strips bare the hypocrisies and unarticulated fantasies that lie beneath the love affair between liberal Zionists and their European supporters.

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John Berger praises the book as brave and original, highlighting Laor's historical approach and his challenge to the hypocrisies within Israeli literary circles. The Electronic Intifada describes it as an incredible and beautiful gift, likely to provoke controversy within the American Zionist community. Harper's Magazine recognises Laor as Israel's foremost dissident and perhaps its greatest living poet.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781784786281

Publisher: Verso Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 31 January 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Verso Books

Contributors:

Foreword by José Saramago

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 214g

Pages: 192

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About the Author

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.