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An essential sense of urgency: On Peter Beinart’s ‘The Crisis of Zionism’
“The Crisis of Zionism,” appears to be a book about politics, history and ideology, but in fact it is a research into identity; the identity of a community and the identity of the author. It is a book about the construction, the de-construction and the effort to reconstruct an identity; it sheds light on forgotten…
By Noam Sheizaf April 19, 2012
Nakba
Can Israel incorporate the Nakba? Response to Joseph Dana
by Roi Ben Yehuda Over at Tablet, Joseph Dana writes an important piece on Israel’s problematic relationship with the Nakba narrative (the expulsion/dislocation of over 750,000 Palestinians from their homes in what is now Israel) and the imperative of integrating this narrative into Israel’s public discourse. He concludes: Including the Nakba in Israeli public discourse,…
By +972 Magazine June 2, 2011
Tablet calling Israel “A Liberal’s Paradise” (!)
This is one of the most bizarre pieces I’ve seen this year. It comes from Tablet’s blog editor, Marc Tracy: Israel, A Liberal’s Paradise Are you a liberal upset over Tuesday’s results? Then have we got a country for you! Starting next week, non-Jewish or -affiliated same-sex couples will be able to enter into civil…
By Noam Sheizaf November 4, 2010
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