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- catalog abstract ""Yaacov Lozowick decided to write this book after the collapse of the Oslo peace process in a wave of Palestinian suicide bombings. Though Lozowick is a lifelong liberal and peace activist, the global outcry against Israeli "brutality," so at odds with the truth of Israeli intentions and actions, made it clear that it was not just Israel's conduct that was in question but also its very right to exist as a Jewish state at peace with its neighbors. This is what led Lozowick and other Israeli liberals in vote in large numbers for a hard-line government under Ariel Sharon, the most feared and hated man in the Middle East after Saddam Hussein." "Yet it is not enough for Jews to fight for their survival: they must argue for it as well, and Jewish tradition demands that Israel give a moral account of its own conduct. Thus in his attempt to make sense of his own political journey, Lozowick revisits the whole history of Israel, delving into the roots of the Zionist enterprise and tracing the long struggle to establish and defend the Jewish state in the face of implacable Arab resistance and widespread international hostility. Subjecting that history to exacting moral scrutiny, Lozowick applies the lens of classical "just war" theory, which requires meeting clear standards of justice not only in going to war but also in waging it." "Lozowick considers and rebuts dozens of harmful myths and outright lies about the Arab-Israeli conflict, particularly the idea that Zionism is a racist colonial enterprise, that Israeli occupation and settlements are the source of the problem, or that a "cycle of violence" exists in which each side is morally culpable."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12940448.
- catalog coverage "Israel Foreign public opinion.".
- catalog coverage "Israel History, Military.".
- catalog coverage "Israel Public opinion.".
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""Lozowick considers and rebuts dozens of harmful myths and outright lies about the Arab-Israeli conflict, particularly the idea that Zionism is a racist colonial enterprise, that Israeli occupation and settlements are the source of the problem, or that a "cycle of violence" exists in which each side is morally culpable."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""Yaacov Lozowick decided to write this book after the collapse of the Oslo peace process in a wave of Palestinian suicide bombings. Though Lozowick is a lifelong liberal and peace activist, the global outcry against Israeli "brutality," so at odds with the truth of Israeli intentions and actions, made it clear that it was not just Israel's conduct that was in question but also its very right to exist as a Jewish state at peace with its neighbors. This is what led Lozowick and other Israeli liberals in vote in large numbers for a hard-line government under Ariel Sharon, the most feared and hated man in the Middle East after Saddam Hussein."".
- catalog description ""Yet it is not enough for Jews to fight for their survival: they must argue for it as well, and Jewish tradition demands that Israel give a moral account of its own conduct. Thus in his attempt to make sense of his own political journey, Lozowick revisits the whole history of Israel, delving into the roots of the Zionist enterprise and tracing the long struggle to establish and defend the Jewish state in the face of implacable Arab resistance and widespread international hostility. Subjecting that history to exacting moral scrutiny, Lozowick applies the lens of classical "just war" theory, which requires meeting clear standards of justice not only in going to war but also in waging it."".
- catalog description "Early Zionism: the decision to have and use power -- The British Mandate: the decisions to build and destroy -- 1948: decisions about genocide -- 1949-1967: the decision to persist -- Contradictory decisions: making peace and building settlements, 1967-1981 -- The 1980s: wrong decisions -- A society worth fighting for -- The 1990s: deluded decisions -- The Jerusalem Intifada: resolve, fortitude, and morality -- Future decisions: living at war and making peace -- Immoral decisions: the bad faith of Israel's detractors -- Tenacity: the decision to endure.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "326 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Right to exist.".
- catalog identifier "0385509057 (hc)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Right to exist.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Doubleday,".
- catalog relation "Right to exist.".
- catalog spatial "Arab countries.".
- catalog spatial "Israel Foreign public opinion.".
- catalog spatial "Israel History, Military.".
- catalog spatial "Israel Public opinion.".
- catalog spatial "Palestine".
- catalog subject "956.9405 21".
- catalog subject "Antisemitism.".
- catalog subject "Arab-Israeli conflict.".
- catalog subject "DS119.7 .L69 2003".
- catalog subject "Jews Palestine History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Jews Public opinion.".
- catalog subject "Public opinion Arab countries.".
- catalog subject "War Moral and ethical aspects.".
- catalog subject "Zionism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Early Zionism: the decision to have and use power -- The British Mandate: the decisions to build and destroy -- 1948: decisions about genocide -- 1949-1967: the decision to persist -- Contradictory decisions: making peace and building settlements, 1967-1981 -- The 1980s: wrong decisions -- A society worth fighting for -- The 1990s: deluded decisions -- The Jerusalem Intifada: resolve, fortitude, and morality -- Future decisions: living at war and making peace -- Immoral decisions: the bad faith of Israel's detractors -- Tenacity: the decision to endure.".
- catalog title "Right to exist : a moral defense of Israel's wars / Yaacov Lozowick.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "Military history. fast".
- catalog type "text".