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• catalog abstract ""Internationally known historian and rabbi Arthur Hertzberg, challenges us to reexamine the case for the legitimacy of the state of Israel from a secular point of view. He argues that the religious blinders of absolute thinking and hatred have obscured our vision. In this time of great turmoil in the Mideast, when conflict represents a potential nuclear threat to the region and to the world, it is an argument that is more relevant and urgent than ever." "Charting a pragmatic middle path between the Israeli right wing and critics like Edward Said and Noam Chomsky, Hertzberg chronicles the conflict between the original secular vision of Israel and the illusions that came in the subsequent riptide of Israeli triumphalism and the myths of messianism. The deep need of the Israeli people for both power and security has created a paradox, one that can only be solved when the deeper question of legitimacy is addressed in a clear-eyed, secular fashion, away from the growing threat of clashing right wings and religious violence. Hertzberg calls us to go back to the future, to the original idea behind the founding of Israel - that a people persecuted, marginalized, and murdered under state sanction need a safe land, a place to be independent and free." "Between the growing religiously motivated blindness of the right wing (Arab, Jewish, and American Christian), and the one-sided blindness of the Western liberal intelligentsia, it has become difficult to see the future. Hertzberg calls on the United States to use its power and influence to help recover the original Zionist intent and settle the questions of legitimacy and coexistence for both Israelis and Palestinians."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b12940483.
• catalog created "2003.".
• catalog date "2003".
• catalog date "2003.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
• catalog description ""Internationally known historian and rabbi Arthur Hertzberg, challenges us to reexamine the case for the legitimacy of the state of Israel from a secular point of view. He argues that the religious blinders of absolute thinking and hatred have obscured our vision. In this time of great turmoil in the Mideast, when conflict represents a potential nuclear threat to the region and to the world, it is an argument that is more relevant and urgent than ever." "Charting a pragmatic middle path between the Israeli right wing and critics like Edward Said and Noam Chomsky, Hertzberg chronicles the conflict between the original secular vision of Israel and the illusions that came in the subsequent riptide of Israeli triumphalism and the myths of messianism. The deep need of the Israeli people for both power and security has created a paradox, one that can only be solved when the deeper question of legitimacy is addressed in a clear-eyed, secular fashion, away from the growing threat of clashing right wings and religious violence. Hertzberg calls us to go back to the future, to the original idea behind the founding of Israel - that a people persecuted, marginalized, and murdered under state sanction need a safe land, a place to be independent and free." "Between the growing religiously motivated blindness of the right wing (Arab, Jewish, and American Christian), and the one-sided blindness of the Western liberal intelligentsia, it has become difficult to see the future. Hertzberg calls on the United States to use its power and influence to help recover the original Zionist intent and settle the questions of legitimacy and coexistence for both Israelis and Palestinians."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "1. Back to the Future -- 2. The Stalemate of Legitimacy -- 3. Arabs Fight Jews -- 4. What Many Liberals Can't See -- 5. Is a Future Possible?".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-194).".
• catalog extent "xiii, 194 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0060557869".
• catalog issued "2003".
• catalog issued "2003.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "[San Francisco] : HarperSanFrancisco,".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "956.94054 22".
• catalog subject "DS149 .H43758 2003".
• catalog subject "Zionism Philosophy.".
• catalog subject "Zionism United States.".
• catalog subject "Zionism and Judaism.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. Back to the Future -- 2. The Stalemate of Legitimacy -- 3. Arabs Fight Jews -- 4. What Many Liberals Can't See -- 5. Is a Future Possible?".
• catalog title "The fate of zionism : a secular future for Israel & Palestine / Arthur Hertzberg.".
• catalog type "text".