Herzl's nightmare : one land, two peoples / Peter Rodgers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rodgers, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Jewish-Arab relations.

Palestine--History--20th century.

Palestine.

Israel--History.

Israel.

History.

Physical Description:

147 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Nation Books, [2005]

Summary:

Theodor Herzl's dream of a national homeland for the Jewish people was realized when Israel declared its independence in 1948. Yet it was made possible only through the deaths of millions of European Jews and at the expense of Palestinian society-a people who would never forget what they saw as a grave injustice. Herzl's dream would prove illusory.

This important new study by acclaimed journalist Peter Rodgers shows how little the dynamics of the conflict have actually changed. In clear and lucid prose he explores how eerily reminiscent today's antagonisms and falsehoods are of yesteryear's, and how much today's self-righteous intransigence-on both sides-owes to what went before.

Contents:

Introduction: One hundred years of living painfully 1

Chapter 1 Herzl's 'new' Jew versus the 'semi-savage' native 5

Chapter 2 Zionism triumphant 17

Chapter 3 This land is my land; your land is my land 29

Chapter 4 Blood ... talk ... blood 53

Chapter 5 Whither the Zionist enterprise? 79

Chapter 6 Palestinian fantasies 99

Chapter 7 Apocalypse soon? 113

Postscript: A world without Arafat: When will the dreaming end? 123.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-136) and index.

Originally published in 2004 by Scribe Australia--T.p. verso.

ISBN:

156025694X

OCLC:

60715376