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by Sam Bahour | April 8, 2020 | Books, Writings
Few countries provoke as much passion and controversy as Israel. What is Modern Israel? convincingly demonstrates that its founding ideology – Zionism – is anything but a simple reaction to antisemitism. Dispelling the notion that every Jew is a Zionist and therefore a natural advocate for the state of Israel, Yakov Rabkin points to the Protestant roots of Zionism, in order to explain the particular support Israel musters in the United States. (Publisher’s Review)
![“The Idea of Israel: A History of Power and Knowledge” by Ilan Pappe [Book Review]](https://epalestine.ps/sambahour/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/TheIdeaofIsrael-AHistoryofPowerandKnowledge2528IlanPappe2529-798828-1.jpg)
by Sam Bahour | July 20, 2015 | Books
Israeli historian, Ilan Pappe, takes the reader through the maze of knowledge creation in Israel and how that journey has interacted with power. The invaluable intellectual contribution and framing that Professor Pappe provides cannot be overstated. He documents for all serious researchers who follow how the dust (or more like blood) of Israel’s foundational moment has yet to settle. The events in and around 1948 that led to the creation of Israel and the colossal loss of Palestine were such a historic tragedy that even the well-oiled Israeli and Zionist public relations machines have been unable get traction to settle the historic account.
!["Broken Promises, Broken Dreams: Stories of Jewish and Palestinian Trauma and Resilience" by Alice Rothchild [Recommended]](https://epalestine.ps/sambahour/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Broken-Promises-Broken-Dreams-Stories-of-Jewish-and-Palestinian-Trauma-and-Resilience-by-Alice-Rothchild.jpg)