BY TOPIC: Zionism & Zionists
28 post/s found with this tag.
[ePalestine] If You Want Two States, Support BDS (by Kathleen Peratis )
[ePalestine] If you think I’m a racist, then Israel is a racist state (By Upper Nazareth Mayor Shimon Gapso)
[ePalestine] Haaretz: We can’t lose a democracy we never had (By Tsafi Saar)
[ePalestine] The Original No: Why the Arabs Rejected Zionism and Why it Matters (A MUST READ)
Mondoweiss: Why Palestine is different
A Rabbi’s Path to Palestinian Solidarity (By Mark Karlin, Truthout – Interview) – A MUST READ
Where are we Headed? A Reflection on the 73rd Anniversary of Kristallnacht (by Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb)
Ha’aretz: Goodbye Shamir, goodbye Zionism (A MUST READ)
![Zionism’s Invented State [Book Review]](https://epalestine.ps/sambahour/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/israeli-exceptionalism-m-shahid-alam.jpg)
Zionism’s Invented State [Book Review]
This was not the first time I have read the word “exceptionalism” in relation to Israel. New York Times columnist Roger Cohen recently wrote that Israel “lives in a perpetual state of exceptionalism.” (New York Times, Oct. 16, 2009). However, Professor Alam explored this Israeli phenomenon on a deeper level of its underlying ideology to shed light on why this abnormal state seems to be unable to come to terms with modern day realities.
![“The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine” by Ilan Pappe [Recommended]](https://epalestine.ps/sambahour/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/The-Ethnic-Cleansing-of-Palestine-by-Ilan-Pappe.jpg)
“The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine” by Ilan Pappe [Recommended]
“Along with the late Edward Said, Ilan Pappe is the most eloquent writer of Palestinian history.”—NEW STATESMAN. Renowned Israeli historian, Ilan Pappe’s groundbreaking work on the formation of the State of Israel. Between 1947 and 1949, over 400 Palestinian villages were deliberately destroyed, civilians were massacred and around a million men, women, and children were expelled from their homes at gunpoint. Denied for almost six decades, had it happened today it could only have been called ‘ethnic cleansing’. Decisively debunking the myth that the Palestinian population left of their own accord in the course of this war, Ilan Pappe offers impressive archival evidence to demonstrate that, from its very inception, a central plank in Israel’s founding ideology was the forcible removal of the indigenous population. Indispensable for anyone interested in the current crisis in the Middle East.
![“The Other Side of Israel: My Journey Across the Jewish-Arab Divide” [Book Review]](https://epalestine.ps/sambahour/wp-content/uploads/2005/12/the-other-side-of-israel-susan-nathan.jpeg)
“The Other Side of Israel: My Journey Across the Jewish-Arab Divide” [Book Review]
Although she arrived in Israel in 1999 as an ardent Zionist, over several years she became more and more interested in discovering the true situation of the Arabs inside Israel, who despite their sizable proportion of the population, seemed all but invisible to her. This led to her decision to move to Tamra, a single Jew in a town of over 25,000 Arabs. This was an unprecedented action in Israeli society. The deep friendships she developed reflect her view that despite the unofficial policy of separation that is actively promoted by the Israeli government, there is true hope of reconciliation and cooperation.
![“The Birth of Israel: Myths and Realities” by Simha Flapan [Recommended]](https://epalestine.ps/sambahour/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/The-Birth-of-Israel-Myths-and-Realities-by-Simha-Flapan.jpg)
“The Birth of Israel: Myths and Realities” by Simha Flapan [Recommended]
Drawing on recently declassified material, from Ben-Gurion’s war diaries to the minutes of secret meetings, the author reconstructs the real events surrounding the founding of Israel, exposing many of the historical beliefs as propaganda myths that have misguided Israeli policy to this day. (Publisher’s description)
![From Wisconsin to Gaza to Jenin: An American Writer’s Lived Experience in Palestine [Book Review]](https://epalestine.ps/sambahour/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/from-wisconsin-to-gaza-to-jenin-1926401834.jpeg)