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The Dark Side of Zionism
The Quest for Security through Dominance
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2009
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The Dark Side of Zionism: Israel's Quest for Security through Dominance arises out of the scholarship of the 'new historians,' a group of mostly Israeli scholars who have uncovered a history widely ignored in the popular media. Baylis Thomas argues that both the early Zionists and, later, the Israelis sought their security through the military domination of the indigenous Arab population of Palestine. This strategy required both avoiding negotiations with the Palestinian-Arabs and provoking the weak Arab states-opposed to the Israeli takeover of Palestine-into entering wars they would lose. The role of British imperial power was crucial in this early history, as was the later U.S. support of Israel, right or wrong. Thomas explores the larger context of this history in chapters on colonization, hegemony, weapons diplomacy, terrorism, nationalism, religion, Zionism, and prospects for resolution of the conflict. While students and scholars of Middle Eastern studies and international relations will find this book valuable, it is intended for the intelligent general reader who is curious about current events yet puzzled about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Israel's national identity, founded on the memory of being victims of the Holocaust, focuses on current events that seem consistent with the past, even as the nation uses force to thwart Palestinian national aspirations. The Dark Side of Zionism argues that peace for both Israelis and Palestinians can only come if Israel relinquishes military rule.
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Copyright year
2009
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-2690-5
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-3298-2
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
268
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Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
Chapter 01. Concepts of Colonization No access
Chapter 02. History of the Colonization and Palestinian Dispossession (1880–1948) No access
Chapter 03. Hegemony in the Middle East No access
Chapter 04. History of the Arab-Israeli Wars (1949–1974) No access
Chapter 05. Weapons Diplomacy, the Political Use of Arms No access
Chapter 06. History of Israel’s Global Weapons Sales No access
Chapter 07. Begin, Peres, Shamir, and the Madrid Conference No access
Chapter 08. Rabin and the Oslo Accords No access
Chapter 09. Peres and Netanyahu and Wye River No access
Barak and Arafat at Camp David No access
Chapter 11. Ariel Sharon: Force over Peace No access
Chapter 12. Olmert and the 2006 Lebanon War No access
Chapter 13. One-state, Two-states, or Continued Apartheid? No access
Chapter 14. Terrorism No access
Chapter 15. The Paradox of Nationalism No access
Chapter 16. Religion and Possession in Ancient Palestine No access
Appendix A: Water Wars No access Pages 231 - 240
Appendix B: Evolution of Zionism No access Pages 241 - 248
