Overcoming Zionism
Creating a Single Democratic State in Israel/Palestine
Kovel, Joel
Publisher: Pluto Press
Year Published: 2007
Pages: 320pp ISBN: 9780745325699
Resource Type: Book
Cx Number: CX7124
Kovel argues that the inner contradictions of Zionism have led Israel to a 'state-sponsored racism' fully as incorrigible as that of apartheid South Africa and deserving of the same resolution. Only a path toward a single-state secular democracy can provide the justice essential to healing the wounds of the Middle East. Kovel draws on his detailed knowledge of the Middle East to show that Zionism and democracy are essentially incompatible. Ultimately, Kovel argues, a two-state solution is essentially hopeless as it concedes too much to the regressive forces of nationalism, in which lie the roots of continued conflict.
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