The Myths of Liberal Zionism 9781844673148
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THE MYTHS OF..
LIBERAL ZIONISM YITZHAK LAOR With a foreword by Jose Saramago
POLITICS $22.95/£14.99/S28.50CAN
Yitzhak Laor is one of Israel’s most prominent dissidents and poets, a latterday Spinoza who helps keep alive the critical tradition within Jewish culture. In this work, prefaced by the renowned novelist Jose Saramago, Laor fearlessly dissects rhe complex attitudes of Western European liberal-left intellectuals toward Israel, Zionism and the “Israeli peace up.” Reflecting on the work of writers h as Amos Oz, David Grossman and B. Yehoshua, Laor argues that the eace camp has now adopted the European vision of “new Zionism,” promoting the fierce Israeli desire to be accepted as part of the West and taking advantage of growing Islamophobia across Europe.
Laor is merciless as he strips bare the hypocrisies and unarticulated fantasies that underlie the love affair between socalled liberal Zionists and their European supporters.
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