The Unmaking of Israel

by Gorenberg, Gershom

• ISBN13: 9780061985096
• ISBN10: 0061985090
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-12-04
• Publisher: Perennial

Summary

One ofNewsweek's Ten Best Books of the Year In this penetrating and provocative look at the state of contemporary Israel, acclaimed Israeli historian and journalist Gershom Gorenberg reveals how the nation's policies are undermining its democracy and existence as a Jewish state, and explains what must be done to bring it back from the brink. Refuting shrill defenses of Israel and equally strident attacks, Gorenberg shows that the Jewish state is, in fact, unique among countries born in the postcolonial era: it began as a parliamentary democracy and has remained one. Yet shortsighted policies, unintended consequences, and its refusal to heed warnings now threaten its many accomplishments. Based on groundbreaking historical research and a quarter century of experience reporting in the region,The Unmaking of Israelis a brilliant, deeply personal critique by a progressive Israeli, and a plea for realizing the nation's potential.

Author Biography

Gershom Gorenberg has written for The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, and, in Hebrew, Ha'aretz. He is a senior correspondent for The American Prospect and blogs at SouthJerusalem.com. Gorenberg is the author of The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-1977 and The End of Days: Fundamentalism and the Struggle for the Temple Mount. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife and their three children.

Table of Contents

The Road to Elisha	p. 1
Remember the Altalena	p. 15
The Capital of Lawlessness	p. 56
Children of the Hills	p. 97
Disorderly Conduct	p. 135
The Labor of the Righteous Is Done by Others	p. 163
Importing the Revolution	p. 195
The Reestablishment of Israel	p. 221
Acknowledgments	p. 249
Notes	p. 253
Bibliography	p. 299
Index	p. 315
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