State Of Israel Vs Jews /H

Book Title: State Of Israel Vs Jews /H
ISBN: 9781635420975
By Author(s):SYLVAIN CYPEL
By Publisher:RANDOM HOUSE US
Format:HC

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From an award-winning journalist, a perceptive study of how Israels actions, which run counter to the traditional historical values of Judaism, are putting Jewish people worldwide in an increasingly untenable position.

More than a decade ago, the historian Tony Judt considered whether the behavior of Israel was becoming not only bad for Israel itself but also, on a wider scale, bad for the Jews. Under the leadership of Benjamin Netanyahu, this issue has grown ever more urgent. InThe State of Israel vs. the Jews, veteran journalist Sylvain Cypel addresses it in depth, exploring Israels rightward shift on the international scene and with regard to the diaspora.

Cypel reviews the little-known details of the military occupation of Palestinian territory, the mindset of ethnic superiority that reigns throughout an Israeli colonial camp that is largely in the majority, and the adoption of new laws, the most serious of which establishes two-tier citizenship between Jews and non-Jews. He shows how Israel has aligned itself with authoritarian regimes and adopted the practices of a security state, including the use of technologies such as the software that enabled the tracking and, ultimately, the assassination of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Lastly,The State of Israel vs. the Jewsexamines the impact of Israels evolution in recent years on the two main communities of the Jewish diaspora, in France and the United States, considering how and why public figures in each differ in their approaches.