Books

The Question of Antisemitism

A Guide for a World Divided by Israel-Palestine

Why is there so much fierce debate around antisemitism today? The Question of Antisemitism argues that antisemitism has become so contested primarily because it has become entangled with the divisive issue of Israel-Palestine. The book dives headfirst into today's toughest questions and provides nuanced answers to them:

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The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know®

No conflict in the world has lasted as long, generated as many news headlines, or incited as much controversy as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Yet, despite, or perhaps because of, the degree of international attention it receives, the conflict is still widely misunderstood. While Israelis and Palestinians and their respective supporters...

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Trouble in the Tribe

How Israel is dividing American Jews

Trouble in the Tribe explores the increasingly contentious place of Israel in the American Jewish community. In a fundamental shift, growing numbers of American Jews have become less willing to unquestioningly support Israel and more willing to publicly criticize its government. More than ever before,...

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Israel’s Palestinians: The Conflict Within

Arguing that a comprehensive and lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict depends on a resolution of the Jewish-Palestinian conflict within Israel as much as it does on resolving the conflict between Israel and Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, this timely book explores the causes and consequences of the growing conflict...

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The Pursuit of Peace and the Crisis of Israeli Identity

Defending/Defining the Nation

This book offers a theoretically-informed analysis of the way in which Israeli national identity has shaped Israel's foreign policy. By linking domestic identity politics to Israeli foreign policy, it reveals how a crisis of Israeli identity inflamed the debate in Israel over the Oslo peace process.