Israel and the European Left

Between Solidarity and Delegitimization

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

AvColin Shindler

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Why has the European Left become so antagonistic towards Israel? To answer this question, Colin Shindler looks at the struggle between Marxism-Leninism and Zionism from the October Revolution to today. Is such antagonism in opposition to the policies of successive Israeli governments? Or, is it due to a resurgence of anti-Semitism? The answer is far more complex. Shindler argues that the new generation of the European Left was more influenced by the decolonization movement than by wartime experiences, which led it to favor the Palestinian cause in the post 1967 period. Thus the Israeli drive to settle the West Bank after the Six Day war enhanced an already existing attitude, but did not cause it. Written by a respected scholar, this accessible and balanced work provides a novel account and analytical approach to this important subject. Israel and the European Left will interest students in international politics, Middle Eastern studies, as well as anyone who seeks to understand issues related to today's Left and the Arab-Israeli conflict.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-12-22
Vikt504 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor336
FörlagContinuum Publishing Corporation
ISBN9781441150134

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Acknowledgements; Foreword; 1. The Revolution and the Jewish Question; 2. Lenin's Jewish Problem; 3. Zionists and Communists in Palestine; 4. Cultivating Arab Nationalism; 5. The New Dawn; 6. British Communism between the Wars; 7. True Believers and the Revolutionary Imperative; 8. After the Shoah; 9. The Icy Streets of Prague; 10. The Resurrection of the Outcast; 11. Leon, Mandel and Cliff; 12. The Non-Aligned; 13. The Watershed of 1956; 14. The Post-Stalinists and the Anti-Stalinists; 15. The Changing Face of the British Left.

"This is a timely book of really great importance which convincingly situates the roots of the antagonism of the Left towards Israel and Zionism in a distaste for ideas such as Zionism which did not easily slide into conventional theoretical frameworks as well as confusion between colonialism and colonisation. Indispensable reading for anyone who wishes to fully comprehend Israel's place in the world of today." - Professor Tudor Parfitt, University of London, UK.