Israel, Diaspora, and the Routes of National Belonging, Second Edition

Jasmin Habib is Associate Professor in Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Zionism, Diaspora, and Israel2. Touring Israel3. Celebrating Return: One Nation, One Land4. Development and Democracy5. Settling the Nation, Defending the State6. The Politics of Securing Peace7. Representing Israel8. Identifying (with) Israel: Zionism and the State9. Identifying (with) Israel after Zionism10. Narrating Relations for Diaspora11. Longings12. A Home Away from Home13. Routes of Belonging14. Fielding Questions of Identity15. Diaspora BelongingAppendix: Interview Questions / GuidelineNotesBibliographyIndex

"In this ethnography, Jasmin Habib provides fascinating insights into the multifaceted ways in which a community constructs and reconstructs individual and collective identity."- Nahla Abdo (Journal of Palestine Studies) "Habib’s work is important … it raises some painfully complex issues of nation and land. It is an interesting first step in refining the discussion of diaspora identity vis-à-vis Israel in the Canadian context."- Faydra Shapiro (Canadian Jewish Studies) "Israel, Diaspora and the Routes of National Belonging is a controversial piece of work, but credit must be given to Habib for the courage she’s shown trying to bridge the gap between Jews and Arabs."- John Copley (Edmonton Jewish News)