Parallel Roads to Ruin

Islamism, Zionism and the Struggle for Palestine

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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A vivid account of Zionism and Islamism’s deadly embrace.Zionism and Islamism both emerged in response to oppression and injustice, aiming to bring dignity, freedom and security to the downtrodden followers of one of the world’s great religions. Yet both have since created oppression and injustice and used violence to attain their goals, fomenting bitter hatreds. These led directly to the horrifying October 7 attacks and ensuing destruction of Gaza.John McHugo calls for a radical rethink of these two ideologies. Tracing the problematic relationship of Europe and ‘the West’ with Jews and Muslims, from the Middle Ages to nineteenth-century nationalism to today, he shows how the Israel–Palestine conflict stained both movements indelibly. He focuses on the personalities involved as much as their ideas—from Theodor Herzl, David Ben-Gurion, Menachem Begin and Benjamin Netanyahu to Jamal al-Din al-Afghani, Sayyid Qutb, Shaykh Ahmad Yassin and Osama bin Laden.Only by confronting the unwelcome facts of this intertwined history can lasting peace and fundamental rights be secured—and the downward spiral towards disaster reversed.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-11-26
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor368
FörlagC Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
ISBN9781805266679

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After studying Arabic and Islamic studies at the University of Oxford and the American University in Cairo in the 1970s, John McHugo practised international law in the Middle East, where his work during the 1980s and 1990s concentrated on boundary disputes between sovereign states. In the early 2000s, he turned his attention to studying and writing about the history of the Middle East and Islam. His books include A Concise History of Sunnis and Shi‘is; A Concise History of the Arabs; and Syria: A Recent History.

Glossary Note On Terminology Part One Introduction Chapter One: Jews And Muslims in Europe at The Dawn of Nationalism Chapter Two: The Jew Who Never Met the Muslim Chapter Three: The Muslim Who Never Met the Jew Chapter Four: The Coming of Dr Chaim Weizmann Page Chapter Five: The Frustration of Arab Democracy Chapter Six: The Leaders Who Created the Jewish State Chapter Seven: The Moral Dilemma at The Heart of Zionism Chapter Eight: The Souring of The Islamic Revival Chapter Nine: From Islamic Revival to Political Islam Chapter Ten: How Islamism Came to Palestine Chapter Eleven: The Infliction of Unbearable Wounds Part Two Chapter Twelve: The Failure to Make Peace Chapter Thirteen: Sayyid Qutb's Journey from His Village Chapter Fourteen: Religious Zionism Chapter Fifteen: Did Zionism Prevent Peace? Chapter Sixteen: Palestine, Transnational Jihad, And the Varieties of Islamism Excursus: Suicide Bombing Chapter Seventeen: The Road To 7 October - The Route of Benjamin Netanyahu Chapter Eighteen: The Road To 7 October - The Route of Hamas Chapter Nineteen: Conclusion: Parallel Roads to Ruin Acknowledgements Notes Select Bibliography Index

‘So vast is the literature on the conflict in Palestine and Israel, that it is hard to imagine anyone with anything new to say. But McHugo’s approach as a historian is novel and his argument strikingly original. The book will be controversial for people on both sides of the conflict. But McHugo makes his case without fear or favour, solely with an eye to shedding light on a subject that is humanly complex and deeply painful. He succeeds. This is history-writing at its very best.’