num_pages: 290
description: The evolution of Israel into an aggressively nationalistic, paramilitary and essentially undemocratic nation has, in Maxim Ghilan's opinion, destroyed any immediate hopes of lasting peace.Here, in a powerful, thought-provoking book, he charts the events leading up to the birth of the state in 1948, discusses its political and social development and analyses what constitutes 'Jewish identity'. No on can solve the current deadlock overnight (and the latest war illustrates how pertinent it is to the rest of the world). Nevertheless, in his view, unless the international Jewish question can be separated from the Middle East there is little hope for a workable solution.Writing as a disenchanted 'Middle-Eastern patriot' who believes the Middle East can one day become a 'complex, non-sectarian, multi-cultural, multi-racial United States of the area', Maxim Ghilan allots a heavy responsibility to the part played by Israel in the present conflicts.
language: English
title: How Israel lost its soul
titlecomplete: How Israel lost its soul
genres: History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 4
publisher: Penguin