The dark side of Zionism
Subtitle: Israel's quest for security through dominance
By: Balyis Thomas.
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9780739126905; 9780739132982
Subjects: Zionism; Zionism -- Historiography; Arab-Israeli conflict -- Causes; Israel -- Politics and government -- 20th century; Israel -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Description: "The crux of The Dark Side of Zionism's argument, which arises from new histories neglected by the media, is that both the early Zionists and the Israelis sought their security through military domination of the indigenous Arab population of Palestine. This strategy required avoiding negotiations with the Palestinians, as well as demonstrating Israeli military might through wars initiated against Arab states opposed to an Israeli takeover of Palestine."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Concepts of colonization; title: 2. History of colonization and Palestinian dispossession (1880-1948); title: 3. Hegemony in the Middle East; title: 4. History of the Arab-Israeli wars (1949-1974); title: 5. Weapons diplomacy, the political use of arms; title: 6. History of Israel's global weapons sales; title: 7. Begin, Peres, Shamir and the Madrid Conference; title: 8. Rabin and the Oslo Accords; title: 9. Peres and Netanyahu and Wye River; title: 10. Barak and Arafat at Camp David; title: 11. Ariel Sharon: force over peace; title: 12. Olmert and the 2006 Lebanon war; title: 13. One-state, two-state or continued apartheid?; title: 14. Terrorism; title: 15. The paradox of nationalism; title: 16. Religion and possession in ancient Palestine