Toward an open tomb
Subtitle: the crisis of Israeli society
By: by Michel Warschawski ; translated by Peter Drucker.
Publisher: Monthly Review Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
Subjects: Palestinian Arabs -- Government policy -- Israel.; Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1993-; Israel -- Politics and government -- 1993-
Description: Warschawski describes the atrocities of the occupation-from the sack of Ramallah to the massacre in Jenin, the razing of houses and refugee camps, shooting at ambulances and hospitals, the use of Palestinian civilians as human shields-showing how each of these pushes back the boundaries of what was previously thinkable. He documents the resulting shifts in Israeli political thought, citing Ariel Sharon, army officers and even rabbis who begin by describing Palestinians as Nazis and end by relying on the German army's tactics for subjugating the Warsaw ghetto. Toward an Open Tomb seeks to explain the forces within Israeli society and culture that are leading to this self-defeating result. -- From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 108-116) and index.