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Abstract
This book is a history of Israel's expansionist policies, focusing on the period from the June War of 1967 to the present day. He demonstrates that imperialist tendencies in Israel run the political gamut, from Left to Right.
Masalha argues that the heart of the conflict between Zionist immigrants/settlers and the native Palestinians has always been about land, territory, demography and water. He documents how Israeli policy has made it a priority to expel the Palestinians, either by war or peaceful measures. But these imperialist tendencies are not restricted to extremist zealots. The author uncovers the expansionist policies found in Labour Zionism and Kookist ideology.
Chapters cover the Whole Land of Israel Movement, Zionist Revisionism and the Likud Party, Gush Emunim and the religious fundamentalists, parties and movements of the far right and the evolution of Israeli Jewish public attitudes since 1967.
'Profusely documented and is marked by intelligent andrigorous analysis, a welcome addition to a growing literature on a crucial subject, and it is nothing less than indispensable'
Naseer Aruri, Journal of Palestine Studies
'This very timely book shows absolutely that there can be no peace with Zionism. Exhaustively researched, with a bibliography almost as long as the book itself, the author seems to have had limitless access to Israeli central state archives ... This is an extremely useful book'
News Line/Marxist Review
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contents | iii | ||
| Acknowledgements | v | ||
| Introduction | 1 | ||
| Notes | 230 | ||
| 1 Labour Zionism's 'Activists': New Territorial Maximalism and the Whole Land of Israel Movement, 1967-77 | 28 | ||
| ELI ’EZER LIVNEH ’S PROPOSALS (JUNE–AUGUST 1967) | 41 | ||
| YISRAEL ELDAD (1910–96):A JEWISH STATE STRETCHING FROM THE NILE TO THE EUPHRATES | 44 | ||
| TZVI SHILOAH’S PROPOSALS | 48 | ||
| Notes | 232 | ||
| 2 Zionist Revisionism and the Likud: From Jabotinsky to Netanyahu | 55 | ||
| JABOTINSKY’S LEGACY | 55 | ||
| THE PROPOSALS OF JABOTINSKY’S DISCIPLES | 60 | ||
| THE POST-1967 PERIOD | 67 | ||
| MOSHE DOTAN ’S PROPOSAL,NOVEMBER 1967 | 69 | ||
| THE LIKUD IN POWER | 73 | ||
| NETANYAHU AND THE OSLO PROCESS | 97 | ||
| Notes | 236 | ||
| 3 Jewish Fundamentalism, Greater Israel and the Palestinians | 105 | ||
| GUSH EMUNIM, SETTLEMENT AND THE NATIONALIST-RELIGIOUS MESSIANIC TREND | 105 | ||
| THE POLITICS OF ‘AMALEK ’ | 121 | ||
| THE PROPOSALS OF FUNDAMENTALIST ACADEMICS | 134 | ||
| OTHER RACIST GROUPS | 144 | ||
| Notes | 242 | ||
| 4 The Secular Ultra-nationalists: Parties and Movements of the Far Right | 163 | ||
| THE TEHIYA PARTY | 165 | ||
| GENERAL EITAN AND TZOMET | 173 | ||
| GENERAL ZEEVI AND MOLEDET | 176 | ||
| ORA SHEM-UR AND THE NATIONAL CIRCLE | 186 | ||
| Notes | 250 | ||
| 5 The Public Opinion Debate: Evolving Jewish Attitudes, the Palestinians and Greater Israel | 196 | ||
| THE ‘DEMOGRAPHIC THREAT’ DEBATE | 200 | ||
| SAMMY SMOOHA ’S ATTITUDINAL DATA | 208 | ||
| THE IMPACT OF THE ‘PEACE PROCESS’ | 216 | ||
| Notes | 256 | ||
| Epilogue | 219 | ||
| Notes | 259 | ||
| Select Bibliography | 260 | ||
| Index | 269 | ||
| Abdullah, King of Jordan, 9 | 9 | ||
| Abu Dhabi, 42 | 42 | ||
| Acre | 47 |