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Author Lerman, Antony.

Title The making and unmaking of a Zionist : a personal and political journey / Antony Lerman ; foreword by Jacqueline Rose
Published London : Pluto ; New York, NY : Distributed in the U.S.A. exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 228 pages)
Contents From Bourgeois to builder -- Sunrise over the Carmel -- Socialist Zionist -- 'It is no dream' -- Searching for myself -- Rocking the boat -- Political animal -- Darkening skies in Israel and Europe -- Shedding illusions -- Out of the frying pan, into the fire -- Character assassination and self-censorship -- 'Gunning for Lerman' -- Pressing on -- The sense of an ending -- Afterword
Summary Annotation. Antony Lerman traces his five-decade personal and political journey from idealistic socialist Zionist to controversial critic of Zionism and Israeli policies towards the Palestinians. As head of an influential UK Jewish think tank, he operated at the highest levels of international Jewish political and intellectual life. He recalls his 1960s Zionist activism, two years spent on kibbutz and service in the IDF, followed by the gradual onset of doubts about Israel on returning to England. Assailed for his growing public criticism of Israeli policy and Zionism, he details his ostracism by the Jewish establishment. Through his insider's critique of Zionism, critical assessment of Jewish politics and analysis of the Israel-Palestine conflict Lerman presents a powerful, human rights-based argument about how a just peace can be achieved
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-211) and index
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Subject Lerman, Antony -- Political and social views
Lerman, Antony
Jews -- Great Britain -- Biography
Jews -- Politics and government.
Zionism.
Arab-Israeli conflict -- Social aspects
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- Middle East -- Israel.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political.
Arab-Israeli conflict -- Social aspects
Jews
Jews -- Politics and government
Political and social views
Politics and government
Zionism
Israel -- Politics and government -- 1967-1993.
Israel -- Politics and government -- 1993-
Great Britain
Israel
Genre/Form Electronic books
collective biographies.
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
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