{"product_id":"israel-what-went-wrong","title":"Israel: What Went Wrong?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ea leading genocide scholar, in this book, he explores the history of Zionism, Israel’s lurch towards extreme oppression and violence, and why it stands accused of crimes against humanity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIsrael: What Went Wrong?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Bartov explores the transformation of Zionism from a movement of Jewish emancipation and liberation into a state ideology of ethno-nationalism, exclusion and violent domination of Palestinians. He traces the process whereby Israel – whose establishment in 1948 received international support in the aftermath of the Holocaust – now faces accusations of war crimes and genocide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat are the implications of Israel’s near total impunity for the post-1945 regime of international law? And how do we understand the widespread support for these policies by Israel’s Jewish citizens?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe result is a searing and urgent critique that addresses today’s debates over Zionism, genocide, and the future of Israel with rigour and depth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eProfessor Omer Bartov was born on a kibbutz, grew up in Tel Aviv and served in the Israel Defence Forces during the Yom Kippur War. He went on to become an expert on the German army and the Holocaust, before turning his attention to his native country.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eAnyone seeking an explanation of Israel’s “fall from grace” will find no better guide than this \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eperceptive, sophisticated, erudite, elegantly written and strikingly fair-minded book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e― \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe descent of Israel, once a refuge for the Holocaust’s surviving victims, into genocidal madness has revealed how little we know about the 'slaughter-bench' of modern history. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIsrael: What Went Wrong?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Omer Bartov explores the most horrifying and vexing calamity of our time with a rare combination of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003epainful personal intimacy and impeccable scholarship. Anyone disturbed and frightened by our current moral and intellectual morass should read it\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e-- Pankaj Mishra\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore than two years on from the horrific Hamas attacks of 7 October 2023, [Bartov] tries to understand how a nation founded in response to an epoch-defining genocide became a perpetrator of the same terrible crime against Palestinians in Gaza . . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFor anyone seeking to understand the tragedies of the last two years,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eIsrael: What Went Wrong?\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eis an essential read\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e― \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBooklist, starred review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eGripping in its moral clarity and sweeping knowledge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e-- Michael Sfard\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Omer Bartov","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45108504428744,"sku":null,"price":160.0,"currency_code":"ILS","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/3679\/1752\/files\/israel_omer_bartov.jpg?v=1780475082","url":"https:\/\/educationalbookshop.com\/products\/israel-what-went-wrong","provider":"EducationalBookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}