[lbo-talk] RFC: some books on israel, ww2, ... (specifically "the other Israel")

LBO Talk lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
Thu Jul 7 14:59:18 PDT 2005


I haven't read the book, but I know about half the authors personally, and the others I at least know of, and I know their work so I can safely say that it must be a good book. Many of the authors are well situated within the true critical Israeli left, so it should give a good overview of some of the issues being put forward among that constituency.

So, I think I can reccomend the book even though I haven't read it...

Tom Segev who wrote the forward is a reporter for Ha'aretz and has written several interesting history books about Israel/Palestine (I reccomend them)...his very recent one (in hebrew) is on the 1967 war and was censored...but it is pretty funny because my friend is reading it and found that the censors merely used white out to cover the sentence they didn't want...and he could read it when he used a flashlight to shine on the words...and it is really something silly, a vague reference to the fact that Dayan was unwilling to use unconventional weapons because it would be done directly under his go-ahead...(obviously it is the discussion of unconventional weapons they tried to censor, but it was very vague anyway)...typical overcautious police state bullshit censorship which only makes them look silly.

anyway the authors:

David Grossman: Israeli novelist, more on the soft Zionist left than most of the other contributors

Amira Hass: Israeli reporter for Ha'aretz, lives in Ramallah

Avi Shlaim: Israeli New Historian (professor in the UK), wrote "The Iron Wall" and edited "War on Palestine" (I reccomend both).

Ilan Pappé: Professor of Poli-Sci at Haifa University, promotes academic boycott

Gideon Levy: Reporter for Ha'aretz, writes mostly human interest stories about Palestinians and the Occupation.

Meron Benvenisti: Former assistant mayor of Jerusalem under Teddy Kollek, academic and journalist

Neve Gordon: Prof. of Poli-sci at Ben Gurion University

Shulamit Aloni: Former head of Meretz and former Education minister, Yossi Sarid took over as head of Meretz after her.

Baruch Kimmerling: Sociology professor at Hebrew University, wrote many books including a history of the Palestinian people (I forget if he has retired yet).

Ami Ayalon: Was head of the Shin Bet and now part of the soft Zionist Oslo-esque camp

Ze’ev Sternhell: Was a poli-sci professor at Hebrew University, wrote "The Founding Myths of Israel" about the early state period.

Gila Svirsky: Coalition of Women for a Just Peace

Uri Avnery: Former member of Knesset, and founder of Gush Shalom (he must be hitting 75 and I rarely go to a demonstration where he doesn't show up...)

Michael Ben-Yair: Former Israeli Attorney General, but critical of some actions of the Israeli gov.

Yigal Bronner: Israeli Consientious objector

Neta Golan and Ian Urbina: Neta founded the International Solidarity Movement

Jeff Halper: Founder and Head of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, Professor of Anthropology at Ben Gurion.

Yitzhak Laor: Israeli novelist, playwright and such, and sometimes writes for Ha'aretz

Aviv Lavie: Another of those reporters for Ha'aretz

Shamai Leibowitz: Religious Jew and conscientious objector, was my lawyer for a while, and is grandson of the great Israeli philosopher Yeshayahu Leibowitz (everyone should read what his grandfather wrote about the occupation)

Ishai Menuchin: Conscientious Objector with Yesh Gvul (trans: "There is a border/limit")

Adi Ophir: Prof. Tel Aviv University professor of philosophy

Assaf Oron: another conscientious objector

Tanya Reinhart: Professor of linguistics at Tel-Aviv university and writes op-eds for Yideot Ahronot, promotes academic boycott.

Yigal Shochat: and yet another conscientious objector.

Sergio Yahni: Former head of the Alternative Information Center, where I

work as editor of the mag News from Within, and he is also a conscientious objector.

ravi wrote:


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> The Other Israel: Voices of Refusal and Dissent
> http://www.counterpunch.org/kchristison0917.html
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