This book is part of Pluto's 21st birthday series "Get Political", which brings essential political writing in a range of fields to a new audience. Israel Shahak is a remarkable man. Born in the Warsaw ghetto and a survivor of Belsen, Shahak arrived in Israel in 1945. Brought up under Jewish Orthodoxy and Hebrew culture, he has consistently ...
At the very heart of the modern world is the idea that all people are born equal. Yet the Jewish religion teaches that people of Jewish faith are special before God, and Jewish fundamentalism passionately defends this belief. This book considers the consequences of this belief in the light of the considerable political influence and power of ...
In this controversial work, acclaimed Israeli writer and human rights campaigner Israel Shahak, and American scholar Norton Mezvinsky, examine the history and consequences of Jewish fundamentalism in Israel. This new edition, fully updated throughout with new chapters and a new introduction, is aimed at anyone who wants a full understanding of ...
Israel's foreign policy is perceived to be essentially a defensive one by the international community. Why then is it the only nuclear power which refuses to sign the Non-Poliferation Treaty? What are its true foreign and nuclear policies? Using the Hebrew press as his main source, veteran human rights campaigner Israel Shahak reveals Israel's ...
Part of Pluto's 21st birthday series "Get Political", which brings essential political writing in a range of fields to a new audience. Forewords by Gore Vidal, Edward Said, Norton Mezvinsky and Ilan Pappe. Israel Shahak is a remarkable man. Born in the Warsaw ghetto and a survivor of Belsen, Shahak arrived in Israel in 1945. Brought up under ...
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Free Palestine
Date Published: 1973
Description: Near Fine, wraps, 28 pp. Dr. Shahak was the Chairman of the Israeli League for Human and Civil Rights in Tel Aviv. Circa 1973. Near Fine, wraps, 28 pp. Dr. Shahak was the Chairman of the Israeli League for Human and Civil Rights in Tel Aviv. Trade paperback. read more
Description: London, Pluto Press, 1997. xiii+193pp. Hardbound. Very good. 'Shahak is a very brave man who should be honoured for his services to humanity?[He is] one of the most remarkable individuals in the contemporary Middle East'. Edward Said. read more
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