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Israeli Exceptionalism: The Destabilizing Logic of Zionism Hardcover – January 1, 2009

by M. Shahid Alam (Author)
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This book discerns in the history of Zionism the plot of a Shakespearean tragedy.

A small band of European Zionists enters the world stage in late 19th century, determined to create a Jewish state in Palestine. This is their solution to the â abnormalâ condition of European Jews, who are without a land and are not a nation. To achieve this, they must seize Palestine; induce Western Jews to become colonists; and, above all, recruit Western powers to adopt their colonial project.

Zionists can only succeed by creating Islamicate enemies; they need resurgent anti-Semitism to send Jewish colonies to Palestine; and they must persuade/coerce the West to stand behind their colonial project. In succeeding, the Zionists merely transplant Jewish abnormality from Europe to the Middle East â and make it worse. In Europe, Jewish-Gentile frictions were local problems; in Israel, ominously, they have come to form the pivot of a global conflict that pits the West against the Islamicate.

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  1. Print length
    288 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Palgrave Macmillan
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 2009
  5. Dimensions
    5.51 x 0.81 x 8.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0230614841
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0230614840
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Palgrave Macmillan; 1st edition (January 1, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0230614841
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0230614840
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.51 x 0.81 x 8.5 inches
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M. Shahid Alam

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Born in Dhaka to parents from India, began writing poetry in English in mid-teens, started 'translating' Ghalib as an undergrad at Dhaka U, ended up with a PhD in Economics from Canada (don't ask how that happened), began teaching Economics at Northeastern U (Boston) in 1988, wrote books, professional articles and essays--on development, imperialism, corruption, Qur'an, Orientalism-- went back to writing poetry and 'translating' Ghalib, will retire from Northeastern U end of 2023, preparing for a thousand years of dunya, but ready for aakhira anytime.

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  • HumNasheeN
    5.0 out of 5 stars Zionism - Jewish-Gentile Partnership
    Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2024
    This review appeared in - Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (Vol. 29, Issue 9) -

    "Economist Alam expertly details Zionism's origins through its effectiveness in current politics. He shows that the 19th-century founders of Zionism not only were aware of the Palestinians, they desired to intentionally establish an exclusionary colonialism in which no non-Jew could cohabit. Alam charts the movement's creation of homeless nationalism that promoted the cause of a future state, through to the "Jewish-Gentile partnership" intentionally formed to exacerbate the negative perception the West has of Islam. This powerful work builds on Shlomo Sand's The Invention of the Jewish People."
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  • reed savvy
    5.0 out of 5 stars Makes me sad and mad
    Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2014
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    To much truth to except. Makes me sad and mad. How could we have made such a mess of existence and how could we have let it continued.
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  • Shakeel Syed
    5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for justice in Middle East
    Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2010
    The author offers his extraordinary research few dared to undertake exposing the destructive dogma of Zionism. A must read for everyone interested to work for justice in the Middle East and peace in the world. A book of solid scholarship.
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  • BostonSox
    5.0 out of 5 stars Well researched and relevant reading for today's problems
    Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2012
    This is one of the few books that traces the origins and evolution of Zionism. While most of of what happened with Israel - Palestinian issue post - 1948 is more common knowledge, the book does a good job of conveying the long-term nature of the movement: Once it gathered mass and convinced the Western Govts of the need for a Jewish state, the work to get the Jews from around the world to move to Palestine and subsequent removal of the population that lived there to make room.

    The region will continue to be a conflagration point for the next 50 years and the book gives readers an understanding of the complexities and dynamics in the region vs. the buzz words in the press ('Arabs vs. our allies' or 'extremists vs. a democratic nation'.

    Its good to see some open research on this topic and I am happy to see the critical view of Israel's policies from 1948 till now be written up.

    Even arabs would benefit from a read to see what sort of racism Jews had been subject to for hundreds of years that give rise to the movement.
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