Dr. Lilienthal provides an essentially contemporaneous history of the formation of the State of Israel (published in 1953, a mere 5 years after the fact), including all of the messy details which are now generally suppressed. Any student of this important part of history should read this book, as the information contained therein has not been varnished-over by nearly 70 years of additional toe-tipping and intimidation. (And, as Dr. Lilienthal points out in meticulous detail, there was plenty of toe-tipping and intimidation even at the time.) This book is as relevant today as it was in 1953.
Dr. Lilienthal delves deeply into the religious and political distinction between Jews and Zionists, Judeans and Israelis, and in particular the concept of a “Jewish nationalism”. This is a side of the matter one just does not see discussed nowadays, but which is nonetheless a critical component of the relevant history. The author does not hesitate to call-out American Jews for their conflicting dual loyalties to Israel and the U.S. Further, Dr. Lilienthal provides a spot-on analysis of Soviet Russian motivations for supporting the establishment of Israel.
If nothing else, read this book for the benefit of Ch. 12 (“The Racial Myth”), wherein Dr. Lilienthal destroys the myth of a “Jewish race” by showing that: (i) the original tribes of Israel were diluted and dispersed by intermingling with other nations (e.g., Babylonia and Egypt) to the point that there is no longer any possibility of relating the “Jews” from the time of Abraham with any modern group of people; and (2) those who fought most ardently for the establishment of the state of Israel in Palestine were mostly descendents of converted “Ashkenazim Jews” from Khazaria (approximately modern-day Ukraine). Strikingly, Dr. Lilienthal’s racial analysis (about 65 years ago) is completely supported by DNA analysis in 2012 (see “The Missing Link of Jewish European Ancestry”, Eran Elhaik, Genome Biol. Evol.). The significance of all his is that those who asserted (in 1947) a claim to Palestine as their genetic homeland (presumably promised to Abraham by God over 3500 years ago) had no underlying racial basis for their claim, and had perhaps a greater claim on modern Ukraine as their “homeland”. Basically, there is no modern identifiable racial group who can justifiably lay claim to Palestine as their “homeland”, other than perhaps the native inhabitants who were already there in 1948.
I purchased this book after reading “Against Our Better Judgment” (Alison Weir, 2014) since it was one of her primary resources. I highly recommend reading both books (and not in any particular order) if you are interested in looking into the history of the formation of Israel through an untainted window. This book is out of print, so buy it now while copies are still available – it may soon be as rare as a white rhinoceros.
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