Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel : New Introduction by Norton Mezvinsky (2nd Edition)
✍ Scribed by Shahak, Israel(Author)
- Book ID
- 100238232
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 163 KB
- Edition
- New ed
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780745320908
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✦ Synopsis
Could Jewish fundamentalism derail the peace process, plunging Israel into civil war? In this controversial book, acclaimed Israeli writer Israel Shahak and American scholar Norton Mezvinsky explore the consequences of the fundamentalist belief that people of Jewish faith are special before God, a belief the fundamentalists passionately defend.
The authors consider the consequences of this belief in the light of the considerable political influence and power of Jewish Fundamentalism. They make a clear distinction between the fundamentalist ideology of Israel's Ashkenazi Jews and that of the Sephardic Jews. The growing impact of these two movements on Israel, at both the political and grassroots levels, is also examined.
Shahak and Mezvinsky argue that Israeli Jewish fundamentalism is closely associated with a new form of national religious messianism. Rising from the 1967 settling of the conquered territories, this growing trend vehemently opposes the peace process.
The authors conclude by analyzing the possibilities for civil war in Israel between religious fundamentalists and secularists.