This book discusses the small band of European Zionists, who entered the world stage in late 19th century, determined to create a Jewish state and considers how, at that time in Europe, Jewish-Gentile frictions were local problems, whilst today in Israel they have come to form the pivot of global conflict.

Autorentext
M. SHAHID ALAM is Professor of Economics at Northeastern University, USA.

Inhalt
PART I: Israeli Exceptionalism Varieties of Israeli Exceptionalism Sources of Israeli Exceptionalism PART II: Dynamite in Its Foundations A Violent History Zionism In Nuce The Arabs Hate Us A Secular Messianism A People Without Land Land Without a People Jewish Factors in Zionist Success A Surfeit of 'Mother Countries' British Interests and Zionism