The Question of Zion
MUP, $24.95 pb, 232 pp, 052285219X
Non-fiction
The tragedy of Israel
by Dennis Altman •
The tragedy of Israel is that it wishes, simultaneously, to be a liberal democratic nation, one whose citizenship is defined by universal norms, and at the same time a Jewish state, where even Palestinians born within the borders of the country are denied full equality. I still remember my unease when I visited Israel many years ago at being asked when I, a secular Jew, intended to ‘come home’.
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The Question of Zion
by Jacqueline Rose
MUP, $24.95 pb, 232 pp, 052285219X
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