This past August, a book talk by Mr. Abunimah generated great controversy at our library. Abunimah is an ardent defender of Palestinian rights: one of his central views (expressed in both of his books) is that the modern Israel was established wrongly on Palestinian territory and has no right to ...
Arie Shavit, journalist and pundit for the left-leaning Israeli newspaper, Ha’aretz, offers a very personal history of Zionism and the State of Israel. He recounts this history in a series of themed chapters covering different periods, rather than through a continuous narrative. It’s history with...