Zionism

Gebriel Piterberg looks at a biography of Herzl by Jacques Kornberg
The "Jewish Question"

What drove Herzl to Zionism?

8 July 2012
[Herzl’s] “alienation from his own Jewishness and his deep underlying desire to be a Gentile himself. Kornberg shows how Herzl really wanted to be accepted as a white Christian man and how he came, because […]
torture
Torture

The prevalence of torture in 1988

7 July 2012
(from Chapter 10, The Hidden History of Zionism, The Prevalence of Torture) The use of torture in Israeli prisons has been the subject of extensive inquiry. In 1977, the London Sunday Times conducted a five-month […]
The short book is an excellent general introduction.
Modern Zionism

Four key myths of Zionism

7 July 2012
By Ralph Schoenman (The Hidden History of Zionism Chapter 1 The Four Myths) “…when we study what the Zionists have written and said – particularly when addressing themselves – no doubt remains about what they […]
Looted Palestinian books, labelled 'absentee property'
Cartography / Culture

Israel’s war on Palestinian culture

7 July 2012
by Maureen Clare Murphy on Mon 24 Oct 2011 In a new article made available today by the journal Jerusalem Quarterly, activist and The Electronic Intifada contributor Hannah Mermelstein discusses a lesser known part of […]
Palestinian refugees on the move in 1948 - many were massacred by Zionist militias
Planned ethnic cleansing

The expulsion of the Palestinians re-examined

29 June 2012
By Dominique Vidal in Le Monde Diplomatique December 1997 “…250 killed, some of whom were unarmed prisoners. This was followed by a forced evacuation characterised by summary executions and looting…Similar scenarios were enacted, as Morris […]