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Palestine, a Jewish Question

This volume is more about Jewish people than it is about Palestine, and it is, in turn, more about Palestine than it is about Israel, the latter only being mentioned in a secondary way. As such, this book isn’t addressed exclusively to readers of a single religious or cultural community. It’s addressed first and foremost to those who want to know more about the reasons behind the Israel-Palestine conflict and how to solve it. Although the violence with which the word “Palestine” is often associated remains a mystery for many people, it can be rationally explained. The book’s introduction reserves a few surprises and its conclusion offers readers contemporary perspectives in light of historical experience.

This study starts out with a historical chronology of the Jewish-Arab conflict in Palestine, before examining political and ethical debates which accompanied the development of Palestinian nationalism and of Jewish nationalism (Zionism). These themes are taken up around specific centres of interest, without neglecting the portraits of certain key players in the Jewish community who have contributed to raising the debate on Palestine. The book doesn’t start nor end in the Middle East. It’s a world tour of Jewish communities and what they think of the Palestinian question, going back over a century and up to the present day.


Richard Wagman is Honorary President of the French Jewish Peace Union (UJFP), and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from York University, Canada. Very active in the workers’ movement at a young age, he was also active in the Canadian New Democratic Party (NDP) before joining the Canadian section of the Fourth International. He is now a member of the Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste (NPA) in France, and founded UJFP, which presses for a Jewish-Arab dialogue in France and for a just peace in the Middle East.

"A hundred years after Balfour, the Palestinian conflict is mobilizing different analyses and points of view and numerous works are consecrated to the subject. Wagman’s book is original to the extent that it places itself on the point of view of Jewish communities confronted with the call of Zionism. It shows in a convincing way that such a call does not necessarily reply to Jewish aspirations and that it comes in contradiction with part of the heritage of Jewish thought."

Alain Gresh Director of OrientXXI, former Chief Editor of Le Monde Diplomatique

"Richard Wagman has succeeded in shedding light on an under-researched and overlooked dimension of the conflict in Israel and Palestine. Very often it is hard even for veteran activists and scholars to refute the allegation that anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism, as it is hard to distinguish clearly between Zionism and Judaism. This book will be a very helpful tool in clarifying the distinctions between the two concepts. It also provides a convincing case for the need to further analyse this connection for the sake of better understanding the situation in Palestine in the past and in the present. It is written in a very accessible style and I do believe it will be sought after by many who are engaged in one way or another with the Palestine question."

Professor Ilan Pappe Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter

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ISBN: 1-5275-0662-2

ISBN13: 978-1-5275-0662-6

Release Date: 5th March 2018

Pages: 199

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