THE ESSENCE OF POLITICAL ZIONISM WAS AN IMPERIAL MINDSET, SAYS JOHN JUDIS NEW BOOK, GENESIS. Judis makes clear that the essence of political Zionism was an “imperial mindset.” Theodor Herzl, the founder of Zionism, “wanted the Jews to buy into the imperial system,” Judis writes. He notes that Herzl sought to create a private firm like the East India Company or the British South Africa Company, which advanced Britain’s imperial goals. Herzl also used the typical rationalizations of European colonialism in telling his would-be imperial patrons that a Jewish state would be “an outpost of civilization against barbarism.” ____________________________ “The idea that an American Jew should be as concerned about the rights of a Palestinian Arab as he is about the rights of an Israeli Jew - that’s not a view you’ll find today at many of the so-called pro-Israel organizations, or at the evangelical churches that call for the Jewish conquest of Judea and Samaria, but it’s my view, and it’s the one that informs this history.” - John Judis, author of Genesis: Truman, American Jews, and the Origins of the Arab/Israeli conflict
Posted on: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:08:57 +0000
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