Israel on Israel

Nowhere is the debate about Israel and its future stronger than in Israel itself. Politicians, academics and journalists from Israel and the wider world join forces in this volume to discuss the various existential questions which face their state. What, if anything, has changed in Palestinian politics since the death of Yasser Arafat? What are the differences between European and American approaches to the Israeli question? Why does the Palestinian cause continue to excite so much support in the West? Is the idea of a two-state solution still viable? What is the reality of Zionism and why is it so often demonised? What is the role of historians in understanding the history of the state of Israel and influencing the policies of today? What is the role of Arab citizens in Israel? How was the construction of the security barrier decided, and how was the precise route traced? What has been the effect has the immigration of Russian and Ethiopian Jews to Israel? What is the role of religion in Israeli politics? Contributors include: Shlomo Ben-Ami, David Horovitz, Efraim Inbar, Raphael Israeli, Shimon Peres, Ariel Sharon, and others.