Synopses & Reviews
The controversy over settlements in the occupied territories is a far more intractable problem for Israel than is widely perceived, Gadi Taub observes in this illuminating book. The clash over settlement is no mere policy disagreement, he maintains, but rather a struggle over the very meaning of Zionism. The book presents an absorbing study of religious settlers ideology and how it has evolved in response to Israels history of wars, peace efforts, assassination, the pull-out from Gaza, and other tumultuous events.
Taub tracks the efforts of religious settlers to reconcile with mainstream Zionism but concludes that the project cannot succeed. A new Zionist consensus recognizes that Israel must pull out of the occupied territories or face an unacceptable alternative: the dissolution of Israel into a binational state with a Jewish minority.
Review
“Anyone who has been concerned or angered by the debate over the future of liberal Zionism . . . should hurry to read
The Settlers.”—Adam Kirsch,
Tablet MagazineReview
“Gadi Taub's The Settlers: And the Struggle Over the Meaning of Zionism offers a profound and fascinating account of the practical and ideological challenges posed by the settler movement.”—Foreign Affairs
Synopsis
"Originally published as hamitnahalim ve hamaavak al mashmauta shel hatziyonut ... (Tel Aviv: Yediot Sfarim, 2007)"--T.p. verso.
About the Author
Gadi Taub is assistant professor, Department of Communications and the School of Public Policy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.