Abandonment Of Illusions

Dr. Haim identifies the main factions of the Zionist movement, analyzing their basic assumptions and policies, their various interpretations of Palestinian Arab opposition to the Jewish state, and their different approaches to overcoming that obstacle.

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Since the late nineteenth century and especially in times of great tension in the Middle East, observers have asked whether the longstanding Arab-Jewish conflict could have been avoided. The early Zionists did not feel that Arab nationalism would evolve as a reaction to Jewish settlement and the pursuit of Jewish statehood; to the Zionists it seeme