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Toward an open tomb : the crisis of Israeli society
- Title
- Toward an open tomb : the crisis of Israeli society / by Michel Warschawski ; translated by Peter Drucker.
- Author
- Warschawski, Michel.
- Publication
- New York : Monthly Review Press, 2004.
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- Description
- 124 pages; 21 cm
- Summary
- Warschawski describes the atrocities of the occupation-from the sack of Ramallah to the massacre in Jenin, the razing of houses and refugee camps, shooting at ambulances and hospitals, the use of Palestinian civilians as human shields-showing how each of these pushes back the boundaries of what was previously thinkable. He documents the resulting shifts in Israeli political thought, citing Ariel Sharon, army officers and even rabbis who begin by describing Palestinians as Nazis and end by relying on the German army's tactics for subjugating the Warsaw ghetto. Toward an Open Tomb seeks to explain the forces within Israeli society and culture that are leading to this self-defeating result. -- From publisher description.
- Uniform Title
- Tombeau ouvert. English
- Alternative Title
- Tombeau ouvert.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 108-116) and index.
- Contents
- Preamble-Beach Stories -- Green Light for a Massacre -- A Double Dehumanization -- Interlude-The Walls' Turn to Speak -- The New Face of Racism -- The Wall -- Counter-Reformation -- Interlude-Christmas in Bethlehem -- A Burdensome Legacy -- The End of an Interval -- Interlude-The End of an Era -- The New Israel -- Epilogue-Towards Massada?
- ISBN
- 1583671099
- 9781583671092
- 1583671102
- 9781583671108
- LCCN
- 2004009355
- OCLC
- ocm55044477
- 55044477
- SCSB-14168742
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries