GUEST POST: Arendt’s judgements on Israel
The great German-Jewish political thinker was fiercely critical of mainstream Zionism but unequivocally supported Israel’s right to defend itself
Stefanie Borkum
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GUEST POST: Hannah Arendt on a dangerous fallacy
Hannah Arendt's work provides the basis for understanding the dynamics of anti-Semitism rather than resorting to the cliche of "the oldest hatred"
GUEST POST: Colonialism reconsidered
A classic anti-colonial text challenges today’s post-colonial narrative
A Palestinian tale disguised as an autobiography
A review of a modern classic novel written in Hebrew by an Arab citizen of Israel
Was another Israel possible?
A novel by one of Israel’s greatest authors explores the possibility that Israel could have taken a different path at its foundation