Saul Friedländer: Diary of a Crisis, Gebunden
Diary of a Crisis
- Israel in Turmoil
- Verlag:
- Verso Books, 09/2024
- Einband:
- Gebunden
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781804296783
- Artikelnummer:
- 11755212
- Umfang:
- 285 Seiten
- Gewicht:
- 567 g
- Maße:
- 215 x 146 mm
- Stärke:
- 27 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 10.9.2024
- Hinweis
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Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
Diary of a Crisis explores the past tumultuous and traumatic year in Israel-Palestine. The eminent historian Saul Friedländer began a diary of Israeli politics in January 2023 as the country was convulsed by protests against Netanyahu's attempt to overhaul the judiciary. Hundreds of thousands took to the streets to demonstrate against this threat to democracy. But the protests said nothing about the Palestinian question---the "elephant in the room," according to Friedländer, who resumed his diary after Hamas's 7 October assault on southern Israel. Israel was facing one of the worst crises in its history, he observes, under the worst possible internal conditions.
Friedländer weaves together profound reflections on a national history in which he has been an active participant. He describes how Prime Minister Golda Meir once flatly declared to him, "There is no Palestinian people." For Friedländer, on the other hand, the fight for democracy is inseparable from equality of treatment for Arab and Jewish citizens and an end to Israeli domination over Palestinians in the Occupied Territories. He argues that despite the continuing bloodshed, a two-state solution remains the only long-term answer to this most intractable of conflicts.
Biografie
Saul Friedländer, 1932 geboren, überlebte das Dritte Reich unter falschem Namen in Frankreich. Er ist Professor für Geschichte an den Universitäten von Tel Aviv und von Kalifornien, Los Angeles und gehört zu den großen Kennern der Geschichte der NS-Zeit und der Judenverfolgung. Er erhielt 2007 den "Friedenspreis des deutschen Buchhandels" und 2008 den "Pulitzer-Preis".