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The British Left and Zionism: History of a Divorce
Paul Kelemen
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Paperback. The changes and divisions on the British left over the Israel-Palestine conflict forms the central theme of this archive based study. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
The changes and divisions on the left over the Israel-Palestine conflict forms the central theme of this archive based study. While the Labour Party supported establishing a Jewish state in Palestine, as a modernising force, the communist movement opposed it, on the grounds that it facilitated imperial influence in the Middle East. In 1947, however, the British Communist Party rallied to the Zionist cause, leaving the Palestinian cause with no effective protagonists in Britain. The left's sympathy, at the time, was overwhelmingly with the Israeli state, considering its establishment a recompense to the Jewish ... Read more
The changes and divisions on the left over the Israel-Palestine conflict forms the central theme of this archive based study. While the Labour Party supported establishing a Jewish state in Palestine, as a modernising force, the communist movement opposed it, on the grounds that it facilitated imperial influence in the Middle East. In 1947, however, the British Communist Party rallied to the Zionist cause, leaving the Palestinian cause with no effective protagonists in Britain. The left's sympathy, at the time, was overwhelmingly with the Israeli state, considering its establishment a recompense to the Jewish ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
375g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719088131
SKU
V9780719088131
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About Paul Kelemen
Paul Kelemen is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Manchester -- .
Reviews for The British Left and Zionism: History of a Divorce
Paul Keleman provides many answers in this revelatory and investigative book. the book provides a historically accurate, informed overview of how the British Left shifted from support to criticism of Zionism in opposition to Israel's 'blood and soil' nationalism and the expansion of Israeli settlements in the Occupied Territories. (Ekaterina Kolpinskaya, Political Studies ... Read more