Israel's Holocaust and the Politics of Nationhood »

Idith Zertal was for many years a cultural and political journalist and essayist in Israel. She is now teaching history and cultural studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Her previous publications include From Catastrophe to Power (1998) and The Masters of the Land (2004).

The ways Israel has used the memory of the Holocaust to legitimise its politics.

1 The sacrificed and the sanctified 9

2 Memory without rememberers 52

3 From the People's Hall to the Wailing Wall 91

4 Between Love of the world and Love of Israel 128

5 Yellow territories 164