Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel: New Introduction by Norton Mezvinsky » (New)

Israel Shahak was brought up in the Warsaw Ghetto and a survivor of Bergen-Belsen. He arrived in Palestine in 1945 and lived there until his death in 2001. He was an outspoken critic of the state of Israel and a renowned human rights activist. He authored the highly acclaimed Jewish History, Jewish Religion (Pluto Press 1994) and Open Secrets: Israeli Nuclear and Foreign Policies (Pluto Press 1997). Norton Mezvinsky is Professor of History at Central Connecticut State University.

New edition of bestseller that critiques Jewish fundamentalism and shows its negative impact on Israeli policy.

Gordon Peake

In this deeply disturbing book Shahak and Mezvinsky highlight the dangers that Jewish fundamentalism poses to democracy in Israel. Using Hebrew sources previously untapped by Western researchers, the authors elucidate the religious philosophy that underpins the politics of Shas, the National Religious Party and like-minded settler parties.......The picture they paint is a shocking one. Pulling no punches they liken the 'intolerance' and 'hatred' of Jewish fundamentalist thought to Nazism (p65 and contend that both the Israeli public and their politicians have been too indulgent of the religious parties.......Illuminative, insightful and accessible, this is an important book that deserves as wide a readership as possible.