The Dark Side of Zionism: The Quest for Security through Dominance »

The thesis of The Dark Side of Zionism, arising from new histories neglected by the media, is that both the early Zionists and the Israelis sought their security through military domination of the indigenous Arab population of Palestine. This strategy required avoiding negotiations with the Palestinians as well as demonstrating Israeli military might through wars initiated against Arab states opposed to an Israeli takeover of Palestine.

Pt. I The Colonization of Palestine (1880-1948)

Ch. 1 Concepts of Colonization 3

Ch. 2 History of the Colonization and Palestinian Dispossession (1880-1948) 11

Pt. II Domination of Arab States (1949-1974)

Ch. 3 Hegemony in the Middle East 45

Ch. 4 History of the Arab-Israeli Wars (1949-1974) 57

Pt. III Search for Global Influence

Ch. 5 Weapons Diplomacy, the Political Use of Arms 83

Ch. 6 History of Israel's Global Weapons Sales 91

Pt. IV Colonization after 1967: Greater Israel and the Illusory Peace Process

Ch. 7 Begin, Peres, Shamir, and the Madrid Conference 111

Ch. 8 Rabin and the Oslo Accords 123

Ch. 9 Peres and Netanyahu and Wye River 131

Ch. 10 Barak and Arafat at Camp David 137

Ch. 11 Ariel Sharon: Force over Peace 145

Ch. 12 Olmert and the 2006 Lebanon War 159

Pt. V Prospects

Ch. 13 One-state, Two-states, or Continued Apartheid? 169

Pt. VI Other Considerations

Ch. 14 Terrorism 187

Ch. 15 The Paradox of Nationalism 203

Ch. 16 Religion and Possession in Ancient Palestine 215

Appendix A Water Wars 231

Appendix B Evolution of Zionism 241

Bibliography 249

Index 261