{"product_id":"haifa-republic-a-democratic-future-for-israel-omri-boehm","title":"Haifa Republic: A Democratic Future for Israel (Omri Boehm)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA provocative argument for a new way of seeing Israel, Zionism, and the two-state solution.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHaifa Republic: A Democratic Future for Israel\u003c\/i\u003e is an urgent wake-up call. The philosopher Omri Boehm argues that it is long past time to recognize that there will not be a two-state solution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people. After fifty years, Israel s occupation of the West Bank constitutes annexation in all but name, even as the legitimate claims of the Arab population, soon to be a national majority, remain unaddressed. Meanwhile, daily life goes on under conditions rightly likened to apartheid. For liberals in Israel and America to continue to place their hopes in a two-state solution is a form of willful and culpable blindness, especially now that Israeli leaders across the political spectrum have begun to speak of ethnic cleansing. A catastrophe is in the making.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut \u003ci\u003eHaifa Republic\u003c\/i\u003e also offers grounds for hope. Catastrophe can be averted, Boehm contends, by reconfiguring Israel as a single binational state in which Palestinians and Jews both possess human rights and equal citizenship. The original Zionists Theodor Herzl, Ze ev Jabotinsky, and, early in his career, David Ben-Gurion all advocated such a federation, and as prime minister, Menachem Begin successfully submitted a kindred plan to the Knesset. A binational federation offers a last chance for the two peoples who call Palestine home to live in peace and mutual respect and to have a truly democratic future in common.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eOmri Boehm\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of philosophy at the New School for Social Research. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Binding of Isaac: A Religious Model of Disobedience\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKant s Critique of Spinoza\u003c\/i\u003e. His writings on Israeli politics and culture have appeared in \u003ci\u003eHaaretz\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDie Zeit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 200 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65886132207965,"sku":"K081937097","price":15.6,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/8193709700001A.jpg?v=1789062026","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/haifa-republic-a-democratic-future-for-israel-omri-boehm","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}