{"product_id":"israel-what-went-wrong-omer-bartov","title":"Israel: What Went Wrong? (Omer Bartov)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Remarkable' GUARDIAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Anyone disturbed and frightened by our current moral and intellectual morass should read it' PANKAJ MISHRA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA leading genocide scholar explores the history of Zionism, Israel's lurch towards extreme oppression and violence, and why it stands accused of crimes against humanity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProfessor Omer Bartov was born on a kibbutz, grew up in Tel Aviv and served in the Israel Defence Forces during the Yom Kippur War. He went on to become an expert on the German army and the Holocaust, before turning his attention to his native country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eIsrael: What Went Wrong?\u003c\/i\u003e, Bartov explores the transformation of Zionism from a movement of Jewish emancipation and liberation into a state ideology of ethno-nationalism, exclusion and violent domination of Palestinians. He traces the process whereby Israel - whose establishment in 1948 received international support in the aftermath of the Holocaust - now faces accusations of war crimes and genocide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat are the implications of Israel's near total impunity for the post-1945 regime of international law? And how do we understand the widespread support for these policies by Israel's Jewish citizens?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe result is a searing and urgent critique that addresses today's debates over Zionism, genocide, and the future of Israel with rigour and depth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eOmer Bartov is the Dean's Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University and the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eAnatomy of a Genocide: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Life and Death of a Town Called \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuczacz\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Jewish Book Award, \u003ci\u003eTales from the Borderlands: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaking and Unmaking the Galician Past\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGenocide, the Holocaust, and Israel-\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePalestine: First-Person History in Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eof Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Trade paperback (UK), Englisch, 256 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65813631074653,"sku":"K010793210","price":17.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/1079321000001A.jpg?v=1788541893","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/israel-what-went-wrong-omer-bartov","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}