Israel

What Went Wrong?

De: Omer Bartov

Narrado por: James McNaughton

A leading Israeli American scholar of the Holocaust explores and explains his native country's intensifying turn toward violence and exclusion.

The distinguished historian Omer Bartov was born on a kibbutz, grew up in Tel Aviv, and served in the Israel Defense Forces during the Yom Kippur War. He went on to become a leading scholar of the German army and the Holocaust, before turning his attention to his native country.

In Israel: What Went Wrong?, Bartov sketches the tragic transformation of Zionism, a movement that sought to emancipate European Jewry from oppression, into a state ideology of ethno-nationalism. How is it possible, he asks, that a state founded in the immediate aftermath of the Holocaust, an event that gave legitimacy to a national home for the Jews, stands credibly accused of perpetrating large-scale war crimes? How do we come to terms with the fact that Israel’s war of destruction is being conducted with the support, laced with denial and indifference, of so many of its Jewish citizens?

Tracing the roots of the violent events currently unfolding in Israel and the occupied territories, Bartov tracks his country's moral tribulations and considers the origins of Zionism, the intertwining of Israel’s independence with Palestinian displacement, the politics of the Holocaust, controversies over the term "genocide," and the uncertain future. The result is a searing and urgent critique that addresses today’s debates over Zionism and the future of Israel with rigor and depth.

A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Truth and clarity of thought

That truth needs to be stressed. That oppression needs to be called out. That atrocities cannot and should not be tolerated

A book that should be a reading for every one.

Tell you the true in the voice of scholar that have dedicate par of his life to study this subject.

Keen analysis

A penetrating look at Israel’s history, failures, slide into genocide, and possible way forward. Clear, well-documented analysis.

Constitution

I didn’t know and it explains so much. Glad the author gave a resolution to the current situation

Important

The in depth knowledge and thoughtful presentation of both history and ideas of the author contribute greatly to the understanding of our current predicament. Everyone, regardless of politics or religion, should read this book.