Israel–Palestine and the Case for One State

In this scholarly but accessible book exploring the Palestine–Israel conflict, Martin Cohen balances arguments from history, politics and human experience to make the case for a one-state solution, the approach always favoured by liberal Jews, Arab nations and the Palestinians themselves. Through explorations of key works in Jewish and Zionist political philosophy, such as Theodor Herzl, Ze’ev Jabotinsky and Carl Schmitt, the roots of today’s militarism and racism are revealed, and the arguments of Israeli politicians today put in a darker context. Cohen explains why the conflict should not be seen as a religious one, but rather one that has its roots in European racism and American fundamentalism, forces that have combined to produce not so much a ‘Jewish homeland’ but what has legitimately been classified as a settler-colonial state.