Antony Lerman 
The Making and Unmaking of a Zionist [EPUB ebook] 
A Personal and Political Journey

Antony Lerman traces his five-decade personal and political journey from idealistic socialist Zionist to controversial critic of Israel’s aggression towards the Palestinians. As head of an influential UK Jewish think tank, he operated at the highest levels of international Jewish political and intellectual life.



He recalls his 1960s Zionist activism, two years spent on kibbutz and service in the IDF, followed by the gradual onset of doubts about Israel on returning to England. Assailed for his growing public criticism of Israeli policy and Zionism, he details his ostracism by the Jewish establishment.



With a sharp insider’s critique, Lerman presents a powerful, human rights-based argument about how a just peace can be achieved.

Tabella dei contenuti

Acknowledgements

Preface

Abbreviations and acronyms

1. From Bourgeois to Builder

2. Sunrise Over the Carmel

3. Socialist Zionist

4. ‘It Is No Dream’

5. Searching for Myself

6. Rocking the Boat

7. Political Animal

8. Darkening Skies in Israel and Europe

9. Shedding Illusions

10. Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire

11. Character Assassination and Self-Censorship

12. ‘Gunning for Lerman’

13. Pressing On

14. The Sense of an Ending

15. Afterword

Glossary

Sources for chapter heading quotes

Note on sources

Index

Circa l’autore

Antony Lerman is Senior Fellow at the Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue in Vienna and Honorary Fellow of the Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations at Southampton University. He is the author of The Making and Unmaking of a Zionist: A Personal and Political Journey (Pluto, 2012) and editor of Do I Belong? (Pluto, 2017).