Book Review of Ariella Azoulay and Adi Ophir, 'The One-State Condition' (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2012), Israel Affairs, Vol. 21, Issue 4 (2015), Pp. 698-701.

תקציר

Ariella Azoulay and Adi Ophir put a mirror in front of the Israeli eyes and ask them to look closely and fathom what Israel does to the Palestinians on a daily basis. But Azoulay and Ophir do not stop there. Their agenda is far broader. Their argument is that the occupation is only one aspect, one manifestation of a greater problem which is Zionism. They question the logic and the need of having Israel as the home for the Jewish people. They claim that Israel was engaged in 1947-1949 in ethnic cleansing of the weak Palestinian people who became victims in their own land. They sympathize with the Nakba and condemn the Israeli war of independence. They claim that Israel was engaged with "destruction project", the destruction of the Palestinian people. They criticize the biased Zionist education system. They see no need to continue the Zionist mission of creating a viable home for the Jewish people. They accept the Palestinian Right of Return. This book is ideologically driven, with strong biases against Israel and pre-determined post-Zionist agenda. The narrative is one-sided. The end of condemning Israel is clear and manifest.