 In the mid @-@ 1990s , Said wrote the Foreword to the history book Jewish History , Jewish Religion : The Weight of Three Thousand Years ( 1994 ) , by Israel <unk> , which presents the cultural proposition that Israel 's mistreatment of the Palestinians is rooted in a Judaic requirement ( of permission ) for Jews to commit crimes , including murder , against Gentiles ( non @-@ Jews ) . In his Foreword , Said said that Jewish History , Jewish Religion is " nothing less than a concise history of classic and modern Judaism , insofar as these are relevant to the understanding of modern Israel " ; and praised the historian <unk> for describing contemporary Israel as a nation subsumed in a " Judeo – Nazi " cultural ambience that allowed the dehumanization of the Palestinian Other : 
