Title: Rodinson--another self-hating Jew (sigh)
Product review: For my paper on the historiography of Zionism in grad-school I read this piece. Having lived in France I was not surprised. Rodinson, so desperately trying to be a "good Frenchman" is quick to dismiss the State of Israel as the culmination of Jewish nationalism. Instead, he writes that "the creation of the State of Israel is an outrage committed against the Arabs as a people". He then goes on to show how Diaspora Jewry is generally unconcerned with Israel as evident that the majority of Jews live elsewhere. One might wonder how Rodinson would deal with today's statistics, as the majority of Jews now reside in Israel.All in all this is another expression of "Galut" mentality. While the world certainly should debate Israeli national policy just as we should all debate all national policies Rodinson's attempt to de-legitimize Zionism is a disaster. I doubt if anyone outside of the radical Left will go to this for a balanced treatment of Zionism and Israel.
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