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In this scrupulously researched but highly accessible 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.
Martin Cohen is a political philosopher and writer specializing in philosophy, ethics, and social science. The author of numerous books, which have been translated into over twenty languages, his work focuses on deconstructing complex ideological systems and making critical philosophy accessible to a global general readership.