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Zachary Lockman

Zachary Lockman is professor of modern Middle East history at New York University and a contributing editor of this magazine.

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Evolutionary Constant

Nadav Shelef, Evolving Nationalism: Homeland, Identity and Religion in Israel, 1925–2005 (Cornell, 2010).

Zachary Lockman • 5 min read

MER Article

Jean-Pierre Thieck

Jean-Pierre Thieck -- activist, scholar, journalist and friend of MERIP -- died of AIDS in Paris on July 5, 1990, at the age of 41. A descendant of a grand rabbi of Tunis on his mother’s side, his upbringing in the thick of the Paris communist milieu manifested itself in youthful political activism

Joel Beinin, Zachary Lockman • 1 min read

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Original Sin

Benny Morris, The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988). Tom Segev, 1949: The First Israelis (New York: The Free Press, 1986). Simha Flapan, The Birth of Israel: Myths and Realities (New York: Pantheon, 1987).

Zachary Lockman • 29 min read

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"You Have to Prove to the Palestinians That You Are Serious About Peace"

Arie Arnon has been a leading Israeli proponent of political negotiations between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, and opponent of the occupation of the West Bank, Gaza and Golan. He is currently a member of the Progressive List for Peace, and teaches economics at Beersheva Universi

Zachary Lockman • 10 min read

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"The First Prime-Time Bombing in History"

Noam Chomsky has been active in the movement against US military intervention for many years. His most recent book on the Middle East is The Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel and the Palestinians (South End, 1986). His latest book, Turning the Tide (South End, 1986), is on US policy toward

Joan Mandell, Zachary Lockman • 9 min read

MER Article

Zionism Good and Bad

Jacobo Timerman, The Longest War (London: Chatto & Windus, 1982).

Zachary Lockman • 27 min read

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The Israeli Opposition

As the Israeli invasion of Lebanon enters its third month, the polarization of the Israeli public continues. People there have become increasingly aware of the terrible destruction being wrought on the Lebanese and Palestinian peoples by their military machine. More important for most citizens, conc

Zachary Lockman • 7 min read

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Israel at a Turning Point

Israel in mid-1980 was caught in the throes of a crisis whose final consequences cannot yet be foreseen. Manifestations of this crisis include a sharp decline in public support for the government, confusion about the meaning and significance of recent events, and growing uncertainty about the future

Zachary Lockman • 10 min read