Israel vs. the Diaspora: Why Israelis often bristle when Jewish Americans criticize their homeland. A review of Israeli Exceptionalism: The Destabilizing Logic of Zionism by M. Shahid Alam. Lawrence of Judea: The champion of the Arab cause and his little-known romance with Zionism. From Forward, is Israel Athens or Sparta? Leonard Fein investigates; a sex scandal splits Orthodox Zionist world between silence and action; and an interview with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad: "We will have a state by next year". Does Israel have an immigrant problem? (and more) Allah is a Zionist: The Quranic argument for Jewish sovereignty in the land of Israel. An interview with Avigdor Lieberman: "It is a clash of civilizations". Who's afraid of a One-State Solution? As Israeli-Palestinian peace talks remain at an impasse, a radical solution gains steam. Israel's once-legendary army has grown weaker, and its newly emboldened enemies are allying against it — it may not be long until full-scale war breaks out. An interview with Gideon Levy, a rare voice of courage. Damned, whatever it does: A review of A State Beyond the Pale: Europe's Problem with Israel by Robin Shepherd. More on The Invention of the Jewish People by Shlomo Sand. An interview with Scott Korb, author of Life in Year One: What the World Was Like in First-Century Palestine (and more and more). Forgetting about the rest of the world: An interview with David Grossman on literature, life and Israeli-Chinese relations. A review of Good Arabs: The Israeli Security Agencies and the Israeli Arabs, 1948–1967 by Hillel Cohen. A review of This Time We Went Too Far: Truth & Consequences of the Gaza Invasion by Norman Finkelstein. A review of The Myths of Liberal Zionism by Yitzhak Laor. An interview with Alon Hilu on books on Israel and Palestine in art.
