Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel

602 Pages·2013·3.95 MB·English

by  Max Blumenthal

GOLIATH
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GOLIATH
Life and Loathing in Greater Israel
MAX BLUMENTHAL
Copyright © 2013 by Max Blumenthal
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Blumenthal, Max, 1977-author.
Goliath : life and loathing in greater Israel / Max Blumenthal.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Arab-Israeli conflict—1993-2. Israel—Politics and government—1993-3. Palestinian Arabs—
Government policy—Israel. 4. Blumenthal, Max—Travel—Israel. I. Title.
DS119.76.B58 2013
956.9405’4—dc23
2013026422
E-Book ISBN: 978-1-56859-972-5
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
In memory of Akiva Orr
(1931–2013)
“The people don’t like to be conquered, sir, and so they will not be.
Free men cannot start a war, but once it is started, they can fight on in
defeat. Herd men, followers of a leader, cannot do that, and so it is
always the herd men who win battles and the free men who win wars.
You will find that is so.”
—MAYOR ORDEN, FROM THE MOON IS DOWN,
BY JOHN STEINBECK
“Israel is a normal country that is not normal.”
—ISRAELI SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
ELYAKIM RUBINSTEIN
CONTENTS
Preface: Covering “Goliath”
PART I
THE CAMPAIGNS
CHAPTER 1 TO THE SLAUGHTER
CHAPTER 2 THE PEACE CAMP
CHAPTER 3 BLOOD FOR VOTES
CHAPTER 4 THE HILL OF SHAME
CHAPTER 5 HOOLIGANS
CHAPTER 6 PAWNS IN THE GAME
CHAPTER 7 THIS MAN IS CLEAN
CHAPTER 8 THE SALESMAN
PART II
LAWS OF THE LAND
CHAPTER 9 NUMBER 1
CHAPTER 10 SETTLING IN THE HEARTS
CHAPTER 11 BANNING BOOKS
CHAPTER 12 THE FORTRESS OF DEMOCRACY
CHAPTER 13 CUT OFF FROM THE TRIBE
CHAPTER 14 THE ROBBED COSSACK
CHAPTER 15 JUDAIZATION
CHAPTER 16 HOMOGENEITY
CHAPTER 17 AT THE HEAVY GATES OF GAZA
CHAPTER 18 BEETHOVEN FOR GAZA
CHAPTER 19 THE ZIONIST
PART III
PIRATES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
CHAPTER 20 DARK FORCES
CHAPTER 21 THE PEOPLE, UNITED
CHAPTER 22 THE ENEMIES
CHAPTER 23 BY RIGHT AND NOT GRACE
CHAPTER 24 THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
CHAPTER 25 DEFENSIVE DEMOCRACY
CHAPTER 26 CALIBER 3: “THE VALUES OF ZIONISM”
PART IV
OUTCASTS
CHAPTER 27 A LESSON IN ISRAELI DEMOCRACY
CHAPTER 28 JUST BEING A GUY
CHAPTER 29 LEAVING HAIFA
PART V
WHAT LIES BENEATH THE FOREST
CHAPTER 30 THE DAYS OF ’48 HAVE COME AGAIN
CHAPTER 31 THE BLUEPRINT
CHAPTER 32 THE SUMMER CAMP OF DESTRUCTION
CHAPTER 33 PREPARING THE LAND FOR JESUS
CHAPTER 34 THERE ARE NO FACTS