Abbas, Mahmoud 62
Adenauer, Konrad 25
Adva 76
‘Affair’ 27
Agudat Israel (Association of Israel) 49
Ahdut HaAvoda 39
AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) 107–108
al‐Ard 22
Alexander II 12
Alexander III 12
Algerian national liberation movement 27
al‐Qaeda 110
Altalena 21
Altneuland (Herzl) 14
Amir, Yigal 56
Anarchists Against the Wall 7
anti‐Semitism 8, 12–13, 14, 17, 52, 65, 89, 112, 115–116
Apartheid South Africa 105
‘apartheid wall’ 116
Arab educational structure 25–26
Arab Jews see Mizrahi Jews
Arab League 4, 20, 47, 61, 69, 105
Arab Legion 4
Arab Spring 118
Arafat, Yasser 40, 55, 58, 60, 62, 110
architecture 84
Arendt, Hannah 29
Argov, Shlomo 44
arms trade/industry 78–79, 105, 113
army, culture and 101; see also military
Arnold, Matthew 82
‘arrangement’ law 77
Arrow 50
Ashkenazi Jews 2, 8, 49, 85–86
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) 113
Attlee, Clement 19
‘Autumn Clouds’ 63
Avanti Popolo 96
Baader‐Meinhof gang 41
Ba’ath 34
Baker, James 51
Ballas, Shimon 92
‘banality of evil’ 29
Barabash, Benny 93
Barghouti, Marwan 62
Barlev, Haim 40
Bar‐Lev line 40
Bauhaus movement 84
BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) movement 111–112, 115
Begin, Menachem 18, 21, 25, 29, 30, 41, 42–43, 45, 79
Beitar 15
Ben‐Gurion, David 5, 18, 20–21, 24, 26–28, 30–32, 33–34, 104
Benjamin, Walter 82
Ben Shitrit, David 97
Bichler, Shimshon 79
BIG (Brand Israel Group) 115
‘Bilunim’ 13
Binyanei HaUma 29
Black Panther movement 38
‘blocking front’ 53
Bnei Akiva 37
Boomerang (Shelah and Drucker) 59
Brand Asset Valuator (BAV) 116
brinkmanship 33
Brunner, Benny 96
Buber, Martin 30
Budget Wing of the Ministry of Finance 76–77
Burekas films 86
Carter, Jimmy 42
‘Cast Lead’ 63
censorship: of dance 100–101; military 89; of Palestinians 99; self‐ 87–88
chat shows 100
Childers, Erskine 5
Churchill, Winston 19
cinema 86
civil servants, monopoly and 76
colonisation project, expansion of 15
compulsory military service 21–23, 44–45, 73
cooperative economy, period of 68
cost of living increases 73
‘Cottage Protest’ 72
culture: definition of 82; making of 82–87; multiculturalism and 99–102; neo‐Zionist 98–99; pop 86; post‐Zionist 87–98
Culture and Imperialism (Said) 82
curfews 28
David Project 116
Dayan, Assi 85
Dayan, Moshe 27, 32, 40, 42–43
decolonisation 10
‘Defensive Shield’ 60
Degel HaTora 49
‘denial of exile’ 83
development towns 38, 68, 84, 96
Dimona nuclear plant 28
‘Dirty Trick’ 50
disengagement agreement 48
Doumani, Beshara 10
‘Doves, The’ 34
Dreyfus, Alfred 14
Dreyfus affair 14
Drucker, Raviv 59
Dugriut 85
Eastern European heritage 83–84
economic issues 25, 38, 46, 55, 72, 74–80
educational system 25–26, 49, 80, 101
Egypt 27–28, 32–35, 40–41, 42, 43, 64, 105
Egyptian Free Officers 32
Eichmann, Adolf 29
Einstein, Arik 87
Eisenhower administration 107
emergency regulations 30, 47, 87
Entebbe Operation 41
Ephraim Hozer La‐Zava (Ephrahim Returns to the Army) 93–94
Erikson, Sheldon 90
Esh Zolvet (Crossfire) 95
ethnic cleansing 9, 20, 38, 60, 94
ethnic state 6
ethnocracy 6
Etzioni committee 29
FAFO (Norwegian Institute for Peace Studies) 54
‘famine line’ 75
‘fatal historical mistake’ 31, 32
Fiddler on the Roof 93
financial crisis (2008) 72
‘First Aliyah’ 14
First Intifada 42, 47–48, 61, 69, 79–80, 89, 109
FLN 27
food prices 72
foundational mythologies 2, 3–4
Four Mothers movement 58
Free Officers 32
Friedman, Milton 46
gay community 8
Gaza‐Jericho Agreement 55
Gaza Strip: in 21st century 60–65; eviction of settles from 62, 110–111; First Intifada and 47–48; invasion of 27–28, 35; Judaisation of 109; militarisation of economy and 79; negotiations regarding 42, 54; Oslo Accord and 55; PLO and 43–44; racism and discrimination in 56; settlers in 38; Zionist narrative and 2
GDP 71
Gemayel, Bashir 45
gender relations 85
Geva, Eli 45
Golan Heights 33, 34, 35, 38, 44, 48, 54
Goldstein, Baruch 56
Goldstone, Richard 117
Goldstone Report 117
‘Grapes of Wrath’ operation 57
Green Line 48
Greenzwieg, Emil 56
grey economy 77
Habibi, Emile 92
Habima 93
Hagashah Ha‐Hiver (The Pale Scout) 86
Haluzim 16
Hamahapch (the Turnover) 42
Hamas 48, 53–54, 55, 61–64, 72, 111, 117
Ha‐Mehaha Hahevratit (Social Protest) 72
Hanging Tree, The 94
Hanoch, Shalom 46
Ha‐olam Hazeh (This World) 87, 90
Hapoel Hamizrahi 15
Haredim 22
Hashemite dynasty 32
Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan see Jordan and Transjordan
Hashomer (The Guardian) 15
Hashomer Hatzair 21
Hass, Amira 89
‘Hawks, The’ 34
Hazan, Nizar 97
Hebrewising of names 85
Hebron 57
He Walked Through the Fields 85
Hezbollah 44, 54, 57, 59, 63, 117
high‐tech crisis 70
historiography: in 21st century 7–9; new trends in 3–7
Hok Ha‐Hesderim 77
holding companies and pyramids 75
Horowitz, David 68
Hula Lake 24
human rights 53
Husayni, Hajj Amin al‐ 30
IDF (Israeli Defence Force) 20–23, 45, 57, 59
immigration: culture and 84; early 23–24; economic impact of 69, 77; from Soviet Union and Russia 39–40, 52–53, 69, 77, 84
Im Tirtzu 8
income inequality 71
inequality 74–75; see also racism and discrimination
International Court of Justice (ICJ) 116
International Solidarity Movement (ISM) 111
internet 91
Intifada: First 42, 47–48, 61, 69, 79–80, 89, 109; Second 59–60, 61–62, 71, 110
Iron Dome 50
Islamic Jihad 55
‘Islamic Movement’ 48
Israel Betienu (Israel is Our Home) 52
Israel Hayom (Israel Today) 90
Israeli Communist Party 87, 104
Israeli Secret Service 22
Israeli Workers’ List (Rafi) 27
Istiqlal (Independence) 97
Itihad 87
Jabotinsky, Ze’ev (Vladimir) 15, 18
Jarring, Gunnar 40
Jerusalem, Zionist movement and 20
Jewish National Fund 14
Jibril, Ahmed 47
Jordan and Transjordan 4, 15, 31, 35, 43, 47, 48, 69, 110
Jordanian option 42
J Street 108
Judaisation policies 10
Kadima 110
Kafr Qassem 28
Kahlon, Moshe 73
Kahn, Yitzhak 45
Kanafani, Ghassan 93
Karif, Yacov 29
Kastner 96
Kastner, Israel 96
Kennedy, John F. 106
Khalil 57
Kibbutzim 14–15, 21, 24, 46, 69
King David Hotel 19
Kishon, Ephraim 86
Kreisky, Bruno 40
Kulanu (All together) 73
Kuwait 50
Labour party (Mifleget Havoda) 39, 41, 45–46, 48, 50, 53, 57, 88
‘languages’ war’ 83
Lapid, Yair 73
Lavon, Pinhas 27
League of Nations 17
Lebanon 32–34, 43–47, 53–54, 58–59, 62–63, 71, 89, 105, 109
Lehem (Bread) 96
Leif, Daphne 72
Lerner, Motti 96
Levy, David 51
Levy, Gideon 89
Liberal party 41
Likud Party 41, 42, 44, 45–46, 48, 56, 68–69, 88, 110
Litani Operation 43
literature 84–85, 86–87, 91–93, 97
Lloyd George 16
‘Lovers of Zion, The’ 13
Luxembourg agreement 25
Ma’abrot 23
MacBride, Seán 109
Madrid Conference 47, 50–52, 109
Maronite Christians 43, 44, 45
massacres of Sabra and Shatila 45, 109
Mearsheimer, John 107
Meb’ad le‐Re’alat Ha‐Galut (Behind the Veil of Exile) 97
Men in the Sun (Kanafani) 93
messianic movement 37
Mezizim (Peeping Tom) 85
middle‐class 72
militarisation of economy 68–69, 71, 78–80
military: censorship and 89; compulsory service in 21–23, 44–45, 73; culture and 101; musical troupes in 87
military industrial complex 108
‘misconception’ 40
Mizrahi Jews: in 21st century 8; attitudes towards 5–6; culture and 85–86, 92, 95–96, 98, 100; economic issues and 38, 68, 74; education and 25, 75; riots and 29; tensions with 2; see also racism and discrimination; Shas
Morris, Benny 7
Moshenson, Ilan 96
Mubarak, Hosni 55
Munich Olympics 39
musicals 93
Muslim Brotherhood 61
Nahrain, Ohad 101
‘Nakba‐Harta’ 8
Nasser, Gamal Abdel 27, 28, 32–34
national religious schools 26
national water carrier 24, 33, 34
Navon, Yitzhak 45
Negev 24
Netanyahu, Benjamin (Bibi): al‐Husayni and 29–30; brother’s death and 42; election of 57; as Finance Minister 71, 73; international image and 110, 116; Oslo and 56; press and 90; Rabin and 53; settlement policy and 7; Shamir and 51; as UN ambassador 108
Neturei Karta (Gatekeepers) 49
Neubach, Keren 76
‘new historians’ 4–8, 90, 97, 98
New Profile 7
new states 1
Nikolai II 12
1967 (Segev) 32
Nitzan, Jonathn 79
nuclear capacity 28
Obama administration 107–108, 112, 113
Ofek 50
one‐state solution 117
Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD) 70
‘Orientation Committee’ 44
Oslo Accord 6, 47, 52, 54–56, 59–61, 69–70, 76, 79, 89, 109–112
Oslo II agreement 55
Palestine, first settlers in 13
Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) 4–5, 40, 43–44, 47, 51–52, 54, 61, 109–110
Palestine Question 50
Palestinian Authority 54–55, 57, 61–62, 112
Palestinian citizens in Israel 22–23, 88–89, 92
Palestinian community 38
Palestinian historiography 3
Palestinian National Liberation Movement 34
Palestinian refugees 4–5, 26–27, 59, 96, 106, 109; see also massacres of Sabra and Shatila
Palmach 21
partition offer 20
Patriot missile defence system 50
Peace Now demonstration 56
‘Peace of Galilee’ operation 44
peace talks: in 1948 5; collapse of 6; see also Camp David summit; Madrid Conference; Oslo Accord
People, Food Fit for a King, The (Laor) 92–93
Peres, Shimon 27, 41–43, 46–48, 50, 54, 57, 69, 77
Peretz, Sami 80
petrochemical complex 31
‘Pillar of Defence’ 64
pogroms 13
polarisation in labour market 77–78
Poliker, Yehuda 86
political economy of Israel 67–80
political parties, ban on 22
pop culture 86
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) 47
‘post‐Zionist’ tendencies 8
‘Protective Edge’ 64
Rabin, Yitzhak 41–42, 46, 48, 50, 52–57, 109–110
racism and discrimination 5–6, 8, 22–24, 28–29, 30, 49, 85, 98, 105
Radio Israel 88
Rafi 39
reality TV 100
reparation agreement 25, 67, 104
reserve service 45
‘Returning Echo’ 64
revolutionary year (1958) 32
riots 29
Rogers, William 40
Romeo and Juliet 93
Rothschild 13
Rothschild, Lord 16
Roveh Huliot (A Toy Gun) 96
Russia see Soviet Union/Russia
Russian heritage 84
Saatchi brothers 116
Said, Edward 82
Sallah Shabati 86
sanctions 112
Schönau Palace 39
Second Aliyah 26
Second Intifada 59–60, 61–62, 71, 110
settlers: after 1967 war 37–38; early 13–14; eviction of, from Gaza Strip 62, 110; preferential treatment of 76; withdrawal of from Sinai Peninsula 42
Seventh Million, The 96
Shach, Rabbi 49
Shalit, Gilad 63
Shamir, Yitzhak 21, 46, 47, 48, 49–52, 89, 109
Sharon, Ariel 7, 27, 41, 44, 45, 60, 110, 111
Shay, Nachman 50
Shelah, Ofer 59
Shuf Mountains 44
Shultz, George 51
Sinai Peninsula 26–28, 33–35, 38, 42, 48, 106–107
solidarity movement 111
South Africa 105
Soviet Union/Russia: collapse of 105; Czarist Russia 12–13; Egypt and 34; immigration from 39–40, 52–53, 69, 77, 84; Madrid Conference and 51; protest movement and 32; relations with 22, 104–105; Suez War and 28
Spain 104
suicide bombs 54, 55, 56, 57, 59
‘Summer Rain’ 63
Swisa, Albert 92
technological schools 25
Tehiya (Renaissance) 42
Tel‐Aviv 16
television 39, 89–90, 94, 96, 99, 100
Third Aliyah 17
Tito 105
Trajtenberg Committee 72
transit camps 23
Transjordan see Jordan and Transjordan
Truman administration 106
ultra‐Orthodox Jews 21–22, 49, 73
United Arab Republic 33
United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) 20
United Nation’s World Conference against Racism 115–116
United States: aid from 69, 105; arms trade/industry and 79; Cold War and 32; image in 115, 116–117; Madrid Conference and 50–52; special relationship with 106–109; Suez War and 28; tensions with 112, 113; in World War I 17
Unity government 46–47, 48, 49, 89
U Nom 105
U Thant 34
Walt, Stephen 107
war: Arab‐Israeli 3–4; economic issues and 68; Gulf War 50, 109; initial impacts of 37–39; Israel‐PLO 43–47; ‘languages’ war’ 83; Suez War 26–28, 106; on terror 71, 79; World War I 16–18; World War II 19; see also Lebanon; Syria
West Bank: ‘Autonomy Talks’ and 43; ceding of, by Jordan 42; First Intifada and 47–48; Gaza Strip evictions and 111; invasion of 35; Judaisation of 109; militarisation of economy and 79; negotiations regarding 54; Oslo Accord and 55; planned inclusion of 31–32; PLO and 43–44; racism and discrimination in 56; settlers in 37–38; Zionist narrative and 2
West Germany 104
Wolfe, Patrick 10
women, as constituency 8
World War II 19
World Zionist Organisation 83
Wye Agreement 57