The Jewish State: The Struggle for Israel’s Soul
Yoram Hazony
2000
Not too long ago, few Jews—or Christians, for that matter—would have had difficulty justifying the existence of a Jewish state. The destruction of European Jewry left a profound impression on the generation that witnessed it, a fact reflected in the sweeping political alignments that brought about Jewish independence in Palestine on May 14, 1948. […
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