The Bible and Zionism: Invented Traditions, Archaeology and Post-Colonialism in Palestine-Israel

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Does the bible justify Zionism? Since the foundation of the Israeli state in 1948 Torah and tank have become increasingly inseparable resulting in the forced expulsion and subjugation of millions of indigenous Palestinians. Nur Masalhas groundbreaking new book traces Zionisms evolution from a secular settler movement in the late 19th century to the messianic faith it has become today. He shows how the biblical language of chosen people and promised land has been used by many Christian and Jewish Zionists as the title deeds for Israel justifying ethnic division and violence. With Edward Said Masalha argues that a new politics of peace can only be achieved through a single democratic state which replaces religious zealotry with secular equality.