Fathom Highlight | Exploiting COVID-19 to bash Israel + Mandate100: why did the original Bi-nationalist fail? + Remembering Robert Fine
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14 April
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2020
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Our Fathom Highlight this week is a bumper issue with five new pieces. Cary Nelson looks at the contrast between the much-praised Israeli-Palestinian cooperation during the COVID-19 pandemic and the drive by some to exploit the crisis to demonise Israel. We continue our Mandate100 special issue with a major new essay by Ben Reiff using archival research to assess why the original Zionist bi-nationalists failed so comprehensively. Philip Spencer assesses the legacy of Robert Fine, a Fathom advisory editor who passed away over a year ago, and a leading thinker on contemporary forms of antisemitism. Donna Robinson Divine reviews The Making of the Israeli Far-Right: Abba Ahimeir and Zionist Ideology by Peter Bergamin. And finally, five more Fathom contributors — Stephen de Wijze, Matthew Levitt, Liam Hoare, Jonathan Paris and Jonathan Rynhold — suggest a book or film for readers during the lockdown.
Our Voice of the Week is the Middle East Institute’s Michael Sexton and Eliza Campbell discuss the variety of new surveillance technologies deployed by governments in the Middle East to track the spread of COVID-19, and the tension between public health and privacy concerns.
Our Image of the Week is workers sanitising a neighbourhood as part of protective measures against the coronavirus in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, 9 April 2020. Photo by Ali Syria, Flash90.
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A Pandemic of Anti-Zionist Signification: Exploiting Gaza for Ideological Gain
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Cary Nelson
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Mandate100 | ‘Neither a Jewish State nor an Arab State’: How Zionist Bi-Nationalism Tried and Failed to Change the Face of the Middle East
by Ben Reiff
In a penetrating study that draws on extensive archival research Ben Reiff asks why the small but vociferous Zionist minority that sought to establish a...
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Remembering Robert Fine
by Philip Spencer
The late writings of Robert Fine, who died in 2018, can help us understand the manifold connections between the Enlightenment roots and the contemporary forms...
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Book Review | The Making of the Israeli Far-Right: Abba Ahimeir and Zionist Ideology
by Donna Robinson Divine
It is hard to imagine a more fitting time for a study of Abba Ahimeir, not only because his ideas may have been critical for...
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From Stephen De Wijze to Matthew Levitt, Fathom writers share their favourite books and films (Week 3)
by Fathom Editors
Each week Fathom writers will recommend five Israel-related books, films or podcasts to help our readers through the lockdown. Earlier recommendations can be found here...
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