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Author Zertal, Idith.

Title Israel's Holocaust and the politics of nationhood / Idith Zertal ; translated by Chaya Galai.

Publication Info. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 236 pages).
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Series Cambridge Middle East studies ; 21
Cambridge Middle East studies ; 21.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-230) and index.
Contents The sacrificed and the sanctified -- Memory without rememberers -- From the People's Hall to the Wailing Wall -- Between love of the world and love of Israel -- Yellow territories.
Summary This disturbing analysis deals with the ways Israel has used the memory of the Holocaust to legitimise its politics. Idith Zertal argues that the centrality of the Holocaust has led to a culture of victimhood. She offers a new perspective on Israeli history and the construction of national identity.
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Subject Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945)
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Historiography.
Historiography.
Jews -- Israel -- Attitudes.
Jews.
Israel.
Holocaust survivors -- Israel.
Holocaust survivors.
Jews -- Israel -- Identity.
Identity (Philosophical concept)
Memory -- Political aspects.
Memory -- Political aspects.
Chronological Term 1939-1945
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Title Umah ṿeha-maṿet. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2005030024
Other Form: Print version: Zertal, Idith. Umah veha-mavet. English. Israel's Holocaust and the politics of nationhood. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005 (DLC) 2005044299
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