What Does a Jew Want?: On Binationalism and Other Specters

Udi Aloni

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What Does a Jew Want?: On Binationalism and Other Specters

Udi Aloni

Abstract

In the hopes of promoting justice, peace, and solidarity for and with the Palestinian people, this book confronts the core issues of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Its bold question: Will a new generation of Israelis and Palestinians dare to walk together toward a joint Israel–Palestine? Through a collage of meditation, interview, diary, and essay, this text presents a personal, intellectual, and altogether provocative account rich with the insights of philosophy and critical theory. It ultimately foresees the emergence of a binational Israeli–Palestinian state, incorporating the work of Wa ... More

Keywords: peace, justice, solidarity, Israeli–Palestinian conflict, critical theory, Walter Benjamin, Edward Said, Jewish theology, Israel, Palestine

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Print publication date: 2011	Print ISBN-13: 9780231157599
Published to Columbia Scholarship Online: November 2015	DOI:10.7312/columbia/9780231157599.001.0001

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Front Matter

Title Pages

Dedication

Epigraph

Foreword

Editor’s Introduction

Acknowledgments

Prologue: The Visit of the three Magi to the Holy Land

Slavoj Žižek in Ramallah

Merav Yudilovith

Alain Badiou in Haifa

Judith Butler in Sheikh-Jarrah

1 Theology: “Specters of Binationalism”

A Manifesto for the Jewish-Palestinian Arabic-Hebrew State

Why We Support Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions

The Star of Redemption with a Split ℵ

2 Body

Samson the Non-European

Pnay El (Face of God)

Jocasta’s Dream

3 Place: Writings from Occupied Territories

The Specters of a Borrowed Village

For Palestine Is Missing from Palestine

The Fish Who Became a Shahid

Jenin and Homeopathy

A Murder Is a Murder Is a Murder

4 Politics: Plea to Jewish Artists

Trust Your Dreams

Thus Spoke the Left

The Betrayal of the Peace Camp

From Now On Say I Am a Palestinian Jew

And Who Shall I Say Is Calling?

Come Out of Your Political Closets

This Time It’s Not Funny!

Elementary, My Dear Schnabel

What Do You Mean When You Say “Left”?

5 Art: Visual Midrash

An Angel Under Siege

Local Angel

Holy Language, Holy Place

Forgiveness

An Angel I Borrowed

Stabat Mater

6 Language: Conversations and Comments

“The Jew Is Within You, But You, You Are in the Jew”

Slavoj Žižek