Unsettled : the problem of loving Israel

Israel.The word itself can mean arguing with God, and talking about Israel can start endless arguments about politics, history, morality, and prejudice. Unsettled, Marc Aronson's most deeply personal book to date, explores the history of Israel, from the beginning of the Zionist movement to the birth of Israel as a state in 1948 to the intense confA licts over Israel, the Palestinians, and the Jewish settlements of today. Along the way Aronson intersperses stories from his own family's long experiences in Israel while asking and answering such questions as: Can a religious state also be a democratic one? Is Israel the victim or the aggressor? Do modern states have moral obligations? And perhaps the most troubling question of all: What kind of Israel should exist? Once again, Aronson has created history for young adults that is exciting, probing, clear, and most of all, fearless.

• Foreword p. 1
• Introduction
• Why Do So Many People-and Nations-Hate Israel? p. 11
• I How did Israel Come to Be?
• Holy Land p. 15
• Nationalism p. 18
• War, Intrigues, and Declarations p. 27
• Where Should a "National Home for the Jewish People" Be? p. 34
• The Kibbutz: Herring in the Galilee p. 37
• The American Parallel p. 42
• Where Can Jews Find Safety? p. 45
• The Holocaust p. 47
• Why Did the Palestinians Lose Their Land? p. 55
• One More American Parallel p. 67
• Refugee p. 68
• II Israel is Born-What is Israel?
• The Days of David p. 75
• Israel and Her Enemies: David and Goliath p. 83
• Home and Homeland: The New Answer for Jews p. 86
• The Man in the Glass Box p. 88
• III Did Winning the 1967 War Ruin Israel?
• "Our Goal Is Clear-to Wipe Israel Off the Face of the Map" p. 93
• Occupation p. 97
• Why Should Israel Be Different from Any Other Conqueror? p. 100
• The Jerusalem Wonderland? p. 102
• From Socialism to the Red Cow p. 105
• The Brothers p. 107
• The Other Jews in Israel p. 109
• The Other Jews in America p. 113
• The PLO p. 114
• IV Can Israel Occupy Conquered Lands and Be True to Its Ideals?
• Uprising p. 119
• Why Do These Conflicts Continue? p. 128
• Choosing God Over Peace p. 128
• Lightning p. 130
• V How Can Israel Be a Strong State, a Jewish Homeland, and Truly Democratic?
• "Let No One Say He Did Not Know" p. 135
• Which Israel? p. 137
• At the Wall p. 138
• Tel Aviv p. 140
• The Questions for a Jewish State p. 141
• The Question on Which All Others Rest p. 146
• The Russian Israelis p. 157
• How Can Americans Help Israel? p. 159
• The Picture Question p. 164
• Photo Credits p. 165
• A Note on Sources p. 166
• Notes p. 170
• Bibliography p. 176
• Acknowledgments p. 178
• Index p. 180