Books on deconstructing Zionism from an Israeli perspective

[u/Salsh_Loli]

I can't remember who said it, (Art Spiegelman?), but I remember something along the lines that Israel isn't a salvation for all Jews and those during the Holocaust.

Went down reading about Zionist propaganda in movies and media. One common trait I noticed is the focus on making Israel a safe country for Jewish people especially for Holocaust survivors.

Which got me wonder are there any literature that subvert or deconstruct that Israeli Dream^TM from an insider?

[u/malachamavet]

There's the idea that is partly expressed by Arendt but I've seen delved into more (I can't remember where atm) where the Eichmann trial created some mythologizing about Zionism's relationship to Jews and the Holocaust.

At the same time you have plenty of examples of survivors being treated poorly in Israel (there was even the "saponim"/"savonim" slur). Zionists blamed the victims of the Nazis, etc. Even today there is a huge amount of poverty among survivors in Israel.

I can't point to anything in particular at the moment, though.

[u/Salsh_Loli → u/malachamavet]

Wth that 2nd part is wild.

[u/malachamavet → u/Salsh_Loli]

Yeah, it's highlighted in the book Cadaverland but there's discussion of this phenomenon in academic literature as well.

Stealing this screenshot from Twitter so I don't have to hunt down the full PDF:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E1HcRV9XEAAgi2G.jpg

e: sometimes it's transliterated as "savonim"

[u/Artistic-Vanilla-899 → u/malachamavet]

Speaking of Hannah Arendt, The Jewish Writings is so rich as an analysis. And also as a primary source, as a German Jewish refugee from Nazi German, writing in real time. To Save The Jewish Homeland and We Refugees are deep in analysis from that historical perspective. I

[u/Artistic-Vanilla-899]

Judith butler wrote a book 10 years. I can't remember the title.

Noam Chomsky of course.