Winner Takes All: Season in Israel (Picador Books)

by Stephen Brook

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A portrait of a deeply complex society, laying bare the contradictions that make Israel both problematic and fascinating. The author views it as a country in a constant state of military alert and at the same time the least militarist by inclination. He describes it as a secular state increasingly dominated by ultra-Orthodox forces. The founding fathers were European Jews who now find themselves outnumbered by Oriental Jews. Israelis, whatever their origin and politics, now find themselves increasingly in confrontation with a rapidly growing Palestinian population. The clash of rival Jewish and Arab nationalism seems increasingly intractable. The kibbutzim,...Read more
  • ISBN10 0241126355
  • ISBN13 9780241126356
  • Publish Date 28 June 1990
  • Publish Status Unknown
  • Out of Print 10 July 1992
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
  • Imprint Hamish Hamilton Ltd
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 384
  • Language English