The Idea of Israel
“Say the word ‘terror’ and a man wearing a keffiyeh and mask and carrying a kalashnikov immediately leaps before one’s eyes. To a degree, the image of a helpless, miserable-looking refugee has been replaced by this menacing one as the veritable icon of ‘Palestinian’.1– Edward Saïd, After the Last Sky, 1998In January 2012, Israeli television proudly broadcast a co-production titled The History of Terror – a joint venture of the Israeli and France 2 TV, and informed by the work of Israeli and Fren...ch scholars. Tracing the trajectory of modern terrorism in the world, they detected clear roots in Algeria’s National Liberation Front (FLN), the Cuban revolution and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), all of which, in the programme’s parlance, displayed ‘murderous ideologies’ that had since tainted world history. The final segment in this series focused on Hamas and the Arab Spring as a chapter not yet completed.2Much of Israeli media and academia have characterised the Palestinian resistance movement as a key factor in the global history of terrorism.MoreLess
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