Politicide: Ariel Sharon's War Against the Palestinians

Baruch Kimmerling

Verso, 2003 - Political Science - 234 pages

Ariel Sharon was one of the most experienced, shrewd and frightening leaders of the new millennium. Despite being found both directly and indirectly responsible for acts considered war crimes under international law, he became Prime Minister of Israel, a political victory he won by provoking the Palestinians into a new uprising, the second intifada. From the beginning of his career Sharon was regarded as the most brutal, deceitful and unrestrained of all the Israeli generals and politicians. A man of monstrous vision, his attempts to destroy the Palestinian people have included the proposal to make Jordan the Palestinian state and the now infamous invasion of Lebanon in 1982, which resulted in the Sabra and Shatila massacre.

Baruch Kimmerling's new book describes Sharon's quest to reshape the whole geopolitical landscape of the Middle East. He describes how Sharon is committed to politicide, the destruction of the Palestinian political identity, and how won the support of powerful elements within Israeli society and the American administration in order to achieve this. Kimmerling exposes the brutality of Sharon and his junta's 'solutions', and constructs a devastating indictment of a man whose cruelty and ruthlessness have resulted in widespread and indiscriminate slaughter.

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POLITICIDE: Ariel Sharon's War Against the Palestinians

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A decidedly contrarian reading of recent Israeli history by a noted dissident-scholar.For Kimmerling (co-author, Palestinians, 1993; Sociology/Univ. of Toronto), who considers himself "an Israeli ...

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This is the most detailed and up-to-date critical biography available of Israel's current prime minister, Ariel Sharon. In this thought-provoking book, Kimmerling (Distinguished Research Professor of ...

Contents

• Internal Contradictions and Crisis: 13
• Historical Context: 20
• Precedents The First Attempt at Politicide: 23
• Ideology and Military Practices: 31
• Constitution of a Herrenvolk Republic: 35
• Childhood in Colonial Palestine: 42
• Sharons First Round: 46
• An Officer but Not a Gentleman: 54
• The Patron of the Settlers: 69
• The Second Attempt at Politicide: 79
• The Horror of Sabra and Shatila: 92
• From Civil Rebellion to InterCommunal War: 105
• Oslo: 108
• The Establishment of the Palestinian National Authority: 114
• From NearAgreement to Stalemate: 123
• The Camp David Debacle: 129
• The Diversification of Israeli Society: 141
• The New Sharon: 148
• The Third Attempt At Politicide: 154
• What is Left of the Left?: 167
• The NonViolent Guerilla War: 181
• POLITICIDE IN PROGRESS: 199
• RECOMMENDED READING: 219
• INDEX: 221

About the author

Baruch Kimmerling was Distinguished Research Professor at the Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto and George S. Wise Professor of Sociology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He published numerous books and articles on Israel and Palestine including, with Joel S. Migdal, a revised and enlarged edition of Palestinians: The Making of a People. He died in 2007.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Politicide: Ariel Sharon's War Against the Palestinians
• Author: Baruch Kimmerling
• Publisher: Verso, 2003
• ISBN: 1859845177, 9781859845172
• Length: 234 pages
• Subjects: Political Science / General