Politicide: Ariel Sharon's War Against the PalestiniansAriel Sharon is 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 Shabra and Shatila massacres. 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 he has won the support of powerful elements within Israeli society and the present American administration in order to achieve this. At this time of crisis Kimmerling exposes the brutality of Sharon and his junta's solutions and |
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 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 |
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 |
POLITICIDE IN PROGRESS | 199 |
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