{"product_id":"haifa-republic-omri-boehm-9781681373935","title":"Haifa Republic: A Democratic Future for Israel","description":"\u003cb\u003eA provocative argument for a new way of seeing Israel, Zionism, and the two-state solution.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHaifa Republic: A Democratic Future for Israel\u003c\/i\u003e is an urgent wake-up call. The philosopher Omri Boehm argues that it is long past time to recognize that there will not be a two-state solution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people. After fifty years, Israel's occupation of the West Bank constitutes annexation in all but name, even as the legitimate claims of the Arab population, soon to be a national majority, remain unaddressed. Meanwhile, daily life goes on under conditions rightly likened to apartheid. For liberals in Israel and America to continue to place their hopes in a two-state solution is a form of willful and culpable blindness, especially now that Israeli leaders across the political spectrum have begun to speak of ethnic cleansing. A catastrophe is in the making. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut \u003ci\u003eHaifa Republic\u003c\/i\u003e also offers grounds for hope. Catastrophe can be averted, Boehm contends, by reconfiguring Israel as a single binational state in which Palestinians and Jews both possess human rights and equal citizenship. The original Zionists--Theodor Herzl, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, and, early in his career, David Ben-Gurion--all advocated such a federation, and as prime minister, Menachem Begin successfully submitted a kindred plan to the Knesset. A binational federation offers a last chance for the two peoples who call Palestine home to live in peace and mutual respect and to have a truly democratic future in common.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Omri Boehm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1681373939\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681373935\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/17\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 4.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2022","brand":"Omri Boehm","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051466551551,"sku":"9781681373935","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f90caf97-e73b-45a3-bde8-894d2ed822c7.jpg?v=1685013273","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/haifa-republic-omri-boehm-9781681373935","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}