{"product_id":"the-british-left-and-zionism-paul-kelemen-9780719088131","title":"The British Left and Zionism: History of a Divorce","description":"The changes and divisions on the left over the Israel-Palestine conflict forms the central theme of this archive based study. While the Labour Party's supported establishing a Jewish state in Palestine, as a modernising force, the communist movement opposed it, on the grounds that it facilitated imperial influence in the Middle East. In 1947, however, the British Communist Party rallied to the Zionist cause, leaving the Palestinian cause with no effective protagonists in Britain. The left's sympathy, at the time, was overwhelmingly with the Israeli state, considering its establishment a recompense to the Jewish people for the Holocaust. It was only after the 1967 Arab-Israeli War and Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, that the new left in Britain began to articulate a critical attitude to Israel and support for Palestinian nationalism. It is a perspective which has gradually gained ground in the political mainstream.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Kelemen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0719088135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780719088131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 6.14w x 0.74d","brand":"Paul Kelemen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44321216299263,"sku":"9780719088131","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4fefc28e-f1ce-41a5-a78a-8573ef5d4a38.jpg?v=1696329728","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-british-left-and-zionism-paul-kelemen-9780719088131","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}