{"product_id":"israel-9781509536900","title":"Israel","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow did a community of a few thousand Jewish refugees become, in little over a century, a modern nation-state and homeland of half the world's Jews? Has modern Israel fulfilled the Zionist vision of becoming a nation like other nations, or is it still, in Biblical terns, a people that dwells alone?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlan Dowty distils over half a century of study as an inside\/outside analyst of Israel in tracing this remarkable story. It begins in the waning days of the Ottoman Empire, when Jews fleeing Russian persecution established a renewed Jewish presence in their historic homeland. It continues through harsh struggle and in deep-rooted conflict with another people that sees Israel\/Palestine equally as their homeland. Immensely successful by most standards, Israel today remains a center of contention and is still torn between its hard-earned role as a normal nation and the call of its particularistic, and unique, Jewish history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/16\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781509536900\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198","brand":"Alan Dowty","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40493904658613,"sku":"9781509536900","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_fe983326-7a7a-40ad-865e-8d3a000a6897.jpg?v=1626156893","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/israel-9781509536900","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}