"A nation is a group of people united by a common mistake regarding its origin and a collective hostility towards its neighbours." (Karl W. Deutsch)Israeli scholar Professor Shlomo Sand proves that the Jewish people never existed as coherent nation state but rather as a mix of groups that at various stages in history adopted the Jewish religion.
Nadia Matar, head of the extreme right-wing group "Women in Green", drives a car pasted with Hebrew and English slogans to "Expel the Arab Enemy" during a four-car convoy protest through Jerusalem, 17 March 2002. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)
Reviews:
Gilad Atzmon: The Wandering Who?
Electronic Intifada: Book review: Shlomo Sand's "The Invention of the Jewish People"
Aaron Leonard (NYU): The new history of the origins of the Jews (interview)
Mondoweiss: Shlomo Sand’s ‘The Invention of the Jewish People,’ reviewed by Jack Ross
Mondoweiss: At NYU, devilish Shlomo Sand predicts the Jewish past and pastes the Zionists
Tablet Magazine: Inventing Israel
Dissident Voice: Is it Anti-Semitic to Defend Palestinian Human Rights?
Haaretz: Shattering a 'national mythology'
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