{"product_id":"israel-alone-9798888457832","title":"Israel Alone","description":"\u003cb\u003eWeaving in fifty years of experience with Israel, Bernard-Henri L?vy analyzes global responses to October 7, the new virulent waves of the oldest hatred in the world: anti-Semitism, why Israel is waging this existential war against barbarism alone, and what's at stake for Israel and the world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBernard-Henri L?vy's \u003ci\u003eIsrael Alone\u003c\/i\u003e is a passionate and outraged cri-de-coeur, about the loneliness of Israel and the tragedy of October 7, starting with L?vy's eyewitness account the day after the pogroms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On October 8, 2023, Bernard-Henri L?vy flew to Israel to bear witness to the unprecedented invasion and massacre committed by Hamas. \u003ci\u003eIsrael Alone\u003c\/i\u003e begins here and weaves in L?vy's fifty years on the ground in Israel, from his first trip in 1967, his experiences writing on all the conflicts since, and his participation in various peace plans and contacts with all the Israeli leaders from Menachem Begin to Shimon Peres and from Ariel Sharon to Yitzak Shamir and Yitzak Rabin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From his unique philosophical and humanist perspective, L?vy analyzes the ultimate evil unleashed on Israel on October 7 and delves into how the Islamic Republic of Iran, Russia, radical Islamist groups, Turkey, and China have played roles and profited from this tragedy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book addresses how October 7, though historic in scope, became, within weeks, a \"detail\" in the global consciousness amid a worldwide eruption of anti-Semitism, cloaked in anti-Zionism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e L?vy deconstructs the arguments of those calling for a \"cease-fire now\" without the release of all hostages and of those who demand that October 7 be seen within a greater \"context.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e L?vy's meditation on the soul of Zionism and Israel shows why this war is existential, not only for Israel but for the global West. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And yet, despite the urgency and critical nature of this war, Israel takes it on alone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e L?vy analyzes, today, why this is so and why Israel's solitude is greater than ever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBernard-Henri L?vy is a French philosopher, director of eight films, and author of forty-eight books. L?vy is one of the West's foremost intellectuals, defending democracy and humanism against totalitarianism and fascism. His recent books include \u003ci\u003eThe Will to See: Dispatches from a World of Misery and Hope \u003c\/i\u003e(2021), \u003ci\u003eThe Virus in the Age of Madness \u003c\/i\u003e(2020), \u003ci\u003eThe Empire and the Five Kings \u003c\/i\u003e(2019), \u003ci\u003eThe Genius of Judaism \u003c\/i\u003e(2017), \u003ci\u003eAmerican Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville \u003c\/i\u003e(2005), and \u003ci\u003eWho Killed Daniel Pearl? \u003c\/i\u003e(2003). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eL?vy has made films on the war in Bosnia; Libya; Iraqi Kurdistan besieged by ISIS; and Afghanistan, Somalia, Bangladesh, Nigeria, and Ukraine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eL?vy's work as an intellectual, a writer, and a film-maker is intertwined with humanitarian activism. For fifty years, L?vy has reported on the world's \"forgotten wars\" and devoted numerous books, films, and articles to these crises. L?vy has participated in various peace plans and contacts with Israeli leaders from Menachem Begin to Shimon Peres, and from Ariel Sharon, Yitzak Shamir and Yitzhak Rabin.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wicked Son","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50874700136722,"sku":"9798888457832","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bb373855-83ab-4680-91dc-2c31a0d44ca7.jpg?v=1738004734","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/israel-alone-9798888457832","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}