{"product_id":"zionism-in-arab-discourses-9781784992972","title":"Zionism in Arab Discourses","description":"\u003cp\u003eZionism in Arab discourses presents a ground-breaking study of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Through analyses of hundreds of texts written by Arab Islamists and liberals from the late-nineteenth century to the 'Arab Spring', the book demonstrates that the Zionist enterprise has played a dual function of an enemy and a mentor. Islamists and liberals alike discovered, respectively, in Zionism and in Israeli society qualities they sought to implement in their sown homelands. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFocusing on Palestinian, Egyptian, Syrian and Jordanian political discourses, this study uncovers fascinating and unexpected Arab points of views on different aspects of Zionism; from the first Zionist Congress to the First Lebanon War; from gardening in the early years of Tel Aviv to women's service in the Israeli Defence Forces; from the role of religion in the creation of the state to the role of democracy in its preservation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eUriya Shavit is an Associate Professor at the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies and the Program for Religious Studies, Tel Aviv University \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOfir Winter is a Research Fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), Tel Aviv\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50856768471314,"sku":"9781784992972","price":135.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_69c1434e-4cda-4dc1-af38-88a4d9f33a8b.jpg?v=1737511712","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/zionism-in-arab-discourses-9781784992972","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}