Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics

Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics

Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics

Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics

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Overview

A bold call for the American Left to extend their politics to the issues of Israel-Palestine, from a New York Times bestselling author and an expert on U.S. policy in the region

In this major work of daring criticism and analysis, scholar and political commentator Marc Lamont Hill and Israel-Palestine expert Mitchell Plitnick spotlight how holding fast to one-sided and unwaveringly pro-Israel policies reflects the truth-bending grip of authoritarianism on both Israel and the United States. Except for Palestine deftly argues that progressives and liberals who oppose regressive policies on immigration, racial justice, gender equality, LGBTQ rights, and other issues must extend these core principles to the oppression of Palestinians. In doing so, the authors take seriously the political concerns and well-being of both Israelis and Palestinians, demonstrating the extent to which U.S. policy has made peace harder to attain. They also unravel the conflation of advocacy for Palestinian rights with anti-Semitism and hatred of Israel.

Hill and Plitnick provide a timely and essential intervention by examining multiple dimensions of the Israeli-Palestinian conversation, including Israel's growing disdain for democracy, the effects of occupation on Palestine, the siege of Gaza, diminishing American funding for Palestinian relief, and the campaign to stigmatize any critique of Israeli occupation. Except for Palestine is a searing polemic and a cri de coeur for elected officials, activists, and everyday citizens alike to align their beliefs and politics with their values.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781620975923
Publisher: New Press, The
Publication date: 02/16/2021
Pages: 240
Sales rank: 160,525
Product dimensions: 5.70(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Marc Lamont Hill is an award-winning journalist and the Steve Charles Professor of Media, Cities, and Solutions at Temple University. He is the author of multiple books, including the New York Times bestselling Nobody. He lives in Philadelphia.
Mitchell Plitnick is the president of ReThinking Foreign Policy and a frequent writer on the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy. He is the former vice president at the Foundation for Middle East Peace, director of the U.S. Office of B’Tselem, and co-director of Jewish Voice for Peace. He lives in Maryland.

Table of Contents

Preface v

Introduction: Palestine Cannot Be an Exception 3

1 The Right to Exist 15

2 Criminalizing BDS 49

3 Trumped-Up Policy 83

4 The Crisis in Gaza 111

Conclusion: Beyond the Limits 151

Acknowledgments 159

Notes 161

Index 219

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