The Case of Israel: A Study of Political Zionism

In this study, which is equally critical of anti-Semitism and political Zionism, Roger Garaudy considers the fundamental problems presented by the policies of the state of Israel. He examines the question of historical continuity between the biblical land of Israel and the present Zionist state and he considers the claim of the Zionists that God's "promise" to Abraham implies their divine right over Palestine. This leads him to an analysis of the Zionist basis of Israel's domestic and foreign policies and he concludes with a constructive proposal for peace in the middle East based on all UN resolutions, including the original 1947 decision on the partition of Palestine, to be internationally guaranteed"