A critical history of Israel's expansionist politics that reveals how imperialist tendencies run the gamut from Left to Right

This book is a history of Israel's expansionist policies, focusing on the period from the June War of 1967 to the present day. He demonstrates that imperialist tendencies in Israel run the political gamut, from Left to Right.

Masalha argues that the heart of the conflict between Zionist immigrants/settlers and the native Palestinians has always been about land, territory, demography and water. He documents how Israeli policy has made it a priority to expel the Palestinians, either by war or peaceful measures. But these imperialist tendencies are not restricted to extremist zealots. The author uncovers the expansionist policies found in Labour Zionism and Kookist ideology.

Chapters cover the Whole Land of Israel Movement, Zionist Revisionism and the Likud Party, Gush Emunim and the religious fundamentalists, parties and movements of the far right and the evolution of Israeli Jewish public attitudes since 1967.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Labour Zionism’s ‘Activists’: New Territorial Maximalism and the Whole Land of Israel Movement, 1967-1977
2. Zionist Revisionism and the Likud: From Jabotinsky to Netanyahu
Jabotinsky’s Legacy
Proposals of Jabotinsky’s Disciples
The Post-1967 Period
The Likud in Power
Netanyahu and the Oslo Process
3. Jewish Fundamentalism, Greater Israel and the Palestinians: Gush Emunim, Settlement and Nationalist-Religious Messianic Trend
The Politics of Amalek
Proposals of Fundamentalist Academics:
Other Racist Groups
4. The Secular Ultranationalists: Parties and Movements of the Far Right
5. The Public Opinion Debate
Evolving Jewish Attitudes, the Palestinians and Greater Israel
The ‘Demographic Threat’ Debate
Sammy Smooha’s Attitudinal Data
The Impact of the ‘Peace Process’
Epilogue
Select Bibliography
Index