Summary

Israeli sociologist whose formulation of Zionism’s two contradictory imperatives Makdisi uses to frame his thesis that the conflict is about land (Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation, PDF p.52).

Details

  • As Makdisi quotes him, “one Zionist imperative—to possess the largest possible amount of sacred land—contradicting the other Zionist imperative—to ensure a massive Jewish majority inhabiting a land that was preferably free of all Arabs” (PDF p.52).

Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation, Zionism, Demographic problem, Vladimir Jabotinsky