{"product_id":"israelophobia-9781408719275","title":"Israelophobia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''This is an important and necessary book by a superb and subtle writer. There''s no one more qualified to write it than Jake Wallis Simons, both as ground-breaking Middle East security correspondent and Editor of the \u003ci\u003eJewish Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e. It analyses the often prejudiced coverage and intense scrutiny of Israel that so often veers into obsession and outright demonisation; and traces its origins from Medieval European and Stalinist antisemitism to the present day. It discusses why this nation is judged so differently from others in a supposedly rational and progressive era. A companion in some ways to David Baddiel''s \u003ci\u003eJews Don''t Count\u003c\/i\u003e, it is a book that fascinatingly analyses the dark sides of our world today -political, national, cultural and digital - and exposes uncomfortable truths'' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''I can''t be anti-Semitic: I have nothing against Jews individually, I only hate them by the country. Such is the delusion that Jake Wallis Simons \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an important and necessary book by a superb and subtle writer. There's no one more qualified to write it than Jake Wallis Simons, both as ground-breaking Middle East security correspondent and Editor of the \u003ci\u003eJewish Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e. It analyses the often prejudiced coverage and intense scrutiny of Israel that so often veers into obsession and outright demonisation; and traces its origins from Medieval European and Stalinist antisemitism to the present day. It discusses why this nation is judged so differently from others in a supposedly rational and progressive era. A companion in some ways to David Baddiel's \u003ci\u003eJews Don't Count\u003c\/i\u003e, it is a book that fascinatingly analyses the dark sides of our world today -political, national, cultural and digital - and exposes uncomfortable truths -- Simon Sebag Montefiore\u003cbr\u003e\"I can't be anti-Semitic: I have nothing against Jews individually, I only hate them by the country.\" Such is the delusion that Jake Wallis Simons sets out to discredit in this excellent and fearless book, dismantling its mendacities with a scholarly and logical thoroughness that makes you wonder if there will ever be an Israelophobe left standing again. Buy copies to distribute to your kindergarten groups and universities, anyway, just in case. And then buy another copy for yourself. It does the heart good to see one of the greatest expressions of collective animus exposed for the sanctimonious posturing it is. \u003ci\u003eIsraelophobia\u003c\/i\u003e is a book we all need -- Howard Jacobson\u003cbr\u003eTimely and important . . . While Simons provides an exhaustive and damning study in the way the Left has sought to portray Israel as a pariah state, he contends that it is still possible to reverse this pernicious trend, so long as Israel's many supporters are willing to highlight the country's many virtues, not least its democratic values and respect for the rule of law, qualities that are not obviously apparent elsewhere in the Middle East * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e[\u003ci\u003eIsraelophobia\u003c\/i\u003e] removes the final alibi that you can be anti-Zionist without being antisemitic. It also takes on complicated arguments in a straightforward way. This book is full of vim and vigour and I recommend it * The Rt Hon Lord Pickles *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIsraelophobia\u003c\/i\u003e is as important, trenchant and original as \u003ci\u003eJews Don't Count\u003c\/i\u003e. And as necessary to read -- Daniel Finkelstein * Jewish Chronicle *\u003cbr\u003eThis book is particularly timely . . . makes a convincing exposé of the convenient line that attacks on Israel can be easily separated from antisemitism * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003eFascinating * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eThere never was a more timely publication than \u003ci\u003eIsraelophobia\u003c\/i\u003e by Jake Wallis Simons -- Rod Liddle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739045278039,"sku":"9781408719275","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/israelophobia-9781408719275","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}