[Hac-announce] September Book Discussion: "Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel" by Max Blumenthal

[Kevin Gough or Paula Jones]

Our book for September is Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel by award-winning journalist Max Blumenthal (author also of Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party on the Tea Party). The discussion will take place Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 2 pm in the library of the Unitarian Society of New Haven at 700 Hartford Turnpike, Hamden.             





                              
>From the front flap:
In Goliath, New York Times bestselling author Max Blumenthal takes us on a journey through the badlands and high roads of Israel-Palestine, painting a startling portrait of Israeli society under the siege of increasingly authoritarian politics as the occupation of the Palestinians deepens... 

As Blumenthal reveals, Israel has become a country where right-wing leaders like Avigdor Lieberman and Bibi Netanyahu are sacrificing democracy on the altar of their power politics; where the loyal opposition largely and passively stands aside and watches the organized assault on civil liberties; where state-funded Orthodox rabbis publish books that provide instructions on how and when to kill Gentiles; where half of Jewish youth declare their refusal to sit in a classroom with an Arab; and where mob violence targets Palestinians and African asylum seekers scapegoated by leading government officials as "demographic threats." 

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Given the nature of the material, the book has engendered controversy. A good summary (including a link to the contentious review "The 'I Hate Israel' Handbook" by Eric Alterman in The Nation) and commentary on the debate titled "Afraid of Free Speech, on Many Fronts: PEN, Google, China, Goliath" by James Fallows is found here at The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/12/afraid-of-free-speech-on-many-fronts-pen-google-china-em-goliath-em/282105/

               
                   
The book is readily available in numerous libraries around the state.                            

                 
                 
Refreshments will be served. 





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