The Suicide of Israel

Anna Foa (translated by Gregory Conti)

It has been quite some time now since one of the major writers of the last generation, Amos Oz, wrote some enlightening pages “against fanaticism.” His leading figures were those fanatics who believe they are God’s chosen on earth to reconstruct the great Israel: the religious settlers who live in the settlements they have created for themselves on the West Bank, where the government ministers Ben Gvir and Smotrich also live. The settlers are also by now a large presence in the army, and they distinguish themselves by their hatred for Arabs. Their settlements are protected by armed civilians and by the army, which supplies them with weapons.