In 1901 the cultural Zionist Israel Zangwill, borrowing a phrase from Lord Shaftesbury, declared, ‘Palestine is a country without a people, the Jews are a people without a country.’ That cliché has continued to influence the impasse in the Middle East for almost a century. Advocates for Israel’s policies seem to relish rehearsing the notion … Continue reading Louise Adler reviews ‘Bibi: The turbulent life and times of Benjamin Netanyahu’ by Anshel Pfeffer (the Australian Book Review)… Continue reading »