Anti-Zionism: Analytical Reflections

Brattleboro, VT: Amana Books, 1989. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Good/Good. xiii, [1], 358 p. Appendix. Selected Bibliography. Index. Highlighting/underlining. Some pencil underlining and marginal marks. Scuff inside from cover. DJ has some wear and soiling. Distributed by the American Jewish Alternatives to Zionism, Inc. This collection of essays challenges the conventional wisdom that Israel is a peace loving democracy and the perception that the continuing state of Middle East hostilities is due to intransigent Palestinians and rigid hostility of Israel's arab neighbors. The authors argue that Zionism is a principal obstacle to peace. Roselle Tekiner received academic degrees from the University of Chicago (BA), Columbia University (MA), and the City of New York Graduate Center (Ph.D), and taught at Hunter College, Fairleigh Dickinson University, New College, and Eckerd College. She lived in New York for much of her adult life with her first husband, Sami Tekiner, an immigrant from Turkey who sparked her interest in Turkish society and culture. She and Sami owned the Bremen House on East 86th Street and the German News Company. In 1973, Roselle Tekiner moved to Sarasota, Florida, where she met Rabbi Elmer Berger, a leader in the U.S. anti-Zionist movement. Berger, who became her second husband, channeled her interest in the Middle East toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. She and Berger, champions of Palestinian rights, wrote extensively on citizenship and nationality in Israel. Their scholarly papers and correspondence are archived in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University. Roselle Tekiner's life is chronicled in her memoir, Go Laughing. Yasser Abed Rabbo also known by his kunya, Abu Bashar (born 1944) is a Palestinian politician and a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) Executive Committee. Born in Jaffa in 1945, Abed Rabbo became a Palestinian refugee as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. He later attended the American University in Cairo where he graduated with an MA in economics and political science. Leftist activism and the PLO Yasser Abed Rabbo started his political career in the Arab Nationalist Movement (ANM), a pan-Arabist organization. When the Palestinian branch of the ANM evolved in 1967 into the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), he became one of its leaders. Norton Mezvinsky (born 1932) is an American historian, professor, and author. He is a Distinguished University Professor, Emeritus, Central Connecticut State University, and is the president of the International Council for Middle East Studies, an academic think tank in Washington, D. C. He has written numerous published books, articles, and book reviews that deal with various aspects of the Arab-Israeli conflict and Zionism.