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Israel Alone by Bernard-Henri Lévy is a philosophical treaty about the world’s reaction to the October 7 attack on Israel. Mr. Lévy is a secular Jewish-French philosopher, commentator, novelist, and filmmaker.
- 176 pages
- Publisher : Wicked Son
- Language : English
- ISBN-13 : 979-8888457832
My rating for Israel Alone – 5
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Thoughts:
This book is short but packs a punch. The author reflects on history, justice, antisemitism, as well as the double standards, demonization, and the weaponizing of both international laws and organizations against Israel.
For me, Israel Alone by Bernard-Henri Lévy, didn’t reveal much I didn’t already know, and the world’s reaction after October 7 reinforced it. However, he makes a much better argument than I ever could, and that alone is worth reading the book.
The October 7 attack on Israel, he argues, was a pogrom where the jihadists streamed their atrocities live on the internet. The terrorists took delight in their carnage, attempting to rally Russia, China, Turkey, Iran, and other Arab countries to Hamas’ cause of killing Jews everywhere made the attack.
Throughout the West, there were immediate efforts to erase October 7 from memory and blame Israel for it. Congressman Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) and former British PM David Cameron, along with other politicians, academics, and students immediately started muddling the water and casting doubt on whether these atrocities, filmed and streamed live, actually happened. The Red Cross ignored the Israeli hostages, and the #MeToo movement’s silence was never so loud.
Mr. Lévy addresses decades-old false accusations against Israel, which have become standard talking points among the extreme left and far right. Israel is a “colonial” state, the Jews don’t assimilate, the willful forgetfulness of Arabs supporting the Nazis during World War II, and more.
The book methodically and clearly shows how vilifying Israel has been a successful international PR campaign. So successful, that blood libels and misinformation have been weaponized allowing critics to repeat partisan bias against Israel supporting talking points provided by a terrorist organization in the guise of intellectualism.
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