03/26/2025
We are very excited to announce the upcoming launch of Uri Kaufman's new book, American Intifada—Israel, the Gaza War, and the New Antisemitism.
We will be accepting pre-orders very soon, stay tuned for updates!
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Watch the chattering classes on the television, or read their columns in the newspapers, and a pattern quickly emerges: the more liberal a person’s political outlook, the more likely they are to attack Israel. The Jewish state is an occupier, the Jewish state violates international law. In the court of public opinion, Israel is a repeat offender and guilty as charged -- at least among juries that sit to the left of the aisle.
Uri Kaufman, New York businessman and Middle East scholar with strong ties to Israel has been studying the phenomenon for many years. He has seen Amnesty International’s report calling Israel an “apartheid state.” He has observed Tom Friedman rise to fame chronicling Israeli crimes that never happened. And he has read The New York Times describe Gaza as being “under Israeli military occupation” – almost twenty years after Israel withdrew.
In American Intifada, Kaufman exposes these and other myths. More importantly, through careful research and insightful thought experiments, he demonstrates that at least some of the source of the misinformation is not antipathy towards Jews. It is an overworked solidarity with people of color.
Timely, provocative, and always entertaining, this concise history of the Arab Israeli conflict from its origins is guaranteed to change the way people think about Israel, about the media, and about racism.
