Since its foundation in1948,Israelhas drawn onZionism, the movement behind its creation, to provide a sense of self & political direction. In this groundbreaking new work,Ilan Pappelooks at the continued role ofZionistideology.The Idea of Israelconsiders the wayZionismoperates outside of the government & military in areas such as the country’s education system, media, & cinema, & the uses that are made of theHolocaustin supporting the state’s ideological structure.In particular,Pappeexamines the way successive generations of historians have framed the1948conflict as a liberation campaign, creating a foundation myth that went unquestioned inIsraelisociety until the1990s.Pappehimself was part of thepost-Zionistmovement that arose then. He was attacked & received death threats as he exposed the truth about howPalestinianshave been treated & the gruesome structure that links the production of knowledge to the exercise of power.The Idea of Israelis a powerful & urgent intervention in the war of ideas concerning the past, & the future, of thePalestinian–Israeliconflict.