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Argues that Israel is in a transitionary phase from Zionism to post-Zionism, as the original goals of Zionism have largely been accomplished. The post-Zionist Israeli state is predicted to be more committed to advancing the interests of all its citizens, regardless of ethnicity, & to become more fully integrated into the region. The status of non-Jewish Israelis is expected to improve, while the social position of non-Israeli Jews is predicted to decrease. Interests promoting & actively fighting this metamorphosis are discussed. The major cleavages in Israeli society obstructing this transition are enumerated, ie, divisions between citizens & noncitizens, Jewish & Palestinian citizens, Ashkenazi & Sephardi Jews, & religious & secular Jews. Adapted from the source document.

Smith reviews On the Border by Michel Warschawski and translated by Levy Laub.

In this paper the idea of "Raison de Zionism" is developed as a "compass" for Israel and zionism. The term "Raison de Zionism" refers to a coherent group of guidelines, derived from reconsidered fundamental Zionist values on the one hand, and directly applicable to concrete issues on the other. (DÜI-Hns)

In a critical engagement with Gabriel Piterberg's Returns of Zionism, Zeev Sternhell questions its account of Jewish nationalism's origins and trajectory, offering a different picture rooted in the turbulent contingencies of 19th-century Europe and the war of 1947-49. Adapted from the source document.

A review essay on books by: (1)Peter Beinart, The Crisis of Zionism (Times Books, 2012); (2)Cershorn Corenberg, The Unmaking of Israel (HarperCollins, 2011); (3)Harvey Pekar and JT Waldman, Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me (Hill and Wang, 2012); and (4)I.F. Stone, Underground to Palestine and Reflections Thirty Years Later (Hutchinson & Co., 1979).