The new exodus of Israelis Decolonizing Palestine beyond territory
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The new exodus of Israelis: Decolonizing Palestine beyond territory
GOA — Zionism required the creation of what its founders called the “New Jew” - a radical reengineering of Jewish identity severed from centuries of ethical, diasporic, and humanist traditions. Judaism, historically shaped by moral restraint, community life, and learning, was recast into a nationalist and militarized project. In this transformation, Jewish ethics were subordinated to the imperatives of conquest, settlement, and permanent war.
