Aftershock: Anti-Zionism & Anti-Semitism

by David Matas

Verbal attacks against Israel for human rights violations have turned into physical attacks against the Jewish community worldwide. How has that happened? This book attempts to explain the phenomenon.

Anti-Zionists, whose primary goal is destruction of the State of Israel, use accusations of the worst forms of human rights violations against Israel to delegitimize the state. These accusations criminalize the Jewish population worldwide for actual or presumed support of the State of Israel.

The contemporary international human rights system and the existence of the State of Israel are twin legacies of the Holocaust. The failure of the human rights system to prevent attacks on Israel and the Jews is an aftershock of the Holocaust.

280 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Natasha Light · Rating 1 out of 5]

There is no mention of the massacre of Deir Yassin when he discusses the "ethnic cleansing" topic, or (according to Google Books) anywhere else in the book.

[Onisim Moisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating

It is a must-read for anyone who want to get a better and a more objective understanding of modern day Israel and of anti-Semitism.