Traces the life of the Zionist leader who became the "foreign minister" of the future Jewish state, and shows the effect of his socialist ideals and his assassination in 1933 on the development of Israel
Shlomo Avineri (Hebrew: שלמה אבינרי; born Jerzy Wiener) was an Israeli political scientist. He was a professor of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. He also served as a recurring visiting professor at the Central European University in Budapest, and as a fellow at Munich-based academic think tank Centrum für angewandte Politikforschung, offering advice to politicians.