'Why should Israel belong to a Belgian Jew more than to a Druze from the Carmel?'
In a new book, historian Avner Ben-Zakan, head of the Institute for Israeli Thought, argues that Zionism completed its mission when the state of Israel was founded. But that state, he warns, has failed to instill in its citizens a sense of national identity, thereby jeopardizing its future
5/21/2026 3:06:26 AM