Hear O Israel Author:David Solway This collection of essays is a follow up to the critically acclaimed, The Big Lie: On Terror, Antisemitism and Identity. The author brings his insights from a long career as a writer and cultural critic to navigate through the culture wars and geo-political minefields concerning the State of Israel. Drawing on historical, cultural and ideologic... more »al analysis, he clarifies the role of antiSemitism in the Left's betrayal of the only liberal democracy in the Middle East. He examines the hostility to Israel from diverse sectors such as nations, non-governmental organizations, unions, and academia - while he unveils the shoddy and sometimes antisemitic assumptions lying below the surface of such critics. Solway is one of the most literate defenders of Israel and a brave voice among an intellectual class complicit in half-truths and outright distortions concerning Israel's situation among the terrorists and Iranian proxies surrounding it. This is an extraordinarily well-written book.« less