02885cam a2200349 i 4500 499599189 TxAuBib 20210510120000.0 201111s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020041088 9781620975923 HRD 25.99 1620975920 HRD 25.99 TxAuBib rda Hill, Marc Lamont. Except for Palestine [BOOK] : the limits of progressive politics / Marc Lamont Hill and Mitchell Plitnick. New York : The New Press, 2021. xi, 227 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-217) and index. Introduction : Palestine Cannot Be an Exception -- The Right to Exist -- Criminalizing BDS -- Trumped-Up Policy -- The Crisis in Gaza -- Conclusion : Beyond the Limits. In this major work of daring criticism and analysis, scholar and political commentator Marc Lamont Hill and Israel-Palestine expert Mitchell Plitnick spotlight how holding fast to one-sided and unwaveringly pro-Israel policies reflects the truth-bending grip of authoritarianism on both Israel and the United States. Except for Palestine deftly argues that progressives and liberals who oppose regressive policies on immigration, racial justice, gender equality, LGBTQ rights, and other issues must extend these core principles to the oppression of Palestinians. In doing so, the authors take seriously the political concerns and well-being of both Israelis and Palestinians, demonstrating the extent to which U.S. policy has made peace harder to attain. They also unravel the conflation of advocacy for Palestinian rights with anti-Semitism and hatred of Israel. Hill and Plitnick provide a timely and essential intervention by examining multiple dimensions of the Israeli-Palestinian conversation, including Israel's growing disdain for democracy, the effects of occupation on Palestine, the siege of Gaza, diminishing American funding for Palestinian relief, and the campaign to stigmatize any critique of Israeli occupation. Except for Palestine is a searing polemic and a cri de coeur for elected officials, activists, and everyday citizens alike to align their beliefs and politics with their values. Provided by publisher. 20210510. Palestinian Arabs Politics and government 1993- Arab-Israeli conflict 1993- United States Foreign relations Israel. United States Foreign relations Palestine. Israel Foreign relations United States. Palestine Foreign relations United States. Plitnick, Mitchell, author.