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Bernard-Henri Lévy’s Israel Alone is a passionate and outraged cri-de-coeur, about the loneliness of Israel and the tragedy of October 7, starting with Lévy’s eyewitness account the day after the pogroms.
On October 8, 2023, Bernard-Henri Lévy flew to Israel to bear witness to the unprecedented invasion and massacre committed by Hamas. Israel Alone begins here and weaves in Lévy’s fifty years on the ground in Israel, from his first trip in 1967, his experiences writing on all the conflicts since, and his participation in various peace plans and contacts with all the Israeli leaders from Menachem Begin to Shimon Peres and from Ariel Sharon to Yitzak Shamir and Yitzak Rabin.
From his unique philosophical and humanist perspective, Lévy analyzes the ultimate evil unleashed on Israel on October 7 and delves into how the Islamic Republic of Iran, Russia, radical Islamist groups, Turkey, and China have played roles and profited from this tragedy.
The book addresses how October 7, though historic in scope, became, within weeks, a “detail” in the global consciousness amid a worldwide eruption of anti-Semitism, cloaked in anti-Zionism.
Lévy deconstructs the arguments of those calling for a “cease-fire now” without the release of all hostages and of those who demand that October 7 be seen within a greater “context.”
Lévy’s meditation on the soul of Zionism and Israel shows why this war is existential, not only for Israel but for the global West.
And yet, despite the urgency and critical nature of this war, Israel takes it on alone.
Lévy analyzes, today, why this is so and why Israel’s solitude is greater than ever.
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Weaving in fifty years of experience with Israel, Bernard-Henri Lévy analyzes global responses to October 7, the new virulent waves of the oldest hatred in the world: anti-Semitism, why Israel is waging this existential war against barbarism alone, and what's at stake for Israel and the world.
Bernard-Henri Lévy's Israel Alone is a passionate and outraged cri-de-coeur, about the loneliness of Israel and the tragedy of October 7, starting with Lévy's eyewitness account the day after the pogroms.
On October 8, 2024, Bernard-Henri Lévy flew to Israel to bear witness to the unprecedented invasion and massacre committed by Hamas. Israel Alone begins here and weaves in Lévy's fifty years on the ground in Israel, from his first trip in 1967, his experiences writing on all the conflicts since, and his participation in various peace plans and contacts with all the Israeli leaders from Menachem Begin to Shimon Peres and from Ariel Sharon to Yitzak Ship. amir and amir and yak Rabin.
From his unique philosophical and humanist perspective, Lévy analyzes the ultimate evil unleashed on Israel on October 7 and delves into how the Islamic Republic of Iran, Russia, radical Islamist groups, Turkey, and China have played roles and profited this from tragedy.
The book addresses how October 7, though historic in scope, became, within weeks, a "detail" in the global consciousness amid a worldwide eruption of anti-Semitism, cloaked in anti-Zionism.
Lévy deconstructs the arguments of those calling for a "cease-fire now" without the release of all hostages and of those who demand that October 7 be seen within a greater "context."
Lévy's meditation on the soul of Zionism and Israel shows why this war is existential, not only for Israel but for the global West.
And yet, despite the urgency and critical nature of this war, Israel takes it on alone.
Lévy analyzes, today, why this is so and why Israel's solitude is greater than ever.
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5.0 out of 5 stars ABSOLUTELY, OUTSTANDING!!!Reviewed in Canada on 30 May 2025
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5.0 out of 5 stars A must read fir those untying the current situation with demonizing the victim of Hamas.Reviewed in the United States on 6 June 2025
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Brilliant book and analysis by author.
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Peter Herold
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful explanation of why Israel needs to existReviewed in Germany on 24 November 2024
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11 months on from 10/7 a wonderful explanation of why Israel needs to exist as a refuge for Jewish people and why they’re not “settler colonialists“, of why Hamas with its human-shields-maximising-civilian-deaths strategy is responsible for the deaths of children in Gaza, and how the current Israeli government (Smotrich, Ben-Gvir, Netanyahu) with its idea of Jewish supremacy no longer adheres to the founding principles of a “radiant, luminous, exemplary Zionism […] exemplary because, despite wars, despite blows administered and blows received, it holds fast to Abraham’s commandment: ‘This house that we have built‘ should be ‘a house of prayer for all peoples.‘“
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5.0 out of 5 stars Should be compulsory reading.Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 October 2024
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This is a superb book that reminds us of the awful atrocities carried out by Palestinian Hamas terrorists against Israel that started the current war. And it predicted (correctly) that one by one nations would abandon Israel in their hour of need because of the rise of far left extremists in those countries and that in the end Israel would have to stand alone. An extremely thought provoking reminder that the current war was not started by Israel and that its former friends should not desert them.
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Any book that the Nazis would've burned; indeed, a book like this that's been spurned by the book industry--is worth a close read. It's obvious Lévy wrote "Israel Alone" in a passionate heat, and it was published less than a year after the October 7 atrocities that some in my neighbourhood publicly celebrated. Erudite, wise, balanced, and full of information you won't get in many of the dailies or the newscasts, especially The New York Times and the BBC, "Israel Alone" sets the record straight regarding the legitimacy of the State of Israel. A masterpiece and a must-read for those who consider themselves humanitarian and well-informed.
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5.0 out of 5 stars You want to really know about Israel? Read this.Reviewed in the United States on 15 May 2025
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5.0 out of 5 stars A must read.Reviewed in Canada on 2 February 2025
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Bernard Henry Levy is not everyone's cup of tea.
I have been reading his work for decades.
A brilliant mind. One might not agree with every idea he details in his fine writing,
but he is the pulse of the generation.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book!Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 October 2024
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Angry and frightening, this book awakens my mute soul and urges me onward in the fight against injustice in the world today.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Blatantly biased garbageReviewed in the United States on 8 January 2025
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The author who once cited a mythical philosopher has released a book that is blatantly biased in its fervent Zionism, one that doesn’t even make it past the first chapter without drawing on the age-old racist trope of the savage and barbaric Arab. I bought this book because I wanted to learn more about the October 7th terrorist attack, but the first few chapters and an examination of the iffy-at-best, largely secondary sources at the end of the book told me I wouldn’t be getting any decent, unbiased information here but rather Levy’s application to the Times of Israel’s editing staff.
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Weaving in fifty years of experience with Israel, Bernard-Henri Lévy analyzes global responses to October 7, the new virulent waves of the oldest hatred in the world: antisemitism, why Israel is waging this existential war against barbarism alone, and what’s at stake for Israel and the world.
Bernard-Henri Lévy’s Israel Alone is a passionate and outraged cri-de-coeur, about the loneliness of Israel and the tragedy of October 7, starting with Lévy’s eyewitness account the day after the pogroms.
On October 8, 2024, Bernard-Henri Lévy flew to Israel to bear witness to the unprecedented invasion and massacre committed by Hamas. Israel Alone begins here and weaves in Lévy’s fifty years on the ground in Israel, from his first trip in 1967, his experiences writing on all the conflicts since, and his participation in various peace plans and contacts with all the Israeli leaders from Menachem Begin to Shimon Peres and from Ariel Sharon to Yitzak Shamir and Yitzak Rabin.
From his unique philosophical and humanist perspective, Lévy analyzes the ultimate evil unleashed on Israel on October 7 and delves into how the Islamic Republic of Iran, Russia, radical Islamist groups, Turkey, and China have played roles and profited from this tragedy.
The book addresses how October 7, though historic in scope, became, within weeks, a “detail” in the global consciousness amid a worldwide eruption of anti-Semitism, cloaked in anti-Zionism.
Lévy deconstructs the arguments of those calling for a “cease-fire now” without the release of all hostages and of those who demand that October 7 be seen within a greater “context.”
Lévy’s meditation on the soul of Zionism and Israel shows why this war is existential, not only for Israel but for the global West.
And yet, despite the urgency and critical nature of this war, Israel takes it on alone.
Lévy analyzes, today, why this is so and why Israel’s solitude is greater than ever.
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Liz Lahue
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July 17, 2024
Israel is alone because they are committing genocide
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Mor5 months ago
It’s almost like you didn’t read the book and got all your info from your TikTok feed
Ilene Yohay5 months ago
Inappropriate for this setting
hihihoho4 months ago
Interestingly this isn't even what he means in the book. He thinks Israel is alone because the only ones who will take his stand in the conflict are western fascist political parties and he feels conflicted about their support given their anti-semitism -- though not questioning why those ghouls would be the only ones defending the genocide in Gaza.
Milly Cohen3 months ago
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Dee2 months ago
Genocide against the buildings of Gaza but not the people. In fact this conflict seems to have among the lowest civilian death ratio of any conflict. If you shout genocide enough times it does not make it factually so.
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This book was such an inspiration to me, because it is not often that one can read someone as cultured and clear in his thoughts as this philosopher, and see a limpid explanation for what is currently happening and for the whole drama now occuring.
I do hope that more and more people know the truth and manage to think clearly about this harsh reality.
Kudos for Bernard-Henri Lévy.
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July 11, 2025
A profound and impassioned defense of Israel's right to exist and defend itself in an increasingly hostile world. Lévy, with his characteristic eloquence and philosophical depth, presents a narrative that is both a heartfelt plea and a rigorous analysis of contemporary geopolitics.
He begins with a vivid eyewitness account of the aftermath of the October 7th attacks, capturing the raw emotion and stark reality of the situation. His assertion that "Hamas made no distinction between adults and children" underscores the brutal nature of the conflict and lays the groundwork for his broader argument about the existential threats facing Israel.
Lévy's erudition is evident as he dissects the global response to these events, highlighting the resurgence of antisemitism cloaked in anti-Zionism. He argues that calls for a ceasefire without the release of hostages are "merely a disguised manner of inviting compromise and peace with assassins." This incisive critique of international diplomacy is bolstered by his observation that "the core problem between Israel and the Palestinians is a 76-year Palestinian refusal to genuinely accept a Jewish state in any borders." Lévy's ability to distill complex historical and political issues into clear, compelling prose is a testament to his intellectual prowess. Furthermore, Lévy passionately defends Zionism, describing it as "a noble idea central to the fight for justice and truth in an age of propaganda and disinformation." Patriotism is the love of your country and your people while nationalism is the hatred of the other. In stark contrast to the bigotted watermelon idiots who chant nationalist slogans, employ racist tactics and visibly wave, draw and paint despicable signs, Zionism is a legitimate indigenous patriotic movement.
Israel Alone is not just a defense of a nation but a broader meditation on the nature of freedom and the moral imperatives of our time. Lévy's passionate plea for understanding and support for Israel is rooted in a profound humanism and a deep commitment to justice. His reflection that "Israel’s war is existential, not only for Israel but for the global West" resonates as a clarion call to recognize the interconnectedness of global struggles for freedom and democracy. In Israel Alone, Lévy offers a powerful and necessary voice in the discussion about Israel, its countless gifts to humanity, its centrality for the tiny Jewish people, and its eternal place in the world.
"...I am thinking in particular of the New York Times’s long investigation, which described a woman being pulled behind a pickup like an animal to the slaughter and, on the way, being raped by five men before being finished off with a knife. Another who, after being raped, had dozens of nails driven into her groin and thighs for fun. Two others killed by bullets shot into the vagina. Still another whose breasts were slashed by one man while another penetrated her. And another whose face was cut up before she was decapitated.
There was the number of children killed (thirty five) and the universal scandal, in Kfar Aza as in Gaza, over the harm done to the innocent. Among the children were two babies, one machine gunned (Mila Cohen), the other kidnapped (Kfir Bibas). Children who could hardly speak….
...The fact is that what we had not wanted to see in Algeria when the emirs were cutting babies into slices and the philosopher André Glucksmann and I were nearly the only ones howling in rage; what we had refused to see in Syria when a dictator ordered his opponents dissolved in acid baths, their wives raped in front of their parents, and their children exposed to banned chemical weapons; what I had filmed in Nigeria, where Boko Haram and Fulani militants were hacking up Christians with machetes —we had all of that recorded right before our eyes in Israel.
All of the colorful masks with which assassins customarily disguise themselves fell from the faces of these “liberators” as they phoned their families holding a bloody pulp at arm’s length, crowing, “Mom, your son is a hero! I killed ten… ten with my own hands….”
All the strategies of avoidance and containment, all the tricks of conscience, all the conjuring rhetoric that we had been deploying for twenty, fifty, eighty years or more—all of it was pulverized by the Event.
Evil was there.
Pure evil, plain-faced, gratuitous, senseless.
Evil for nothing and for no reason; evil raw and unadorned ..."
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In a sweeping history of Israel’s existence, featuring documentary evidence of Israel’s struggle to survive from the date of its birth, the eminent Bernard-Henri Levy has created a treatise on how the October 7, 2023 massacre exemplifies ongoing antisemitism in a world that has always made Jews into scapegoats.
For a few minutes in time, the world was shocked by and empathetic to the victims of a vicious act of terrorism perpetrated on thousands of young civilians gathered only to dance. Everything changed in a few hours. Mr Levy explains that the phrase Never Again, coined to expel the notion of another Jewish Holocaust/ genocide could ever be repeated. It became immediately obsolete. The unthinkable had occurred. But once Israel fought back world support dwindled and ended. Through historical fact and carefully documented sources, we come to understand that Israel stands alone with no true or dependable allies.
I’m not going to reiterate the arguments that are so well stated in this heartfelt and heartbreaking work. If you are interested in these facts, you must read this book. It is a dark and anxiety provoking analysis of why a ceasefire cannot work in the context of Israel’s ongoing effort to simply exist in a world that would deny them that right.
Five stars for the story of a people that must be told. My thanks to NetGalley and Post Hill Press for an ARC in exchange for my review. Publication in English will be on September 10,2024. It is a must read for those interested in keeping an open mind about Israel’s history and right to exist.
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I hated Bernard Levy’s point of view here which I probably decided too early on to give it a fair read. I think I object to just about any history or analysis of a historical situation which defines an absolute starting place from which all good or evil emanates, as he does here with October 7. It was a genocidal abomination, but it was not the birth but an outgrowth. Finally more than half way through he begins to delve into relevant history, which he carefully cherry picks. In his analysis (until he mentions the settlements in the last chapter) Israel can do no wrong. Blame can be apportioned to everyone else — Palestinians, Arabs, the Germans, the English. The Israelis are pure. He lost me early on, when he says the Israelis are totally justified in their present action, even if neither he nor they have any path from here, or have any idea what they are trying to achieve in the long run, despite his acknowledgement that the October 7 attack was not an existential blow.. If I were a defendant on trial for murder, particularly a guilty one, I would love him as my defense counsel. He is passionate in search of acquittal but not the truth.
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Hasbara drivel with a touch of eloquence written by a "big brained philosopher" Bernard-Henri Levy who is renowned for having borderline retarded opinions on world events.
Here is a direct quote from this book that encapsulates the ideological gutter in which Zionist propagandists like Levy operate: "The responsibility of the death of Palestinian children doesn't lie with Israel"
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Thank you to NetGalley and Wicked Son for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
This was the kind of book that I didn’t want to read, but felt it was important to do. It’s like Holocaust memoirs—I never *want* to read one, but I do whenever I get the chance because I was raised to bear witness and work hard to make a better world for all of us. This wasn’t an easy book to read, but it’s so important, and really addresses a lot of issues, both historic and current, that have led to Israel’s isolation on the world stage.
October 7th, 2023 is a day that I already know I’ll remember vividly for the rest of my life. While I wasn’t in Israel, someone very close to me was at the Nova festival, and when I saw the news, I was one of the people waiting with my heart in my mouth to find out if my loved one was safe … and alive. Someone let me know that she was okay, and safety at home. But three of her close friends were taken hostage, and one is still a hostage, but there hasn't been any news about him, so it’s just a waiting game. It wasn’t just my moral obligation to bear witness that led me to read this book, but more in an effort to understand how the world has seemed to flip upside down and antisemitism has exploded around the world.
To start with, I hadn’t heard of Bernard-Henri Lévy before this, but was very impressed with his background—fifty years of visiting Israel, engaging in activism, creating documentaries about various wars around the world, and advising Israeli leaders on peace plans and conflicts since the 1970s. His extensive knowledge shows in this work, especially as he connects the dots between past and present, and exploring how this massive increase in antisemitism developed, seemingly out of nowhere, and has changed how our world views not only Israel, but diaspora Jews.
What hit me first about this book was that it is dedicated to the hostages held in Gaza. At the time of this book’s original French printing, there were 131. When the English version was made available, the number was changed to 120—but no one has been able to provide an exact count of how many remain alive. Five hostages had been rescued alive, others have had their bodies recovered. I started this book and was immediately struck by the name Hersh Goldberg-Polin, one of the six hostages who was murdered by Hamas just days before they were found by the IDF, since he was still alive at the time that this book was printed.
I was really worried that it would be difficult to read, because of the emotional aspect of this whole situation. However, Lévy tackles the subject matter with respect and sensitivity, focusing more on the background of the conflict and the aftermath than the gory aspects of the tragedy. Initially, he discusses his experiences visiting Israel the day after, on October 8th, with busy cities more like ghost towns, and everyone trying to put their shattered lives and sense of safety back together. By the time of his visit, most of the bodies had been cleaned up, but touring towns and kibbutzim surrounding Gaza revealed the extent of the pogrom: he describes what he saw, what he smelled, allowing readers to visualize the aftermath.
Lévy explores the mind-boggling phenomenon of how Hamas terrorists filmed their acts and proudly bragged about them to their parents, friends, and sharing videos on the internet, yet:
“In spite of this evidence, there were some cynical souls who came forward immediately after October 7 to say that they either saw nothing or did not believe what they had seen.”
Over the last 11 months, we have watched in real time as people refused to believe what they saw and heard with their own eyes, called facts ‘propaganda,’ creating new definitions for words that don’t align with what the word really means, and blaming everything on Israel and the Zionists, while ignoring everything negative about Hamas, even to the point of people on the streets calling to globalize the intifada and gas Jews. This wasn’t the response that we were expecting, and it wasn’t a response that helped the conflict in any way.
“The truth is, the pogrom that should have been—and was, for a brief moment—the occasion for seamless solidarity with the dead and those who mourned them, produced the opposite effect: a gale of anti-Semitism (sic). Or, to call it by its right name, a tempest of hatred for Jews without precedent since the Second World War.”
This book also debunks a lot of the misinformation that is being spread around about Israel and its history, the conflict between Hamas and Israel, and offers plenty of factual, historical information that is freely available in this day and age. However, dialogue and research seem to have gone out of fashion, in favor of being able to shout louder than your opponent, and an inability to accept views that don’t align with one’s own echo chamber. Discussing how Israel is not a ‘settler-colonial project,’ but rather one of the most successful decolonization efforts by an Indigenous population (yes, Jews are indigenous to the Levant, not Europe).
Finally, the book turns its attention to radical Islamism, and how the spread of it threatens not only Israel and Jews, but is a threat to democracy, Western values, and freedom. Another easily observed fact is the blatant Arab imperialism that is ignored—Islam has been spread from the Arabian peninsula to the entire SWANA (Southwest Asian and North Africa) region, much of Africa and Asia, in their own brand of settler-colonialism, while blaming Jews for the same thing in their own ancestral homeland. Islamist violence threatens us all, no matter your religion. The goal is a global caliphate, and Israel is on the front lines of this fight … alone.
Overall, this is an exceptional book. It’s thoroughly researched and should be read by everyone. Yes, the author talks about gore that he’s seen in a straightforward manner, without it ever feeling like trauma porn or gratuitous gore. The connections between ancient and current antisemitism can’t be ignored, and Lévy gives a clear and easy to understand analysis of this major Event (as he terms it) and what happened afterwards. If you know a Jewish person or don’t, if you’ve been personally affected by October 7th or not, or if you are only becoming aware of the increasing antisemitism and want to learn more, this is a great place to start.
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Parece que começou a temporada dos ensaios… subo a pulso este género literário que não tem a minha preferência.
Começa por nos recordar a história geopolítica que antecedeu a tragédia actual e segue para a análise detalhada de uma acção dramática catastrófica e funesta que é de toda a Humanidade.
Leitura imperativa e de uma actualidade pungente.
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A alma judaica é insuperável, inabalável, justa, inteligente, autocrítica e estudiosa. A minha admiração pelos judeus, pela sua cultura e pela sua religião está consubstanciada neste livro. Porquê? Porque, se foca na desconstrução dos argumentos anti-semitas disseminados pelo mundo inteiro, depois do massacre de 7 de outubro, massacre este perpetrado por um grupo terrorista e que fez 251 reféns e 1400 mortes das formas mais cruéis e macabras que possam imaginar. Mortes estas festejadas no mundo islâmico radical, filmadas e transmitidas em direto pelas redes sociais, apoiadas na sua execução por um eixo que vemos formar-se: Irão-Rússia-China, entre outros atores satélite, mas igualmente radicais e anti-ocidente.
Como é que Israel passou de vítima a carrasco em dois tempos? Como se explicam as violentíssimas manifestações contra Israel, os ataques a judeus, a destruição de sinagogas, os slogans anti-semitas gritados a plenos pulmões por reitores de universidades, estudantes e repetidos em uníssono por todo o mundo?
Este livro é essencial para se compreender o que se passa atualmente no Médio Oriente e o perigo que representa para o chamado “mundo ocidental”. É igualmente importante para destruir os argumentos anti-semitas disfarçados de “amor pelas minorias” que por aí circulam.
A minha opinião é conhecida de todos vós porque nunca a escondi. Defendo Israel e sou completamente contra qualquer ação ou grupo terrorista. E porque as redes sociais têm tido tanto espaço para a “causa palestiniana” e para constantes ataques a Israel, penso que também tem que ter espaço para a defesa de Israel e dos judeus no mundo inteiro, porque é a sua existência que está em causa mais uma vez.
Escrevi em vários quadros todos os argumentos que o autor apresenta. Queria que todos soubessem o que verdadeiramente se passa, os factos, os argumentos. Depois decidi não publicá-los. Acredito que quem tiver o coração e a alma no lugar certo irá ler este livro e aprofundar os seus conhecimentos. Os restantes continuarão empedernidos no seu ódio por Israel e por judeus. Os judeus não evangelizam e eu também não, por isso deixo o desafio de lerem este livro e não imponho nada a ninguém. Mas defendo aquilo em que acredito e eu acredito em Israel.
Como também acredito mais em livros do que em slogans gritados sem qualquer conhecimento de causa, continuarei a aprofundar os meus conhecimentos nesta matéria, bem como em tudo relacionado com a religião e cultura judaicas, através de livros, documentários, filmes, viagens, etc. Nunca pelo que vejo apenas na televisão portuguesa ou nas redes sociais, que são limitadas e tendenciosas. Poucos são os que se atrevem a falar de Israel com a honestidade que este país merece.
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As always Bernard Henri Levy puts into words exactly how I’m feeling. The isolation, the loneliness but also the growing anxiety of a world slowly going back into dark times. I suddenly felt seen.
The 7th of October has forever changed my view of the world, not a day goes by that I don’t think of the hostages, of Noa, wondering if she’s still alive and at what price.
Bernard-Henri also answers the most frequently asked questions and arguments around this conflict, simply and with plenty of facts and information to back up his answers.
I hope this book will also get into the hands of many non-Jewish people.
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Weaving in fifty years of experience with Israel, Bernard-Henri Lévy analyzes global responses to October 7, the new virulent waves of the oldest hatred in the world: anti-Semitism, why Israel is waging this existential war against barbarism alone, and what's at stake for Israel and the world.
Bernard-Henri Lévy's Israel Alone is a passionate and outraged cri-de-coeur, about the loneliness of Israel and the tragedy of October 7, starting with Lévy's eyewitness account the day after the pogroms.
On October 8, 2024, Bernard-Henri Lévy flew to Israel to bear witness to the unprecedented invasion and massacre committed by Hamas. Israel Alone begins here and weaves in Lévy's fifty years on the ground in Israel, from his first trip in 1967, his experiences writing on all the conflicts since, and his participation in various peace plans and contacts with all the Israeli leaders from Menachem Begin to Shimon Peres and from Ariel Sharon to Yitzak Ship. amir and amir and yak Rabin.
From his unique philosophical and humanist perspective, Lévy analyzes the ultimate evil unleashed on Israel on October 7 and delves into how the Islamic Republic of Iran, Russia, radical Islamist groups, Turkey, and China have played roles and profited this from tragedy.
The book addresses how October 7, though historic in scope, became, within weeks, a "detail" in the global consciousness amid a worldwide eruption of anti-Semitism, cloaked in anti-Zionism.
Lévy deconstructs the arguments of those calling for a "cease-fire now" without the release of all hostages and of those who demand that October 7 be seen within a greater "context."
Lévy's meditation on the soul of Zionism and Israel shows why this war is existential, not only for Israel but for the global West.
And yet, despite the urgency and critical nature of this war, Israel takes it on alone.
Lévy analyzes, today, why this is so and why Israel's solitude is greater than ever.
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Joseph Myren
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5.0 out of 5 stars A must read fir those untying the current situation with demonizing the victim of Hamas.Reviewed in the United States on 6 June 2025
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful explanation of why Israel needs to existReviewed in Germany on 24 November 2024
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11 months on from 10/7 a wonderful explanation of why Israel needs to exist as a refuge for Jewish people and why they’re not “settler colonialists“, of why Hamas with its human-shields-maximising-civilian-deaths strategy is responsible for the deaths of children in Gaza, and how the current Israeli government (Smotrich, Ben-Gvir, Netanyahu) with its idea of Jewish supremacy no longer adheres to the founding principles of a “radiant, luminous, exemplary Zionism […] exemplary because, despite wars, despite blows administered and blows received, it holds fast to Abraham’s commandment: ‘This house that we have built‘ should be ‘a house of prayer for all peoples.‘“
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5.0 out of 5 stars Should be compulsory reading.Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 October 2024
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This is a superb book that reminds us of the awful atrocities carried out by Palestinian Hamas terrorists against Israel that started the current war. And it predicted (correctly) that one by one nations would abandon Israel in their hour of need because of the rise of far left extremists in those countries and that in the end Israel would have to stand alone. An extremely thought provoking reminder that the current war was not started by Israel and that its former friends should not desert them.
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Any book that the Nazis would've burned; indeed, a book like this that's been spurned by the book industry--is worth a close read. It's obvious Lévy wrote "Israel Alone" in a passionate heat, and it was published less than a year after the October 7 atrocities that some in my neighbourhood publicly celebrated. Erudite, wise, balanced, and full of information you won't get in many of the dailies or the newscasts, especially The New York Times and the BBC, "Israel Alone" sets the record straight regarding the legitimacy of the State of Israel. A masterpiece and a must-read for those who consider themselves humanitarian and well-informed.
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5.0 out of 5 stars You want to really know about Israel? Read this.Reviewed in the United States on 15 May 2025
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5.0 out of 5 stars A must read.Reviewed in Canada on 2 February 2025
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Bernard Henry Levy is not everyone's cup of tea.
I have been reading his work for decades.
A brilliant mind. One might not agree with every idea he details in his fine writing,
but he is the pulse of the generation.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book!Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 October 2024
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Angry and frightening, this book awakens my mute soul and urges me onward in the fight against injustice in the world today.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Blatantly biased garbageReviewed in the United States on 8 January 2025
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The author who once cited a mythical philosopher has released a book that is blatantly biased in its fervent Zionism, one that doesn’t even make it past the first chapter without drawing on the age-old racist trope of the savage and barbaric Arab. I bought this book because I wanted to learn more about the October 7th terrorist attack, but the first few chapters and an examination of the iffy-at-best, largely secondary sources at the end of the book told me I wouldn’t be getting any decent, unbiased information here but rather Levy’s application to the Times of Israel’s editing staff.
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Israel Alone
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Weaving in fifty years of experience with Israel, Bernard-Henri Lévy analyzes global responses to October 7, the new virulent waves of the oldest hatred in the world: antisemitism, why Israel is waging this existential war against barbarism alone, and what’s at stake for Israel and the world.
Bernard-Henri Lévy’s Israel Alone is a passionate and outraged cri-de-coeur, about the loneliness of Israel and the tragedy of October 7, starting with Lévy’s eyewitness account the day after the pogroms.
On October 8, 2024, Bernard-Henri Lévy flew to Israel to bear witness to the unprecedented invasion and massacre committed by Hamas. Israel Alone begins here and weaves in Lévy’s fifty years on the ground in Israel, from his first trip in 1967, his experiences writing on all the conflicts since, and his participation in various peace plans and contacts with all the Israeli leaders from Menachem Begin to Shimon Peres and from Ariel Sharon to Yitzak Shamir and Yitzak Rabin.
From his unique philosophical and humanist perspective, Lévy analyzes the ultimate evil unleashed on Israel on October 7 and delves into how the Islamic Republic of Iran, Russia, radical Islamist groups, Turkey, and China have played roles and profited from this tragedy.
The book addresses how October 7, though historic in scope, became, within weeks, a “detail” in the global consciousness amid a worldwide eruption of anti-Semitism, cloaked in anti-Zionism.
Lévy deconstructs the arguments of those calling for a “cease-fire now” without the release of all hostages and of those who demand that October 7 be seen within a greater “context.”
Lévy’s meditation on the soul of Zionism and Israel shows why this war is existential, not only for Israel but for the global West.
And yet, despite the urgency and critical nature of this war, Israel takes it on alone.
Lévy analyzes, today, why this is so and why Israel’s solitude is greater than ever.
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Bernard-Henri Lévy is a philosopher, activist, filmmaker, and author of more than thirty books including The Genius of Judaism, American Vertigo, Barbarism with a Human Face, and Who Killed Daniel Pearl? His writing has appeared extensively in publications throughout Europe and the United States. His documentaries include Peshmerga, The Battle of Mosul, The Oath of Tobruk, and Bosna! Lévy is cofounder of the antiracist group SOS Racisme and has served on diplomatic missions for the French government.
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Liz Lahue
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July 17, 2024
Israel is alone because they are committing genocide
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Mor5 months ago
It’s almost like you didn’t read the book and got all your info from your TikTok feed
Ilene Yohay5 months ago
Inappropriate for this setting
hihihoho4 months ago
Interestingly this isn't even what he means in the book. He thinks Israel is alone because the only ones who will take his stand in the conflict are western fascist political parties and he feels conflicted about their support given their anti-semitism -- though not questioning why those ghouls would be the only ones defending the genocide in Gaza.
Milly Cohen3 months ago
totally inappropiate
Dee2 months ago
Genocide against the buildings of Gaza but not the people. In fact this conflict seems to have among the lowest civilian death ratio of any conflict. If you shout genocide enough times it does not make it factually so.
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June 18, 2024
This book was such an inspiration to me, because it is not often that one can read someone as cultured and clear in his thoughts as this philosopher, and see a limpid explanation for what is currently happening and for the whole drama now occuring.
I do hope that more and more people know the truth and manage to think clearly about this harsh reality.
Kudos for Bernard-Henri Lévy.
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July 11, 2025
A profound and impassioned defense of Israel's right to exist and defend itself in an increasingly hostile world. Lévy, with his characteristic eloquence and philosophical depth, presents a narrative that is both a heartfelt plea and a rigorous analysis of contemporary geopolitics.
He begins with a vivid eyewitness account of the aftermath of the October 7th attacks, capturing the raw emotion and stark reality of the situation. His assertion that "Hamas made no distinction between adults and children" underscores the brutal nature of the conflict and lays the groundwork for his broader argument about the existential threats facing Israel.
Lévy's erudition is evident as he dissects the global response to these events, highlighting the resurgence of antisemitism cloaked in anti-Zionism. He argues that calls for a ceasefire without the release of hostages are "merely a disguised manner of inviting compromise and peace with assassins." This incisive critique of international diplomacy is bolstered by his observation that "the core problem between Israel and the Palestinians is a 76-year Palestinian refusal to genuinely accept a Jewish state in any borders." Lévy's ability to distill complex historical and political issues into clear, compelling prose is a testament to his intellectual prowess. Furthermore, Lévy passionately defends Zionism, describing it as "a noble idea central to the fight for justice and truth in an age of propaganda and disinformation." Patriotism is the love of your country and your people while nationalism is the hatred of the other. In stark contrast to the bigotted watermelon idiots who chant nationalist slogans, employ racist tactics and visibly wave, draw and paint despicable signs, Zionism is a legitimate indigenous patriotic movement.
Israel Alone is not just a defense of a nation but a broader meditation on the nature of freedom and the moral imperatives of our time. Lévy's passionate plea for understanding and support for Israel is rooted in a profound humanism and a deep commitment to justice. His reflection that "Israel’s war is existential, not only for Israel but for the global West" resonates as a clarion call to recognize the interconnectedness of global struggles for freedom and democracy. In Israel Alone, Lévy offers a powerful and necessary voice in the discussion about Israel, its countless gifts to humanity, its centrality for the tiny Jewish people, and its eternal place in the world.
"...I am thinking in particular of the New York Times’s long investigation, which described a woman being pulled behind a pickup like an animal to the slaughter and, on the way, being raped by five men before being finished off with a knife. Another who, after being raped, had dozens of nails driven into her groin and thighs for fun. Two others killed by bullets shot into the vagina. Still another whose breasts were slashed by one man while another penetrated her. And another whose face was cut up before she was decapitated.
There was the number of children killed (thirty five) and the universal scandal, in Kfar Aza as in Gaza, over the harm done to the innocent. Among the children were two babies, one machine gunned (Mila Cohen), the other kidnapped (Kfir Bibas). Children who could hardly speak….
...The fact is that what we had not wanted to see in Algeria when the emirs were cutting babies into slices and the philosopher André Glucksmann and I were nearly the only ones howling in rage; what we had refused to see in Syria when a dictator ordered his opponents dissolved in acid baths, their wives raped in front of their parents, and their children exposed to banned chemical weapons; what I had filmed in Nigeria, where Boko Haram and Fulani militants were hacking up Christians with machetes —we had all of that recorded right before our eyes in Israel.
All of the colorful masks with which assassins customarily disguise themselves fell from the faces of these “liberators” as they phoned their families holding a bloody pulp at arm’s length, crowing, “Mom, your son is a hero! I killed ten… ten with my own hands….”
All the strategies of avoidance and containment, all the tricks of conscience, all the conjuring rhetoric that we had been deploying for twenty, fifty, eighty years or more—all of it was pulverized by the Event.
Evil was there.
Pure evil, plain-faced, gratuitous, senseless.
Evil for nothing and for no reason; evil raw and unadorned ..."
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September 8, 2024
In a sweeping history of Israel’s existence, featuring documentary evidence of Israel’s struggle to survive from the date of its birth, the eminent Bernard-Henri Levy has created a treatise on how the October 7, 2023 massacre exemplifies ongoing antisemitism in a world that has always made Jews into scapegoats.
For a few minutes in time, the world was shocked by and empathetic to the victims of a vicious act of terrorism perpetrated on thousands of young civilians gathered only to dance. Everything changed in a few hours. Mr Levy explains that the phrase Never Again, coined to expel the notion of another Jewish Holocaust/ genocide could ever be repeated. It became immediately obsolete. The unthinkable had occurred. But once Israel fought back world support dwindled and ended. Through historical fact and carefully documented sources, we come to understand that Israel stands alone with no true or dependable allies.
I’m not going to reiterate the arguments that are so well stated in this heartfelt and heartbreaking work. If you are interested in these facts, you must read this book. It is a dark and anxiety provoking analysis of why a ceasefire cannot work in the context of Israel’s ongoing effort to simply exist in a world that would deny them that right.
Five stars for the story of a people that must be told. My thanks to NetGalley and Post Hill Press for an ARC in exchange for my review. Publication in English will be on September 10,2024. It is a must read for those interested in keeping an open mind about Israel’s history and right to exist.
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December 30, 2024
I hated Bernard Levy’s point of view here which I probably decided too early on to give it a fair read. I think I object to just about any history or analysis of a historical situation which defines an absolute starting place from which all good or evil emanates, as he does here with October 7. It was a genocidal abomination, but it was not the birth but an outgrowth. Finally more than half way through he begins to delve into relevant history, which he carefully cherry picks. In his analysis (until he mentions the settlements in the last chapter) Israel can do no wrong. Blame can be apportioned to everyone else — Palestinians, Arabs, the Germans, the English. The Israelis are pure. He lost me early on, when he says the Israelis are totally justified in their present action, even if neither he nor they have any path from here, or have any idea what they are trying to achieve in the long run, despite his acknowledgement that the October 7 attack was not an existential blow.. If I were a defendant on trial for murder, particularly a guilty one, I would love him as my defense counsel. He is passionate in search of acquittal but not the truth.
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January 7, 2025
Hasbara drivel with a touch of eloquence written by a "big brained philosopher" Bernard-Henri Levy who is renowned for having borderline retarded opinions on world events.
Here is a direct quote from this book that encapsulates the ideological gutter in which Zionist propagandists like Levy operate: "The responsibility of the death of Palestinian children doesn't lie with Israel"
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Leah M
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Thank you to NetGalley and Wicked Son for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
This was the kind of book that I didn’t want to read, but felt it was important to do. It’s like Holocaust memoirs—I never *want* to read one, but I do whenever I get the chance because I was raised to bear witness and work hard to make a better world for all of us. This wasn’t an easy book to read, but it’s so important, and really addresses a lot of issues, both historic and current, that have led to Israel’s isolation on the world stage.
October 7th, 2023 is a day that I already know I’ll remember vividly for the rest of my life. While I wasn’t in Israel, someone very close to me was at the Nova festival, and when I saw the news, I was one of the people waiting with my heart in my mouth to find out if my loved one was safe … and alive. Someone let me know that she was okay, and safety at home. But three of her close friends were taken hostage, and one is still a hostage, but there hasn't been any news about him, so it’s just a waiting game. It wasn’t just my moral obligation to bear witness that led me to read this book, but more in an effort to understand how the world has seemed to flip upside down and antisemitism has exploded around the world.
To start with, I hadn’t heard of Bernard-Henri Lévy before this, but was very impressed with his background—fifty years of visiting Israel, engaging in activism, creating documentaries about various wars around the world, and advising Israeli leaders on peace plans and conflicts since the 1970s. His extensive knowledge shows in this work, especially as he connects the dots between past and present, and exploring how this massive increase in antisemitism developed, seemingly out of nowhere, and has changed how our world views not only Israel, but diaspora Jews.
What hit me first about this book was that it is dedicated to the hostages held in Gaza. At the time of this book’s original French printing, there were 131. When the English version was made available, the number was changed to 120—but no one has been able to provide an exact count of how many remain alive. Five hostages had been rescued alive, others have had their bodies recovered. I started this book and was immediately struck by the name Hersh Goldberg-Polin, one of the six hostages who was murdered by Hamas just days before they were found by the IDF, since he was still alive at the time that this book was printed.
I was really worried that it would be difficult to read, because of the emotional aspect of this whole situation. However, Lévy tackles the subject matter with respect and sensitivity, focusing more on the background of the conflict and the aftermath than the gory aspects of the tragedy. Initially, he discusses his experiences visiting Israel the day after, on October 8th, with busy cities more like ghost towns, and everyone trying to put their shattered lives and sense of safety back together. By the time of his visit, most of the bodies had been cleaned up, but touring towns and kibbutzim surrounding Gaza revealed the extent of the pogrom: he describes what he saw, what he smelled, allowing readers to visualize the aftermath.
Lévy explores the mind-boggling phenomenon of how Hamas terrorists filmed their acts and proudly bragged about them to their parents, friends, and sharing videos on the internet, yet:
“In spite of this evidence, there were some cynical souls who came forward immediately after October 7 to say that they either saw nothing or did not believe what they had seen.”
Over the last 11 months, we have watched in real time as people refused to believe what they saw and heard with their own eyes, called facts ‘propaganda,’ creating new definitions for words that don’t align with what the word really means, and blaming everything on Israel and the Zionists, while ignoring everything negative about Hamas, even to the point of people on the streets calling to globalize the intifada and gas Jews. This wasn’t the response that we were expecting, and it wasn’t a response that helped the conflict in any way.
“The truth is, the pogrom that should have been—and was, for a brief moment—the occasion for seamless solidarity with the dead and those who mourned them, produced the opposite effect: a gale of anti-Semitism (sic). Or, to call it by its right name, a tempest of hatred for Jews without precedent since the Second World War.”
This book also debunks a lot of the misinformation that is being spread around about Israel and its history, the conflict between Hamas and Israel, and offers plenty of factual, historical information that is freely available in this day and age. However, dialogue and research seem to have gone out of fashion, in favor of being able to shout louder than your opponent, and an inability to accept views that don’t align with one’s own echo chamber. Discussing how Israel is not a ‘settler-colonial project,’ but rather one of the most successful decolonization efforts by an Indigenous population (yes, Jews are indigenous to the Levant, not Europe).
Finally, the book turns its attention to radical Islamism, and how the spread of it threatens not only Israel and Jews, but is a threat to democracy, Western values, and freedom. Another easily observed fact is the blatant Arab imperialism that is ignored—Islam has been spread from the Arabian peninsula to the entire SWANA (Southwest Asian and North Africa) region, much of Africa and Asia, in their own brand of settler-colonialism, while blaming Jews for the same thing in their own ancestral homeland. Islamist violence threatens us all, no matter your religion. The goal is a global caliphate, and Israel is on the front lines of this fight … alone.
Overall, this is an exceptional book. It’s thoroughly researched and should be read by everyone. Yes, the author talks about gore that he’s seen in a straightforward manner, without it ever feeling like trauma porn or gratuitous gore. The connections between ancient and current antisemitism can’t be ignored, and Lévy gives a clear and easy to understand analysis of this major Event (as he terms it) and what happened afterwards. If you know a Jewish person or don’t, if you’ve been personally affected by October 7th or not, or if you are only becoming aware of the increasing antisemitism and want to learn more, this is a great place to start.
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June 28, 2024
Parece que começou a temporada dos ensaios… subo a pulso este género literário que não tem a minha preferência.
Começa por nos recordar a história geopolítica que antecedeu a tragédia actual e segue para a análise detalhada de uma acção dramática catastrófica e funesta que é de toda a Humanidade.
Leitura imperativa e de uma actualidade pungente.
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August 31, 2024
A alma judaica é insuperável, inabalável, justa, inteligente, autocrítica e estudiosa. A minha admiração pelos judeus, pela sua cultura e pela sua religião está consubstanciada neste livro. Porquê? Porque, se foca na desconstrução dos argumentos anti-semitas disseminados pelo mundo inteiro, depois do massacre de 7 de outubro, massacre este perpetrado por um grupo terrorista e que fez 251 reféns e 1400 mortes das formas mais cruéis e macabras que possam imaginar. Mortes estas festejadas no mundo islâmico radical, filmadas e transmitidas em direto pelas redes sociais, apoiadas na sua execução por um eixo que vemos formar-se: Irão-Rússia-China, entre outros atores satélite, mas igualmente radicais e anti-ocidente.
Como é que Israel passou de vítima a carrasco em dois tempos? Como se explicam as violentíssimas manifestações contra Israel, os ataques a judeus, a destruição de sinagogas, os slogans anti-semitas gritados a plenos pulmões por reitores de universidades, estudantes e repetidos em uníssono por todo o mundo?
Este livro é essencial para se compreender o que se passa atualmente no Médio Oriente e o perigo que representa para o chamado “mundo ocidental”. É igualmente importante para destruir os argumentos anti-semitas disfarçados de “amor pelas minorias” que por aí circulam.
A minha opinião é conhecida de todos vós porque nunca a escondi. Defendo Israel e sou completamente contra qualquer ação ou grupo terrorista. E porque as redes sociais têm tido tanto espaço para a “causa palestiniana” e para constantes ataques a Israel, penso que também tem que ter espaço para a defesa de Israel e dos judeus no mundo inteiro, porque é a sua existência que está em causa mais uma vez.
Escrevi em vários quadros todos os argumentos que o autor apresenta. Queria que todos soubessem o que verdadeiramente se passa, os factos, os argumentos. Depois decidi não publicá-los. Acredito que quem tiver o coração e a alma no lugar certo irá ler este livro e aprofundar os seus conhecimentos. Os restantes continuarão empedernidos no seu ódio por Israel e por judeus. Os judeus não evangelizam e eu também não, por isso deixo o desafio de lerem este livro e não imponho nada a ninguém. Mas defendo aquilo em que acredito e eu acredito em Israel.
Como também acredito mais em livros do que em slogans gritados sem qualquer conhecimento de causa, continuarei a aprofundar os meus conhecimentos nesta matéria, bem como em tudo relacionado com a religião e cultura judaicas, através de livros, documentários, filmes, viagens, etc. Nunca pelo que vejo apenas na televisão portuguesa ou nas redes sociais, que são limitadas e tendenciosas. Poucos são os que se atrevem a falar de Israel com a honestidade que este país merece.
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Alice Peyredieu
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As always Bernard Henri Levy puts into words exactly how I’m feeling. The isolation, the loneliness but also the growing anxiety of a world slowly going back into dark times. I suddenly felt seen.
The 7th of October has forever changed my view of the world, not a day goes by that I don’t think of the hostages, of Noa, wondering if she’s still alive and at what price.
Bernard-Henri also answers the most frequently asked questions and arguments around this conflict, simply and with plenty of facts and information to back up his answers.
I hope this book will also get into the hands of many non-Jewish people.
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