Zionism in an Arab Country

<p><em>Zionism in an Arab Country</em> explores the relations between the Zionist establishment in Israel and the Jewish community in Iraq. This relationship is centred on two organizations: a Zionist movement and a defense organization. By reviewing the activity of these organizations Esther Meir-Glitzstein examines the decade preceding mass immigration and reveals the political societal economic and cultural developments that shaped the history of Iraqi Jewry in this crucial period.<br>Beyond the main focus on the sphere of Zionist activity Meir-Glitzstein also uncovers the basic problems that shaped both the development of Iraqi Jewry in the 1940s and the policy of the Zionist establishment - trapped between Arab nationalism and Jewish nationalism. Finally she elucidates the reasons and circumstances that led to the mass immigration of Jews from Iraq to the state of Israel.</p>