ABSTRACT

Post-Zionism is an ideological and cultural process that seeks to remove or reduce the Jewish and Zionist characteristics of the state of Israel. It proliferated in the mid-1990s in part due to the advancement of the Oslo peace process, which allowed Israel to reflect on its internal character.1 However, with the onset of Israeli-Palestinian violence in September 2000, issues of survival have resumed their precedence leaving little scope for post-Zionism.2 The current conflict has shattered many of the premises upon which post-Zionism was predicated, such as the belief that Israel is accepted internationally in the spirit of universalism, including by its Arab neighbours.