Prologue: Netanyahu's Israel -- 1. Frustrated lovers of Zion 1879-1948. An orator of the highest grace ; Propaganda, propaganda, and propaganda ; On the sidelines of history ; The end of the great Zionist dream -- 2. Outsiders in the new State 1949-1976. Life within sharp borders ; A terrible dislocation ; American Ben, Israeli Bibi ; You have to kill Arabs ; I've reached my target ; Trying to save the state -- 3. Breaking the elite 1976-1996. Stop the world! ; Why aren't you in uniform? ; Prime minister in ten years' time ; If he had a sense of humor, he'd be a 10 ; Prime minister? of course not ; A crime unprecedented in the history of democracy ; A political failure? ; Rabin is "not a traitor" ; Good for the Jews -- 4. Israel's serial bungler 1996-2009. The bedrock of our existence ; Dragged to Wye ; They. Are. Afraid ; A concerned citizen ; My own media ; Threats are what work -- 5. Stuck on top 2009-2018. A new pragmatic Bibi? ; Your father wrote history, you are making history ; The Arab voters are moving in droves ; A bad mistake of historic proportions ; Nothing will happen, because nothing happened -- Epilogue: Netanyahu's Israel at seventy.
Summary:
For many in Israel and elsewhere, Benjamin Netanyahu is anathema, an embarrassment, even a precursor to Donald Trump. But he continues to dominate Israeli public life. How can we explain his rise, his hold on Israeli politics, and his outsized role on the world's stage? As Pfeffer demonstrates in this penetrating biography, Netanyahu's Israel is a hybrid of ancient phobia and high-tech hope, tribalism, and globalism--just like the man himself.
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