“Yitzhak Rabin, the assassinated peace” by Denis Charbit
Exactly thirty years ago, on November 4, 1995, Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by a religious Jewish extremist opposed to the peace process. In Yitzhak Rabin,...
Denis Charbit
Denis Charbit was born in Sidi-Bel-Abbès, Algeria, on December 28, 1959. Married with four children, he has lived in Israel since 1974. He is a professor of political science in the Department of Sociology, Political Science, and Communication at the Open University of Israel (Ra'anana). His research focuses on Zionism and the State of Israel on the one hand, and on the intellectual history of France in the 20th century on the other. Among his publications in French on Zionism and the State of Israel are: Yitzhak Rabin, la paix assassinée ? Une mémoire fragmentée (Yitzhak Rabin, Peace Assassinated? A Fragmented Memory), published by Jean-Claude Lattès, coll. "Memento, 2025; Israël, l'impossible Etat normal (Israel, the impossible normal state), Calmann-Lévy, coll. “Diaspora,” 2024; Retour sur Altneuland. La Traversée des utopies sionistes (Return to Altneuland. The crossing of Zionist utopias), éd. de l'éclat, 2018; Israël et ses paradoxes (Israel and its paradoxes), Le Cavalier bleu, 2015 (3rd revised and expanded edition, 2023); What is Zionism? Albin Michel, 2007, (2nd revised and expanded edition, 2024); Zionisms. Fundamental Texts, Albin Michel, 1998.
Articles by Denis Charbit
From one binational illusion to another: continuity and rupture
What ideological resources do supporters of the binational solution draw on, at a time when cohabitation between Israelis and Palestinians seems more compromised than ever?...
The Jewish exodus from Arab lands (1948-1967). About the IMA’s exhibition.
Paris’ Institut du Monde Arabe (Arab World Institute) is now hosting a new exhibition dedicated to “the Jews of the Orient.” Showcasing the art and...