Post-Zionism is a much hyped phantom, a term flourished in the mid-1990’s, when it seemed that Israeli and Palestinian leaders were building a peace process. In response, Israelis quickly developed their own “End of History” thesis, suggesting that soon Zionism would be a thing of the past, primarily because there would no longer be a need for any ideology to support what would be a normal modern state, at peace with its neighbors and with its past traumas.
媒体鲜有有关他们的报导，而智库对此的研究也是粗糙。我的欧洲和美国朋友经常问我我们的大学为何充斥了自我仇恨、反以色列的“后犹太复国主义”。但是情况并非如此。后犹太复国主义是一个被人夸大的幻影。这一名词在九十年代中期广为人知，当时以色列和巴勒斯坦领导人好像正在进行和平进程。作为回应，以色列人迅速提出了其自己的“历史终结”的理论。这一理论说，犹太复国主义马上就将成为历史，主要是因为再也没有必要用任何意识形态来支撑理应是正常的、与邻国和平相处并且与过去的苦难经历和解的国家。