About the author: Nitzan Ben-Shaul received his PhD from New York University. He is currently Instructor in the Film and television Department at Tel-Aviv University.
1997 0-7734-8608-9 This study presents a comprehensive analysis of Israeli film and society, in particular, the mythical expression of siege, from 1948 to the present. It examines the Israeli-Palestine conflict, Zionist-Socialism, Zionist Statism, post Six Day War Euphoria, the Israeli Left, and Ethnic Fusion vs. Ethnic Fission.