Israel Alone

Weaving in fifty years of experience with Israel, Bernard-Henri L茅vy analyzes global responses to October 7, the new virulent waves of the oldest hatred in the world: anti-Semitism, why Israel is waging this existential war against barbarism alone, and what��s at stake for Israel and the world.

Bernard-Henri L茅vy��s�Israel Alone�is a passionate and outraged cri-de-coeur, about the loneliness of Israel and the tragedy of October 7, starting with L茅vy��s eyewitness account the day after the pogroms.

On October 8, 2023, Bernard-Henri L茅vy flew to Israel to bear witness to the unprecedented invasion and massacre committed by Hamas.�Israel Alone�begins here and weaves in L茅vy��s fifty years on the ground in Israel, from his first trip in 1967, his experiences writing on all the conflicts since, and his participation in various peace plans and contacts with all the Israeli leaders from Menachem Begin to Shimon Peres and from Ariel Sharon to Yitzak Shamir and Yitzak Rabin.

From his unique philosophical and humanist perspective, L茅vy analyzes the ultimate evil unleashed on Israel on October 7 and delves into how the Islamic Republic of Iran, Russia, radical Islamist groups, Turkey, and China have played roles and profited from this tragedy.

The book addresses how October 7, though historic in scope, became, within weeks, a ��detail�� in the global consciousness amid a worldwide eruption of anti-Semitism, cloaked in anti-Zionism.

L茅vy deconstructs the arguments of those calling for a ��cease-fire now�� without the release of all hostages and of those who demand that October 7 be seen within a greater ��context.��

L茅vy��s meditation on the soul of Zionism and Israel shows why this war is existential, not only for Israel but for the global West.

And yet, despite the urgency and critical nature of this war, Israel takes it on alone.

L茅vy analyzes, today, why this is so and why Israel��s solitude is greater than ever.