Dec 4th Blog Question

1. Q: Pages 409-410: Who were the Canaanites and what kind of Israeli culture did they advocate?

    A: The members of the Canaanites ranged from poets such as Yonatan Ratosh, authors, educators, journalists, to sculptors like Yitzhak Danziger and Binyamin Tammuz. The type of Israeli culture they advocated is described as the "negation of the Diaspora". In other words, the Canaanites wanted to get rid of Judaism and go a Middle Eastern identity that combined both Islam and Judaism. They wanted to free Jews from Judaism as well as Arabs from Islam by way of an Hebrew renaissance. This was influenced by their Fascist culture.