Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Telespeculations: Debating Israeli Television
1. Mere Glints and Refractions: The Uses of Prehistory and the Origins of the Television Discourse
2. Broadcasting through the Back Door: Three Models for Israeli Television
3. The Belly-Dancer Strategy: Israeli Educational Television and Its Alternatives
Part II. Image and Nation: Broadcasting in Conflict
4. Clenched Fist and Open Palm: The Six Day War, the Combat Radio Formula, and the Launch of General Television
5. Jewish Television or Mickey Mouse Culture? The 1969 Election and the Sabbath Debate
6. Good for the Jews: Airing National Guilt and the Hirbat Hizaa Affair
Conclusion: On Televisual Imagination
Notes
Index