Shortly after its publication,Lawrence Durrell's posthumous novel Judith was accused of its political propaganda and Israel bias. Based upon historical research,this paper argues that there is a certain degree of legitimacy in Durrell's eulogy of Israel's War of Independence in the novel. According to Durrell,making war is a way in which Jewish people in Palestine achieve self-defense after British Mandate becomes invalid. Employing Professor Hutchinson's argument that the founding of a state is through con...