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Mahmoud Darwish ,
Mahmud Darwish ,
Ibrahim Muhawi
[Paperback 1995]
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This book is an extended reflection on the invasion and its political and historical dimensions. It is also a journey into personal and collective memory. Darwish implicitly connects writing, homeland, meaning, and resistance in an ironic, condensed work that combines with rage. His masterly text testifies to the heroism of... more
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George Jonas
[Paperback 2005]
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"Vengeance" is a true story that reads like a novel. It is the account of five ordinary Israelis, selected to vanish into "the cold" of espionage secrecy -- their mission to hunt down and kill the PLO terrorists responsible for the massacre of eleven Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics... more
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Amos Oz
[Paperback 2012]
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About the Book : In 'How To Cure a Fanatic' Amos Oz analyses the historical roots of violence and confronts truths about the extremism nurtured throughout society. By bringing us face to face with fanaticism he suggests ways in which we can all respond. In 'Help Us to Divorce' he... more
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Gordon Thomas
[Paperback 2012]
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"The authoritative examination of the Mossad---now updated for 2007" " " Created in 1951 to ensure an embattled Israel's future, the Mossad has been responsible for the most audacious and thrilling feats of espionage, counterterrorism, and assassination ever ventured. Gordon Thomas's 1999 publication of "Gideon's Spies," resulting from closed-door interviews... more
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Victor Ostrovsky ,
Claire Hoy
[Paperback 1991]
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The first time the Mossad came calling, they wanted Victor Ostrovsky for their assassination unit, the kidon. He turned them down. The next time, he agreed to enter the grueling three-year training program to become a katsa, or intelligence case officer, for the legendary Israeli spy organization. By Way of... more
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Saul Singer ,
Dan Senor
[Paperback 2011]
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START-UP NATION addresses the trillion dollar question: How is it that Israel-- a country of 7.1 million, only 60 years old, surrounded by enemies, in a constant state of war since its founding, with no natural resources-- produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China,... more
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Rich Cohen
[Paperback 2010]
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Praised everywhere from "The New York Times" to "The Jerusalem Post," Cohen returns with an irreverent, erudite, and wildly entertaining history of Zion through the ages that is unlike any on the subject. A "NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW" EDITORS' CHOICE A "SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE" BESTSELLER In AD 70, when... more
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Flavius Josephus ,
Betty Radice ,
E Mary Smallwood
[Paperback 1984]
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Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1851. Excerpt: ... others' frenzy. Niger's removal relieved them from apprehensions aa to the dissolution of their power. There was, however, no class of... more
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Walter Laqueur
[Hardcover 2006]
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The Past, Present and Future of the Holiest City Why has a symbol become such a tremendous political issue? Whence the insistence on the part of the religious nationalists on keeping Jerusalem as the permanent and exclusive capital? And why the insistence by Palestinians on having it as their capital,... more
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Jeffrey Goldberg
[Paperback 2008]
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Jeffrey Goldberg moved from Long Island to Israel while still a college student. In the middle of the first Palestinian uprising in 1990, the Israeli army sent him to serve as a prison guard at Ketziot, the largest jail in the Middle East. Realizing that among the prisoners were the... more
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David K Shipler
[Paperback 2001]
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In this monumental work, David Shipler, award-winning correspondent for The New York Times, examines the forces that contribute to the mutual aversion and hatred in Israel. The Jew, according to the Arab stereotype, is a brutal, violent coward; the Arab, to the prejudiced Jew, is a primitive creature of animal... more
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Rene Backman ,
A Kaiser
[Paperback 2010]
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Daniel C Cohn Sherbok ,
Dawoud El Alami ,
Dan Cohn Sherbok
[Paperback, 2nd Edition]
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The second edition of this best-selling introduction includes up to the minute discussions of key issues such as the outcome of the 2003 Israeli elections and the implications of war with Iraq.... more
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Yagil Levy
[Paperback 1997]
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"By providing an interesting linkage between Israel's foreign policy behavior and alterations and changes in Israeli domestic politics, Levy is offering a provocative thesis that deserves wide readership. I have no doubt that some readers will applaud Levy's courage and thesis, and that others will do just the opposite. No... more
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Arthur Neslen
[Paperback 2006]
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"Arthur Neslens sharp insights into the Israeli Jewish mentality are a must read for anyone wishing to understand that society beyond simplistic and reductionist descriptions." Ilan Pappe, author of "A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples" "This book is a fascinating journey through the Israeli Jewish psyche in... more
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Amos Oz ,
Nicholas De Lange
[Paperback 1996]
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This collection - published here in English for the first time - brings together a number of political, personal, and literary pieces by Israel's most celebrated modern novelist. Lively, questioning, and undogmatic, the author's compelling literary insights make for consistently stimulating reading, while his perceptive commentary on Israel's political and... more
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Elie Podeh
[Hardcover 2001]
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Israeli history textbooks in the past contained many biases, distortions, and omissions concerning the depiction of Arabs and the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Today these misrepresentations are gradually being corrected. This study encourages the depiction of a balanced portrait in all textbooks. By reviewing curricula and textbooks used in... more
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Kevin W Avruch ,
Walter P Zenner
[Paperback 1996]
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This book is part of a series of review volumes sponsored by the Association for Israel Studies that provides a framework for discussion of research and scholarship on all aspects of Israeli society. It brings together original review essays commenting on issues in Israeli society, culture, politics, religion, literature, and... more
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Clive Jones
[Paperback 2001]
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Description: This book explores the complex challenges facing Israel and the extent to which its present state structures and institutions can adapt and accommodtae themselves to the diversity of security threats that it now faces. Often regarded as the only true manifestation of political pluralism in the contemporary Middle East,... more
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Yoram Hazony
[Paperback 2001]
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A compelling history and a passionate call to defend Israel's mission as the state of the Jewish people. Yoram Hazony graphically portrays the cultural and political revolt against Israel's status as the Jewish state. Examining ideological trends in academia, literature, media, law, and the armed forces, Hazony contends that Israelis... more
