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The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East by Sandy Tolan Publisher Comments In 1967, Bashir Al-Khayri, a Palestinian twenty-five-year-old, journeyed to Israel, with the goal of seeing the beloved old stone house, with the lemon tree behind it, that he and his family had fled nineteen years earlier. To his surprise, when he found... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Footnotes in Gaza: A Graphic Novel by Joe Sacco Staff Pick Joe Sacco brings a completely unique voice to journalism. He lives with those most under fire in the unending conflicts in Palestine and Bosnia, describing events through meticulous, painstaking cartooning. In Footnotes in Gaza, Sacco investigates a... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $15.00 Used - Hardcover
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Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices by Mosab Hassan Yousef Synopsis The oldest son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef, a founding member of Hamas, reveals new information about the world's most dangerous terrorist organization, unveils the truth about his own role in the organization, and explains his dangerous decision to make his... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity by Izzeldin Abuelaish Publisher Comments By turns inspiring and heartbreaking, hopeful and horrifying, I Shall Not Hate is Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish's account of his extraordinary life. A Harvard-educated Palestinian doctor, he was born and raised in a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip and "has... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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Fatal Embrace: Christians, Jews, and the Search for Peace in the Holy Land by Mark Braverman Publisher Comments Author Mark Braverman shows how the Jewish quest for safety and empowerment and the Christian endeavor to atone for centuries of anti-Semitism have combined to suppress the conversations needed to bring about a just and lasting peace in the Holy Land... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate by Tom Segev Publisher Comments One Palestine, Complete explores the tumultuous period before the creation of the state of Israel. This was the time of the British Mandate, when Britain's promise to both Jews and Arabs that they would inherit the land, set in motion the conflict that... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Drinking the Sea at Gaza: Days and Nights in a Land Under Siege by Amira Hass Publisher Comments In 1993, amira hass, a young Israeli reporter, drove to Gaza to cover a story-and stayed, the first journalist to live in the grim Palestinian enclave so feared and despised by most Israelis that, in the local idiom, "Go to Gaza" is another way to say... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Side by Side: Competing Histories of Israel/Palestine by Sami (edt) Adwan Synopsis In 2000, a group of Israeli and Palestinian teachers gathered to address what to many people seemed an unbridgeable gulf between the two societies. Struck by how different the standard Israeli and Palestinian textbook histories of the same events were... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A History with Documents by Charles D Smith Publisher Comments Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict provides a comprehensive, balanced, and accessible introduction to the multi-faceted history of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Smiths widely respected analysis examines how underlying issues, group motives, religious... (read more) List Price $63.90 Your price: $31.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land, Revised and Updated by David K Shipler Publisher Comments The Jew, according to the Arab stereotype, is a brutal, violent coward; the Arab, to the prejudiced Jew, is a primitive creature of animal vengeance and cruel desires. In this monumental work, David Shipler delves into the origins of the prejudices that... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Wrestling with Zion: Progressive Jewish-American Responses to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by Tony Kushner Publisher Comments A diverse panel of voices expressing their views on the Israeli-Palestinian crisis, and their relationship with Israel.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Case Against Israel (06 Edition) by Michael Neumann Publisher Comments Cultural Writing. THE CASE AGAINST ISRAEL is a measured but relentless assessment of the long struggle between Zionists and Palestinians. It argues that Zionism was responsible for the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians and that Israel is... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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City of Oranges : an Intimate History of Arabs and Jews in Jaffa (07 Edition) by Adam Lebor Publisher Comments The millennia-old port of Jaffa, now part of Tel Aviv, was once known as the "Bride of Palestine," one of the truly cosmopolitan cities of the Mediterranean. There Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived, worked, and celebrated together--and it was... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Iron Cage (06 Edition) by Rashid Khalidi Publisher Comments At a time when a lasting peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis seems virtually unattainable, understanding the roots of their conflict is an essential step in restoring hope to the region. In The Iron Cage, Rashid Khalidi, one of the most... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Missing Peace: The inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace by Dennis Ross Publisher Comments The definitive and gripping account of the sometimes exhilarating, often tortured twists and turns in the Middle East peace process, viewed from the front row by one of its major players.--Bill Clinton The Missing Peace, published to great acclaim last... (read more) Your price: $11.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Intimate Enemies: Jews and Arabs in a Shared Land by Meron Benvenisti Publisher Comments As Israelis and Palestinians negotiate separation and division of their land, Meron Benvenisti, former Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem, maintains that any expectations for "peaceful partition" are doomed. In his brave and controversial new book, he raises the... (read more) List Price $68.50 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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A Wall in Palestine by René Backmann Publisher Comments An inclusive report on the West Bank Barrier, "A Wall in Palestine" offers an examination of the physical boundary that separates Israel and the West Bank--its purpose, ifs efficacy, and its consequences.... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Righteous Victims by Benny Morris Publisher Comments At a time when the Middle East has come closer to achieving peace than ever before, eminent Israeli historian Benny Morris explodes the myths cherished by both sides to present an epic history of Zionist-Arab relations over the past 120 years. Tracing... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Palestinian and Israeli Public Opinion: The Public Imperative of the Second Intifada by Jacob Shamir Publisher Comments Palestinian and Israeli Public Opinion is based on a unique project: the Joint Israeli-Palestinian Poll (JIPP). Since 2000, Jacob Shamir and Khalil Shikaki have directed joint surveys among Israelis and Palestinians, providing a rare opportunity to... (read more) List Price $21.20 Your price: $18.81 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Jimmy Carter the Liberal Left and World Chaos: A Carter/Obama Plan That Will Not Work by Mike Evans Synopsis Can we have peace in the Holy Land? Is there a plan that will work? What if that plan included dividing Jerusalem and was embraced by our new president? What if that plan is seen as surrender and weakness, and emboldens radical Islam? If Jimmy Carter and... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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