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The Crisis of Zionism by Peter Beinart Publisher Comments Israel's next great crisis may come not with the Palestinians or Iran but with young American Jews A dramatic shift is taking place in Israel and America. In Israel, the deepening occupation of the West Bank is putting Israeli democracy at risk. In the... (read more) Your price: $26.00 New - Hardcover 
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Revenge: A Story of Hope by Laura Blumenfeld From Powells.com "Revenge helps answer the question, who are you? You are what you're willing to avenge," Laura Blumenfeld explained to Salon.com. A decade after her father, an American rabbi visiting Jerusalem, was shot and almost killed, Blumenfeld... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Unmaking of Israel by Gershom Gorenberg Publisher Comments In this penetrating and provocative look at the state of contemporary Israel, acclaimed Israeli historian and journalist Gershom Gorenberg reveals how the nation’s policies are undermining its democracy and existence as a Jewish state, and explains... (read more) Your price: $25.99 New - Hardcover
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Ben-Gurion: A Political Life by Shimon Peres Publisher Comments Israel’s current president gives us a dramatic and revelatory biography of Israel’s founding father and first prime minister. Shimon Peres was in his early twenties when he first met David Ben-Gurion. Although the state that Ben-Gurion... (read more) Your price: $25.95 New - Hardcover
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The Holocaust Is Over; We Must Rise from Its Ashes by Avraham Burg Publisher Comments Modern day Israel, and the Jewish community, is strongly influenced by the memory and horrors of Hitler and the Holocaust. Burg argues that the Jewish nation has been traumatized and has lost the ability to trust itself, its ... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-1977 by Gershom Gorenberg Publisher Comments The untold story, based on groundbreaking original research, of the actions and inactions that created the Israeli settlements in the occupied territories After Israeli troops defeated the armies of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan in June 1967, the Jewish state... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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In the Land of Israel (93 Edition) by Amos Oz Publisher Comments Oz traveled throughout Israel and the West Bank in the 1980s and spoke with many people about the past, present, and future of his country. What he found is memorably set down here. New Authors Note and Postscript; map. Translated by Maurie Goldberg... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Israel at Sixty: A Pictorial and Oral History of a Nation Reborn by Deborah Har Strober Publisher Comments Celebrating Israel––past, present, and future "A singular achievement that captures Israel's past, present, and future with compelling words and vivid photographs....More than a handsome volume, the Strobers have made an extraordinary... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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Shimon Peres: The Biography by Michael Bar Zohar Publisher Comments Twice Israels prime minister, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, bold leader in a war-torn region, Shimon Peres is one of the great statesmen of the modern world. Peres is also a fascinating, complex man–a brilliant intellectual who is entirely at... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $8.98 Used - Hardcover
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Sacred Landscape by Meron Benvenisti Publisher Comments As a young man Meron Benvenisti often accompanied his father, a distinguished geographer, when the elder Benvenisti traveled through the Holy Land charting a Hebrew map that would rename Palestinian sites and villages with names linked to Israel's... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Case for Israel by Alan Dershowitz Publisher Comments One of America's leading attorneys offers an impassioned defense of the state of Israel, arguing that, although the country is not perfect, it remains the only outpost of democracy in the Middle East, answering critics who accuse Israel of being an... (read more) Your price: $8.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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This Heated Place: Encounters in the Promised Land by Deborah Campbell Publisher Comments A freelance writer who once lived in Israel delivers a compelling account of travel in war-torn Israel, with personal insights into the region's complex, bloody struggles.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Exodus 1947: The Ship That Launched a Nation by Ruth Gruber Publisher Comments On July 18, 1947, American journalist Ruth Gruber stood on a wharf in Haifa as the Exodus 1947 limped into harbor. The evening before, this unarmed ship, crammed with more than 4,500 Holocaust survivors, had been rammed and boarded by sailors of the... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Israel in the World: Changing Lives Through Innovation by Helen Davis Publisher Comments This colorful volume takes an in-depth look at a remarkable achievement: how one small and very young country has successfully become one of the world's technological leaders. <BR>From agriculture to medicine, Israel stands right at the forefront... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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Inside-Out: Personal and Collective Life in Israel and the Kibbutz by Julia Chaitin Synopsis Inside-Out examines life in Israel and kibbutz in relation to questions of identity and belonging. Based on the personal experiences of Dr. Julia Chaitin, the book weaves together explorations of education, social relationships, economics, work, gender... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $3.25 Used - Trade Paper
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Man in the Shadows: Inside the Middle East Crisis with a Man Who Led the Mossad by Efraim Halevy Publisher Comments Israels Mossad is one of the worlds most powerful intelligence agencies. Having served as its director, Efraim Halevy has witnessed the Middle East crisis from the inside-out. As the secret envoy to prime ministers ranging from Yitzhak Rabin to Ariel... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The superpowers and the Syrian-Israeli conflict :beyond crisis management? by Helena Cobban Publisher Comments In the coalition war against Iraq following its invasion of Kuwait, the participation of Syria in the U.S.-led coalition and the restraint of Israel were important elements in the quick and successful conclusion of the war. The United States' diplomatic... (read more) List Price $29.75 Your price: $2.98 Used - Hardcover
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How Israel Lost: The Four Questions by Richard Ben Cramer Publisher Comments Once in a great while, a book comes along that not only discusses a topic of interest, it changes the boundaries of that discussion forever. This is such a book. In How Israel Lost Richard Ben Cramer analyzes the four questions that have bedeviled Israel... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Israelis by Donna Rosenthal Publisher Comments Israel is smaller than New Jersey, with 0.11% of the world's population, yet captures a lion's share of headlines. It looks like one country on CNN, a very different one on al-Jazeera. The BBC has their version, The New York Times theirs. But how does... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Unspoken Alliance: Israel's Secret Relationship with Apartheid South Africa (Vintage) by Sasha Polakow Suransky Publisher Comments Prior to the Six-Day War, Israel was a darling of the international left, vocally opposed to apartheid and devoted to building alliances with black leaders in newly independent African nations. South Africa, for its part, was controlled by a regime of... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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