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Jerusalem: The Biography by Simon Sebag Montefiore Publisher Comments Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths; it is the prize of empires, the site of Judgement Day and the battlefield of today’s clash of civilizations. From King David to Barack Obama, from the birth of... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $24.00 Used - Hardcover 
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1949: The First Israelis by Tom Segev Publisher Comments The founding of Israel in 1948--one of the seminal events of the century--offers a heroic narrative with few parallels in modern history. In 1949, a controversial best-seller in Israel, Tom Segev draws on thousands of declassified documents along with... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Jerusalem, Jerusalem (11 Edition) by James Carroll Publisher Comments “Provocative . . . the book brims with splendid insights.” — Los Angeles Times Jerusalem: the ancient City on a Hill, a place central to three major religions, a transcendent fantasy that ignites religious fervor unlike anywhere... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 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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Shut Up, I'm Talking: And Other Diplomacy Lessons I Learned in the Israeli Government -- A Memoir by Gregory Levey Publisher Comments Shut Up, I'm Talking is a smart, hilarious insider take on Israeli politics that reads like the bastard child of Thomas Friedman and David Sedaris. Now a political writer for Salon, Gregory Levey stumbled into a job as speechwriter for the Israeli... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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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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The Yom Kippur War: The Epic Encounter That Transformed the Middle East by Abraham Rabinovich Publisher Comments In this galvanizing account of the most dramatic of the Arab-Israeli hostilities, Abraham Rabinovich, who reported the conflict for the Jerusalem Post, transports us into the midst of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Rabinovichs masterly narrative begins as... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Refusenik!: Israel's Soldiers of Conscience by Peretz Kidron Publisher Comments This moving book is a first-time look at Israeli soldiers who have refused orders on moral grounds, earning the name of "Refusenik" along with a prison sentence. These are the stories of people who believe in their country, but not in its actions beyond... (read more) List Price $18.75 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Children of Israel/Palestine by Laurel Holliday Publisher Comments Israeli Jews and Palestinians appear side by side for the first time in this remarkable book to share powerful feelings and reflections on growing up in one of the world's longest and most dangerous conflicts. Here, thirty-six men and women, boys and... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Hebrew Republic: How Secular Democracy and Global Enterprise Will Bring Israel Peace at Last by Bernard Avishai Publisher Comments "Inspired and highly informative: a stunningly fresh narrative of a century old conflict." -- Amos Elon "During the past two decades, Avishai has emerged as one of the most eloquent and penetrating analysts of the Israeli scene: of its politics... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Hardcover
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Major Farrans Hat Murder Scandal & Britans War Against Jewish Terrorism 1945 1948 Uk by David Cesarani Publisher Comments The gripping true story of the murder, in Palestine in 1947, of a Jewish activist by a British counter-terrorist officer, and the subsequent cover-up. In May 1947, a Jewish teenager, active in a Zionist underground group fighting British rule in... (read more) Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Yellow Wind: With a New Afterword by the Author by David Grossman Publisher Comments The Israeli novelist David Grossmans impassioned account of what he observed on the West Bank in early 1987—not only the misery of the Palestinian refugees and their deep-seated hatred of the Israelis but also the cost of occupation for both... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Israel, Palestine and Peace: Essays by Amos Oz Publisher Comments An important testimony as well as a moving portrait of a divided land is revealed in this collection of provocative essays and speeches on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (variously composed before and after the peace initiatives). Preface by the Author.... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Palestine Peace Not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter Publisher Comments President Carters challenging and provocative assessment of what must be done to bring permanent peace to Israel with dignity and justice for Palestinians--and one of the most important books of the year--is now available in paperback.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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A Quiet Revolution: The First Palestinian Intifada and Nonviolent Resistance by Mary King Publisher Comments In A Quiet Revolution, renowned civil rights activist Mary Elizabeth King questions the prevailing wisdom that the first Palestinian Intifada was defined by violence. She argues that initially, the uprising was characterized by a massive nonviolent... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Prophets Outcast: A Century of Dissident Jewish Writing about Israel and Zionism by Adam Shatz Publisher Comments Contrary to the claims of the American Jewish establishment and the Israel lobby, Jews do not speak with one voice about the Middle East. Since the early 20th century some of the fiercest and most eloquent critiques of Israel and Zionism have been made... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Library of Modern Middle East Studies #88: Across the Wall: Narratives of Israeli-Palestinian History by Ilan Pappe Publisher Comments Across the Wall arose from a unique collaboration between scholars from Israel and the Palestinian territories, seeking to arrive at a shared framework for studying the history of this troubled land. Ilan Pappé and Jamil Hilal, top academics... (read more) List Price $95.00 Your price: $65.00 Used - Hardcover
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American Priestess: The Extraordinary Story of Anna Spafford and the American Colony in Jerusalem by Jane Geniesse Publisher Comments For generations, The American Colony Hotel in Jerusalem has been a well-known retreat for journalists, diplomats, pilgrims and spies. However, few know the story of Anna Spafford, the enigmatic evangelist who was instrumental in its founding Branded... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Company C: An American's Life as a Citizen-Soldier in Israel by Haim Watzman Publisher Comments A vivid dispatch from the front lines of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict When American-born Haim Watzman immigrated to Israel, he was drafted into the army and, after eighteen months of compulsory service, assigned to Company C, the reserve infantry... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War by Benny Morris Publisher Comments This history of the foundational war in the Arab-Israeli conflict is groundbreaking, objective, and deeply revisionist. A riveting account of the military engagements, it also focuses on the war's political dimensions. Benny Morris probes the motives and... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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