Israel category: 987 books
Israel - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2018
Culture Smart! Israel marks the nation's 70th year of independence in a concise cultural guide that enables readers to get to the heart of this diverse, dynamic and paradoxical country and enable you to make the most of your visit. Independent since 1948, this edition provides important insights into...
No Room for Small Dreams
Courage, Imagination, and the Making of Modern Israel
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
In 1934, eleven-year-old Shimon Peres emigrated to the land of Israel from his native Poland, leaving behind an extended family who would later be murdered in the Holocaust. Few back then would have predicted that this young man would eventually become one of the towering figures of the twentieth...
by Uzo Marvin
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2016
The entire history of Israel, from early history to the recent history. The existence, Israel and Palestinians, Culture, tradition, people, government, holy place. The history of the evolving relationship between God and the Jewish people set forth in the the Hebrew Bible--the five books of the Torah,...
From Jerusalem to the Lion of Judah and Beyond
Israel’S Foreign Policy in East Africa
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2012
From Jerusalem to the Lion of Judah and Beyond provides the most thorough analysis of Israels foreign policy towards East Africa. Since its modern reestablishment, Israel has sought political allies in the international community. To achieve that goal, Israel offers technological, economic and military...
The Israeli Solution
A One-State Plan for Peace in the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
**A landmark manifesto issuing a bold call for a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestine conflict.
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The reigning consensus in elite and academic circles is that the United States must seek to resolve the Palestinians' conflict with Israel by implementing the so-called two-state solution. Establishing...
The Two-State Delusion
Israel and Palestine--A Tale of Two Narratives
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
**Padraig O'Malley is the subject of the new acclaimed documentary The Peacemaker
“A thoughtful autopsy of the failed two-state paradigm . . . Evenhanded, diplomatic, mutually respectful, and enormously useful.”
—Kirkus, starred review**
Disputes over settlements, the right of...
Israel and Europe
An Appraisal in History
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2010
"A remarkable feat--clear, compelling and accessible--. Critical background for any appreciation of the Jewish state."--The New York Times Book Review
With his characteristic grace and lucidity, Howard M. Sachar, renowned author of thirteen earlier books on Middle Eastern and Jewish...
by Oren Cahanovitc
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
The booklet begins at Summit Garden, a site that overlooks Tel Aviv, a city that grew out of the sand a hundred years ago to become a major city. At the foot of the lookout is a small, almost unnoticed archeological site that has an amazing story behind it. The path continues to the main square of...
Like Dreamers
The Story of the Israeli Paratroopers Who Reunited Jerusalem and Divided a Nation
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Winner of the Everett Family Jewish Book of the Year Award (a National Jewish Book Award) and the RUSA Sophie Brody Medal.
In Like Dreamers, acclaimed journalist Yossi Klein Halevi interweaves the stories of a group of 1967 paratroopers who reunited Jerusalem, tracing the history of Israel...
Israel and Hizbollah
An asymmetric conflict in historical and comparative perspective
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2009
This book examines the local and international dynamics and strategies that have come to define the often violent relationship between Israel and Lebanon.
Since the end of the Cold War, academic debate over the nature of war in the contemporary world has focused upon the asymmetric nature of...
A State at Any Cost
The Life of David Ben-Gurion
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2019
As the founder of Israel, David Ben-Gurion long ago secured his reputation as a leading figure of the twentieth century. Determined from an early age to create a Jewish state, he thereupon took control of the Zionist movement, declared Israel’s independence, and navigated his country through wars,...
1967
Israel, the War, and the Year that Transformed the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2007
From Israel's leading historian, a sweeping history of 1967—the war, what led up to it, what came after, and how it changed everything
Tom Segev's acclaimed works One Palestine, Complete and The Seventh Million overturned accepted views of the history of Israel. Now, in 1967—a number-one...
In the Land of Israel
Essays
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 1993
A snapshot of Israel and the West Bank in the 1980s, through the voices of its inhabitants, from the National Jewish Book Award–winning author of Judas.
Notebook in hand, renowned author and onetime kibbutznik Amos Oz traveled throughout his homeland to talk with people—workers, soldiers,...
Live by the Sword
Israel's Struggle for Existence in the Holy Land
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2011
Live by the Sword portrays Israels struggle for existence in the Holy Land since becoming an independent Jewish state in 1948. Lieutenant Colonel James Rothrock draws on his military experience, travels in the Middle East, and academic background to present an authentic picture of the Jewish peoples...