Israel category: 987 books
by Finkelstein,Norman G.
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2011
ON APRIL 1 2011 in the pages of the Washington Post the international jurist Richard Goldstone dropped a bombshell. He effectively disowned the massive evidence assembled in the United Nations report carrying his name that Israel had committed multiple war crimes and possible crimes against humanity...
The Wall and the Gate
Israel, Palestine, and the Legal Battle for Human Rights
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
From renowned human rights lawyer Michael Sfard, an unprecedented exploration of the struggle for human rights in Israel's courts
A farmer from a village in the occupied West Bank, cut off from his olive groves by the construction of Israel’s controversial separation wall, asked Israeli human...
Politics and Government in Israel
The Maturation of a Modern State
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
This balanced and comprehensive text explores Israeli government and politics, tracing the history of the state, and the social, religious, economic, and military environments of Israeli politics. Gregory Mahler explains political institutions and behavior in Israeli domestic politics, as well as...
Habiru
The Rise of Earliest Israel
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2011
In the Year 1230 BCE, the stately city of Shechem cradled between Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal was suddenly disturbed out of her reserved formality, her closely-watched market, her liturgical inner temple routine, her orderly sentinelled turrets. A ?ood of people from every direction poured into her...
Embodying Hebrew Culture
Aesthetics, Athletics, and Dance in the Jewish Community of Mandate Palestine
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
From their conquest of Palestine in 1917 during World War I, until the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, the British controlled the territory by mandate, representing a distinct cultural period in Middle Eastern history. In Embodying Hebrew Culture: Aesthetics, Athletics, and Dance in the...
by Diana Pinto
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
Born in Europe’s shadow, haunted by the Holocaust, and inspired by the Enlightenment, Israel has changed. Where is this diverse and self-absorbed country heading today? How do its citizens see themselves, globally and historically? Israel Has Moved is a profound and sometimes unsettling account of a country that is no longer where we might think.
Elvis in Jerusalem
Post-Zionism and the Americanization of Israel
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2003
As the Middle East conflict enters its most violent phase, Tom Segev offers a lively, contentious polemic against cherished and rigid notions of Israel's national unity and culture.
In his many works of history, Tom Segev has challenged the entrenched understanding of crucial moments in Israel's...
Zionism, Post-Zionism & the Arab Problem
A Compendium of Opinions About the Jewish State
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2012
Dr. Mazurs book is a must read! It will serve to uplift the young of our generation and strengthen their confidence and trust in the righteousness of the Zionist way
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Moshe (Bogie) Yaalon
Vice Prime Minister & Minister of Strategic Affairs
Belongs in the permanent collection...
by Stuart Arden
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2013
Israel has won its wars, or at the very least, stopped its destruction by the opposing Arab armies. However, in another war, the war of words (i.e. hasbara), Israel is in serious trouble. No government of Israel has been able to handle hasbara properly, and that is the aim of this book.
In...
Home to Stay
One American Family's Chronicle of Miracles and Struggles in Contemporary Israel
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2010
In the summer of 1998, Daniel Gordis and his family moved to Israel from Los Angeles. They planned to be there for a year, but a few months into their stay, Gordis and his wife decided to remain in Jerusalem permanently, confident that their children would be among the first generation of Israelis...
by Venice Kichura
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2011
Travel with me to the land of Abraham, Isaac, Moses, Jesus and other biblical people."Holy Land Travels: Highlights of Israel and Jordan" is an eBook article, with photos, depicting my trip to the Holy Land and Jordan where I saw many biblical sites.It also includes helpful traveling tips....
by Rick Hill
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
This guide is useful whether you are traveling to Israel with a group or studying about Israel in your home. It is filled with practical information that will enhance your tour experience and deepen your personal knowledge of the Land of the Bible and Bible times.
Apartheid Israel
The Politics of an Analogy
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
In Apartheid Israel: The Politics of an Analogy, eighteen scholars of Africa and its diaspora reflect on the similarities and differences between apartheid-era South Africa and contemporary Israel, with an eye to strengthening and broadening today’s movement for justice in Palestine.
Apartheid in Palestine
Hard Laws and Harder Experiences
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
“Of all the crimes to which Palestinians have been subjected through a century of bitter tragedy, perhaps none are more cruel than the silencing of their voices. The suffering has been most extreme, criminal, and grotesque in Gaza, where Ghada Ageel was one of the victims from childhood. This collection...