Israel category: 987 books
Preachers of Hate
Islam and the War on America
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2004
Like no book before it, Preachers of Hate uncovers an ancient hatred that threatens the life and livelihood of every American. The “new” anti-Semitism targets not only Jews, but Americans specifically and the West in general. It targets our values, our lifestyle, and our freedoms. It is the single...
A Path to Peace
A Brief History of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations and a Way Forward in the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
The “illuminating” (Los Angeles Times) answer to why Israel and Palestine’s attempts at negotiation have failed and a practical, “admirably measured” (The New York Times) roadmap for bringing peace to the Middle East—by an impartial American diplomat experienced in solving international...
Arafat's War
The Man and His Battle for Israeli Conquest
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
A noted historian analyzes Yasser Arafat’s role in destabilizing the Middle East in a book praised as “eye-opening and exhaustively researched” (New York Post).
Offering the first comprehensive account of the collapse of the most promising peace process between Israel and the Palestinians,...
Genesis
Truman, American Jews, and the Origins of the Arab/Israeli Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
A probing look at one of the most incendiary subjects of our time—the relationship between the United States and Israel
There has been more than half a century of raging conflict between Jews and Arabs—a violent, costly struggle that has had catastrophic repercussions in a critical region...
by Major Clarence E. Olschner III
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
This paper is an historical study of the strategy, tactics, and weapons employed by Israel, Egypt, and Syria in the battle for air superiority from 1967 through 1973. The study is developed chronologically beginning with the 1967 War, through the War of Attrition, and ending with the cease-fire in...
by Major Richard H. Gribling
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
In 1973, Israel found itself fighting its fifth major war against its Arab neighbors since achieving independence 25 years previously. This was a war in which both sides designed their military strategies within the framework of the political limitations set down by the two superpowers: the United...
Chaim Weizmann
The Zionist Dream
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
The Arab-Israeli conflict has been one of the most defining features of recent world history, flaring up into open war fare yet again in Gaza at the end of 2008 and provoking large-scale demonstrations in the streets of cities across the world. The decision in 1919 by the Paris Peace Conference to...
War and Peace in Jewish Tradition
From the Biblical World to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
The transition between the reality of war and a hope for peace has accompanied the Jewish people since biblical times. However, the ways in which both concepts are understood have changed many times over the ages, and both have different implications for an independent nation in its own land than...
Anarchists Against the Wall
Direct Action and Solidarity with the Palestinian Popular Struggle
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
Part of a small but growing phenomenon in Israel since 2003, Anarchists Against the Wall have been boldly challenging the Segregation Barrier and generalized violence against occupied Palestine. The reflections herein offer a window into some of the most dynamic direct action activism today.Uri...
Rabbi Akiva
Sage of the Talmud
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
A compelling and lucid account of the life and teachings of a founder of rabbinic Judaism and one of the most beloved heroes of Jewish history Born in the Land of Israel around the year 50 C.E., Rabbi Akiva was the greatest rabbi of his time and one of the most important influences on Judaism as we know...
What Justice Demands
America and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2018
In this book, Elan Journo explains the essential nature of the conflict, and what has fueled it for so long. What justice demands, he shows, is that we evaluate both adversaries—and America's approach to the conflict—according to a universal moral ideal: individual liberty. From that secular moral...
by Charles River Editors
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2012
As one of the hottest political topics in the world today, nearly everyone is aware of the ongoing violence in Syria, between forces loyal to the regime of Bashar al-Assad and opposition looking to overthrow the regime. Within that narrative are a number of sensitive issues, including sectarian strife...
Wrestling in the Daylight
A Rabbi's Path to Palestinian Solidarity
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Wrestling in the Daylight is an insightful conversation on Zionism initiated by Rabbi Brant Rosen, a prominent Jewish activist from Chicago, on his social-justice blog Shalom Rav. After Israel's brutal military attack on Gaza in 2008-2009, Rosen began to question his lifelong Zionist beliefs. Unlike...
Elusive Peace
How the Holy Land Defeated America
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2005
Ehud Barak's election as Prime Minister of Israel on 17th May 1999 and his determination to conclude a peace deal with the Palestinians inspired both Israeli voters and the international community. So where did it all go wrong? How did it end, less than two years later, in the total failure of Barak's...