Can We Talk About Israel?: A Guide for the Curious, Confused, and Conflicted - Couverture rigide

Sokatch, Daniel

 
9781635573879: Can We Talk About Israel?: A Guide for the Curious, Confused, and Conflicted

Synopsis

From an expert who understands both sides of one of the world's most complex, controversial conflicts, a modern-day Guide for the Perplexed-a primer on Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian issue.

*Finalist for the 2021 National Jewish Book Award*

"Can't you just explain the Israel situation to me? In, like, 10 minutes or less?" This is the question Daniel Sokatch is used to answering on an almost daily basis as the head of the New Israel Fund, an organization dedicated to equality and democracy for all Israelis, not just Jews.

Can We Talk About Israel? is the story of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, grappling with a century-long struggle between two peoples that both perceive themselves as (and indeed are) victims. And it's an attempt to explain why Israel (and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict) inspires such extreme feelings-why it seems like Israel is the answer to "what is wrong with the world" for half the people in it, and "what is right with the world" for the other half. As Sokatch asks, is there any other topic about which so many intelligent, educated, and sophisticated people express such strongly and passionately held convictions, and about which they actually know so little?

Complete with engaging illustrations by Christopher Noxon, Can We Talk About Israel? is an easy-to-read yet penetrating and original look at the history and basic contours of one of the most complicated conflicts in the world.

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À propos des auteurs

Daniel Sokatch is the chief executive officer of the New Israel Fund. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and other publications. Sokatch holds an MA from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, a JD from Boston College Law School, and a BA from Brandeis University. He lives in San Francisco.

Christopher Noxon is a journalist and illustrator whose work has appeared in the New Yorker, the Atlantic, the New York Times Magazine, Salon, and his book Good Trouble: Lessons from the Civil Rights Playbook. He writes and draws in Ojai, California.

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9781639730483: Can We Talk About Israel?: A Guide for the Curious, Confused, and Conflicted

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1639730486 ISBN 13 :  9781639730483
Editeur : Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2022
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