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  • Paperback: 260 pages
  • Publisher: FREEDOM PRESS INTERNATIONAL (FPI) (February 15, 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0988169193
  • ISBN-13: 978-0988169197
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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"Thanks to P. David Hornik's accomplished writing, reporting, and highly astute analysis of Middle East politics, this book offers a delectable and inspiring ride."--Adina Kutnicki, American Thinker

"Hornik has become one of Israel's best-informed and most astute journalists....Hornik's writing about 'Israel's Struggle to Survie' (the title of Part 2 of his book) adheres to the French precept: one must laugh in order not to cry." Edward Alexander, Chicago Jewish Star

"Hornik's book is a compendium of personal and political essays he has written since he became one of Israel's most incisive journalists. Arranged in chronological order, they revisit in eloquent prose a besieged nation's triumphs and tragedies, its ancient stones and its modern cities, its beauty, its warts, the incalculable harm of mindless appeasement, and its holiness."--Ruth King, Family Security Matters

"The volume is a skillful blend of political and personal reportage, beautifully and informatively written, and a must-read for anyone who cares about this beleaguered, valiant country."--Janice Fiamengo, Frontpage Magazine

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"David Hornik is a rarity: a highly intelligent, clear-eyed, morally incisive columnist writing almost daily on the unending war being waged against Israel by those who would destroy her and by their cheerleaders in Europe, America, and even in Israel itself. His articles in this collection, both those touching on his personal experience and those more in the voice of the commentator, provide vital truths that will enrich the understanding of anyone interested in comprehending the reality of Israel and its struggle for survival." Kenneth Levin, clinical instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and historian and author of The Oslo Syndrome: Delusions of a People under Siege.   

"David Hornik is among the most incisive and reliable writers on Israeli and Middle Eastern affairs practicing the craft today. His hands-on, on-the-ground, no-nonsense approach to the subject, combined with his spare and supple eloquence, renders his work both convincing and authoritative." David Solway, author of The Big Lie: On Terror, Anti-Semitism, and Identity.

"David Hornik is not only one of Israel's most astute practitioners of the higher journalism: well-informed, judicious, and articulate. His book also
imparts new meaning to the ancient Jewish injunction: "Choose Life." Edward Alexander, professor emeritus, University of Washington.

"This must-read book is David Hornik at his best. The use of his personal experiences to tell a larger story about Israel's greatness, both as a place to live and as a true 'light unto the nations,' brings his points compellingly to life."  Ruthie Blum, columnist for Israel Hayom

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I regard this book to be a masterwork. I will explain why. There are hundreds of books written about Israel, both for and against. This book does something quite unique. It provides accurate and true explanations of the constant struggle Israel faces to survive. More than any book I know of it exposes the duplicity, the falseness of not only Islamic Arab claims against Israel but those of the Western powers and Media. It details not simply the horrors of terrorist incidents but the outrageous and immnoral ideology behind the support of the 'Palestinian narrative'. It does this without being a knee- jerk screed of the Right, but rather by assessing each situation, each incident each problem in telling detail.
For instance, one would expect Hornik to be in this book against the prisoner exchange for Gilad Shalit. He of course understands the negatives of the exchange, the immorality of releasing murdering terrorists in a thousand for one exchange. But he understands also the special strength and solidarity displayed by Israeli leaders and society in bringing home , in caring for the life of each and every Israeli soldier.
So he is for this release although admitting he may well prove wrong. Many after all have argued that it would lead to renewed terror and the loss of many Israeli lives. His understanding that his own judgment is not infallible and absolute distinguishes him from many who share his positions on most issues.
In the opening section of the book and in its final pages Hornik moves from the defensive to the offensive. In a truly beautiful written close to the book he gives a number of reasons why he feels his choice of making a life in Israel has been the correct one.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful By tkrtgnr on March 18, 2013
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This is a powerful and impressive book. The first part sets the stage with some of the author's real-life experiences in Israel; it's very evocative, makes you see and feel the Israeli reality, and includes Hornik's deep insights stemming from his experiences. The second part is even more engrossing--truly, I could not put it down. It carries you rapidly through the Israeli history of the last ten years, one dramatic, often difficult event or crisis after another, seen from Hornik's standpoint of profound loyalty (which does not preclude criticism) to Israel and, often, justified indignation toward its attackers and detractors. The overall message is beautifully affirmative--how Israel comes through it all, choosing life. Undoubtedly this is one of the most outstanding books available on the subject of the state of Israel.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful By RUTHEE on April 6, 2013
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For many years I have admired Hornik's columns and commentaries from Israel. This book is an anthology of those incisive essays which clarify the unique history and challenges faced by a small democratic nation. In spite of being surrounded by implacable enemies, victimized by terrorism, libeled by a hostile European media, judged by thugs and tyrants in the United Nations and vilified by leftist groupies, Israel remains a freewheeling, creative, energetic, productive and free society. Hornik's excellent essays and vignettes illustrate these facts better than any recent book on the subject.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful By Amazon Customer on March 5, 2013
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P. David Hornik has put together something very special in this compilation of vignettes, short stories, captured scenes of life in Israel. Both highly personal yet the feel of shared experience familiar to many who have arrived from other shores. While there yet remains a bit more to complete, I already am waiting with anticipation for another book to follow in its wake.
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