Finding Palestine: One American's Trek from the Midwest to the Middle East [Paperback]

Liza Elliott (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0932727972 | ISBN-13: 978-0932727978

In 1948 Secretary of State George Marshall told President Truman he'd not vote for the president's re-election should he recognize Israel--and warned that the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine would lead to war. More than 50 years later, war rages on, with America giving $3 billion annually in aid to Israel. Has America's one-sided policy led to terrorism on all sides?
Liza Elliott, Ph.D explains here the ways the truth about the Middle East has been covered up--and runs contrary to everything Americans have learned. This book examines what politicians don't want you to know about U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and the reason Palestinian children find martyrdom attractive. She also discusses ways America has derailed the Palestinian statehood and supported ethnic and religious cleansing--while sidestepping the Geneva Convention.
Dr. Elliott describes what life is like inside the occupied territories where America spends $10 million a day to push Palestinians off their land.

Editorial Reviews

Review

An engaging work with abundant information about the history and current status of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. -- Robert B. Ashmore, Professor of Philosophy, Marquette University

Authentic picture of the suffering Palestinians endured for decades, helping explain the conflict that spread far beyond the Holy Land. -- Atallah Mansour, Christian Arab journalist, Nazareth, Israel

Significant for those wanting to comprehend and respect the Palestinians, a decent courageous people struggling for recognition and justice. -- Jerry Levin, Former CNN Bureau Chief, Beirut, Lebanon

Review

Robert B. Ashmore, Professor of Philosophy, Marquette University: "An engaging work. It combines personal witness with an abundance of information about the history and current status of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Liza Elliott writes lucidly and insightfully. The reader will be moved by the significance of her story and by the feeling with which she tells it. Elliott's is a unique contribution to the literature of an enduring conflict."

Jerry Levin, Former CNN Bureau Chief, Beirut, Lebanon: "'Finding Palestine' provides a significant map for those willing to take the road less traveled to truth and comprehension with respect to Palestine. Elliott's sentences are simple and short, yet they are bursting with passion, eloquence and facts--something only a true insider is in a position to convey. Essentially, however, this is a book about decent, courageous people struggling for recognition and justice."

Atallah Mansour, Christian-Arab journalist, Nazareth, Israel: "Liza Elliott's description of her work with the Red Crescent Society first in Beirut during the civil war and later in Jerusalem, Ramallah and Cairo, paints an authentic picture of the suffering Palestinians have endured these past decades. her story helps explain the roots of the conflict that has spread far beyond the confines of the Holy Land."

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Paperback: 248 pages
• Publisher: Hope Publishing House (December 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0932727972
• ISBN-13: 978-0932727978
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,618,803 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Liza Elliott, whenever possible, escapes to Seagrove Beach, Florida, along County Road 30-A. Meantime, she lives in Birmingham, AL with her husband. She teaches the Refugee Health Care course at the Sparkman Center for Global Health at the University of Alabama, at Birmingham. She is a member of the BIRMINGHAM ARTS JOURNAL and National League of American Pen Women.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended, April 19, 2002

By 

Isis S. Mikhail (Birmingham, Alabama USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Finding Palestine: One American's Trek from the Midwest to the Middle East (Paperback)

This book is about an American woman and her journey of self-discovery. Liza Elliott, a nurse who was on a work trip with the Palestinian Red Crescent, ends up stranded in the area during an un-anticipated Israeli invasion. She is recounting her eye-witness experience of the life of the Palestinian people under opccupation in the refugee camps. During her presence, she witnesses the birth of the Palestinian "Intifadah" or awakening. This intense experience sparks her own personal intifadah. She describes her journey of internal growth and her newly found inner strength. Liza Elliott also touches on the background and history of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. This book is an inspiring woman's journey of self-discovery. I highly recommend it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book, May 28, 2009

By 

M. Khan - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Finding Palestine: One American's Trek from the Midwest to the Middle East (Paperback)

This book is a autobiographical work and a personal narrative of Liza Elliot. The book is easy to read and interesting. She narrates the story and makes the reader feel the intense deprivation and plight of the Palestinian people. The style the book is written in is very good

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars REVEALED AT LAST: THE HUMAN FACE OF MIDDLE EAST TURMOIL, April 22, 2003

By 

James T. Reed III "Jim Reed" (Birmingham, Alabama) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Finding Palestine: One American's Trek from the Midwest to the Middle East (Paperback)

This book is an engaging blend of personal narrative and political instruction, one that's difficult to put down. In the tradition of Diane McWhorter's CARRY ME HOME, Dr. Elliott teaches us things we don't know while at the same time making sure we remember that she is a human being, journeying through territory and time, actually feeling what she is learning. I wish other historians would follow these examples and show us the human face of a very daunting, sometimes abstract, always complicated subject. The Middle East is mysterious to Americans, only because we haven't lived there, visited there, loved and felt there. Once you've visited Elliott's world, you feel you can't return to comfortable complacency in front of the television set. All the right questions are being asked in this little book and thankfully, unlike so many other works on this subject, it never turns into a rant. Dr. Elliott remains confused about what she has learned. It is that state of confusion that leaves the door open to more learning, and more learning is what we all could use. The Middle East is not just a bunch of territorial barbarians, not merely a horde of religious zealots, not just a group of intolerant boundary-holders and conquerors. The Middle East is filled with people who aspire to decent, peaceful lives, if their leaders and our leaders would put all of us first and leave the strutting and sabre-rattling to a previous century. Dr. Elliott and others who have opened their eyes to a new reality have much to teach us.
--Jim Reed, author, DAD'S TWEED COAT Learn more at his website: jimreedbooks.com