A journalist reports on his travels to the West Bank, where he had witnessed the bitter conflicts, political ramifications, and human dynamics that seem to make peace an impossible proposition for the Middle East.
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On Israel's West Bank, Friedman visited dirt-poor Arab villages, which stood in stark contrast to the area's gleaming Jewish settlements, created from vast tracts of expropriated Palestinian land and guarded by anti-Arab vigilante forces. In a disturbing, timely report, he interviews determined Israeli settlers as well as hardworking ex-yuppies from the U.S. who sacrificed careers in America to build their version of an idealistic Zionist society in Israel's occupied territories. A Village Voice staff writer and biographer of Meir Kahane ( The False Prophet ), Friedman profiles Rabbi Moshe Levinger, father of Israel's settlement movement, who believes the Palestinians have no national rights whatsoever. Friedman also delves into Jewish zealots' efforts to "redeem" East Jerusalem's Old City from its Muslim and Christian inhabitants by buying up property. Finally, he documents American Jewish neoconservatives' campaign to intimidate and silence Israel's American Jewish critics during the 15 years of Likud party rule. He endorses Labor Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's peace proposal, whereby predominantly Arab areas under dispute would become part of a self-ruling, autonomous unit linked to Israel in a federation.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Terrific book!,
By Carol (Walnut Creek, CA. USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Zealots for Zion: Inside Israel's West Bank Settlement Movement (Paperback)
I admit that I have been one of those Americans who find the whole Israeli-Palestinian thing just too boring and I didn't want to know. I mean, the Jews I know are smart and funny and Israel has lots of Nobel Prize winners so why shouldn't they be able to do what they want in the land that God gave them...except I never really believed that last part.
Friedman interviewed settlers and much of the book is in their own words. If you want to know the history of the settlement movement and what the settlers themselves think about what they are doing and if you don't mind reading a really well-written book, this book is for you.
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A Must Read For Every Freedom Loving American,
This review is from: Zealots for Zion: Inside Israel's West Bank Settlement Movement (Hardcover)
American's must not take heed to calls for an uneven handed solution to the Palestinian and Israeli conflict.
This book gives an unbiased, real, scary, and detailed overview of settler intentions in 'sharing and co-inciding together' with their arab counterparts. As this conflict between the two becomes a political tool for 'molding opinion', this insider takes the courage and strength to share a story of a 'fundamental'cause that will effect every nation in the planet and bring a majority of societies to the brink of war. A MUST READ FOR EVERY FREEDOM LOVING AMERICAN
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Interesting read, respectful of settlers,
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This review is from: Zealots for Zion: Inside Israel's West Bank Settlement Movement (Paperback)
This book is written by a journalist, so it's more focused on stories than wider history or analysis. Still, I found the writer to be a great storyteller who was deeply interested in the subject and fair to his interviewees despite disagreeing with them. I found this book quite useful in researching settlement in the West Bank. If you're looking for more historical and analytic books, try On the Border of Fire: Origins of the National Religious Settler Movement in Israel andThe Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-1977.
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A mound of weathered stone on a terraced ridge north of the West Bank town of Hebron marks the spot where King David established his first royal throne some seven years before he conquered Jerusalem. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
baale teshuvah, baal teshuvah, settlement enterprise, settlement drive, religious settlers, terrorist underground, settlement leader, yeshiva students, territorial compromise, settlement activity, settlement movement Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
West Bank, Temple Mount, Gush Emunim, Ateret Cohanim, Peace Now, New York, East Jerusalem, Rabbi Levinger, United States, Tel Aviv, Israeli Army, American Jewish, Dome of the Rock, Old City, Six-Day War, Gaza Strip, Abu Bakr, Shin Bet, Ariel Sharon, Middle East, Military Intelligence, American Jews, Gulf War, Muslim Quarter, West Jerusalem New!
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A mound of weathered stone on a terraced ridge north of the West Bank town of Hebron marks the spot where King David established his first royal throne some seven years before he conquered Jerusalem. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
baale teshuvah, baal teshuvah, settlement enterprise, settlement drive, religious settlers, terrorist underground, settlement leader, yeshiva students, territorial compromise, settlement activity, settlement movement Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
West Bank, Temple Mount, Gush Emunim, Ateret Cohanim, Peace Now, New York, East Jerusalem, Rabbi Levinger, United States, Tel Aviv, Israeli Army, American Jewish, Dome of the Rock, Old City, Six-Day War, Gaza Strip, Abu Bakr, Shin Bet, Ariel Sharon, Middle East, Military Intelligence, American Jews, Gulf War, Muslim Quarter, West Jerusalem New!
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- The Walled City (Library of Modern Jewish Literature) by Esther David in Front Matter, and page 158
- West Bank and Gaza Atlas (West Bank Data Base Project) by Meron Benvenisti on page 50, and page 201
- Food and Drug Administration (Know Your Government) by William Patrick on page 156
- Walden Pond (NE Landmarks) by Bonnie McGrath on page 55
- Emergency powers (Science and Technique of Democracy No. 12) (1995) by European Commission for Democracy through Law on page 126
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- To Rule Jerusalem (Cambridge Cultural Social Studies) by Roger Friedland in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- To Rule Jerusalem by Roger Friedland in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Jewish State: A Century Later, Updated With a New Preface by Alan Dowty in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Footprint Israel Handbook (Footprint Israel Handbook with the Palestinian Authority Areas) by Sean Sheehan on page 67, and page 258
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