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Book SynopsisAn insight into the diversity and contradictions of Israeli identity
Trade Review'A fascinating journey through the Israeli Jewish psyche in its multiple manifestations. It invites us to understand the Israeli predicament through Israeli eyes' -- Ghada Karmi, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter
'Meticulously and rigorously researched. An excellent book for the serious general reader on the Isreali-Palestine/Arab conflict, giving a broad, comprehensive spectrum of people, a confluence of ideas and ideologies' -- Jewish Socialist
'Arthur Neslen's sharp insights into the Israeli Jewish mentality are a must read for anyone wishing to understand that society beyond simplistic and reductionist descriptions' -- Ilan Pappe, author of A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples
'An important key to understanding the realities beyond the headlines' -- Internet Bookwatch
'Brutal and searingly honest accounts. ... A compelling book' -- Yvonne Ridley, Political editor of the Islam Channel
'A simple but profound exploration of the complexities and contradictions of Israel. Dissidence, anger and the desire for reform as well as the more familiar bigotry and hatred come through in the words (and silences) of a fascinating cross-section of Israeli Jews' -- Hilary Wainwright, Editor of Red Pepper
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. Into The Kur Hitukh
2. Soldiers And Sabras
3. Strangers In The Land Of Their Fathers
4. Strange Orthodoxies And Quantum Secularities
5. Believers And Apostates
6. The Home Front
7. The Forgiven And The Forgotten
8. Business As Usual
9. Across The Green Line
10. Away From Zion
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