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Book SynopsisThis work takes the reader behind the headlines of the confrontation between Israelis and Palestinians, examining its human dimension and setting it in a balanced historical context. Daniel Gavron talks to Israelis and Palestinians of all backgrounds and shades of opinion.
Trade ReviewMost readers will appreciate the honest, behind-the-scenes look at how ordinary people suffer from everyday violence and try to make sense of it. * Publishers Weekly *
In his hugely intelligent and originally structured book [Gavron] has interviewed and drawn portraits of 16 remarkable Palestinians and Jews. His conclusions are startling. In this clearly assembled, imaginatively researched selection of interviews, Gavron offers those different angles of vision, many of which were unknown. The Jewish, Palestinian, and Christian voices within his book reaffirm a humane sanity of which we are all desperately in need. * The Guardian *
The first chapter lays out the historical background to the Middle East conflict, with the next six providing an engaging, if not novel, attempt to understand the violence through the deftly woven portraits of 16 Israelis and Palestinians. * Ha'aretz *
A useful, insightful book. * Resurgence *
Daniel Gavron's new book is hugely impressive—even-handed, interesting, and original. -- Deborah Treisman, fiction editor, The New Yorker
A lovely, hopeful, daring book that offers the whole mishegas in one volume. -- Clancy Sigal, author of
The Secret Defector
Beginning with a remarkably balanced, 40-page overview of the historical evolution and contemporary situation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Gavron then profiles 16 Palestinians and Israelis to bring a human dimension to different perspectives of the struggle. . . . Recommended. * CHOICE *
Many of the testimonies are moving and revealing. * The Jewish Chronicle, UK *
I highly recommend this fascinating and original book, which is full of wisdom, sanity, and hope. -- Deborah Maccoby * Jewish Quarterly *
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Chronology Part 2 Introduction Part 3 Part I Yesterday Chapter 4 Chapter 1: The Unsolved Problem Chapter 5 Chapter 2: Nasser Eddin Nashashibi: Palestinian Patrician Chapter 6 Chapter 3: Lova Eliav: Israeli Pioneer Part 7 Part II Today Chapter 8 Chapter 4: The Reluctant Warriors Chapter 9 Abdulla Abu-Hadid: For a Two-State Solution Chapter 10 Nir Shoshani: "Each Time It's More Difficult" Chapter 11 Adi Eilat: Courage to Refuse Chapter 12 Jonathan Kuttab: The Nonviolent Militant Chapter 13 Chapter 5: The Price Chapter 14 Yitzhak Frankenthal, Israeli Bereaved Parent Chapter 15 Tariq Essawi, Palestinian Bereaved Parent Chapter 16 Mariet Khouri: Ubiquitous Trauma Chapter 17 Zehava Solomon: Selective Trauma Chapter 18 Baiga Shochat: Peace Means Prosperity Chapter 19 Samir Huleileh: Preventive Action Now Chapter 20 Chapter 6: The Entanglement Chapter 21 Meira Dolev and Amit Segal, Second-Generation Settlers Chapter 22 Sayed Kashu, The Invisible Man Chapter 23 Menahem Froman, The Maverick Settler Part 24 Part III Tomorrow Chapter 25 Chapter 7: The Impossible Solution Chapter 26 Chapter 8: The Improbable Solution
