{"product_id":"the-palestineisraeli-conflict-9780861543700","title":"The PalestineIsraeli Conflict","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn updated edition of this bestselling introduction to the conflict\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe essential guide that allows both sides to be heard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabbi Professor Dan Cohn-Sherbok presents the Israeli perspective, while Dr Dawoud El-Alami presents the Palestinian perspective\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eUpdated to cover the most recent events, including the US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and the May 2021 fighting in Gaza, this bestselling introduction explores the history, motivations and people behind the Palestine-Israel conflict - and assesses the prospects for peace after almost eighty years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘There are no dispassionate accounts of the conflict that racks the Holy Land, nor should there be. As \u003cstrong\u003ethis intelligent and important book\u003c\/strong\u003e makes clear, it is hard to be dispassionate when you believe that you are fighting for your life; and both the authors remind us that no less than this is what is felt to be at stake. But conflict is always intensified by ignorance. What this book does is to test how far we can go in mapping out a common history and exactly where and how this common history comes to be read differently. \u003cstrong\u003eIt offers no magical solution\u003c\/strong\u003e to this most persistent and harrowing conflict of our times, \u003cstrong\u003ebut it refuses to settle down with slogans, and models the possibility of a painful, honest – even angry – dialogue that does not simply freeze into mutual uncomprehending hatred\u003c\/strong\u003e.’\u003c\/p\u003e -- Dr Rowan Williams, Honorary Fellow and Honorary Professor of Contemporary Christian Thought, University of Cambridge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Offers a rare insight into the Palestine–Israeli dilemma while outlining political, religious, historical and emotional issues in the struggle for peace.’\u003c\/p\u003e * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A must for anybody interested in understanding the conflict in the Middle East.'\u003c\/p\u003e -- George Joffé, Research Fellow, Centre for International Studies, University of Cambridge","brand":"Oneworld Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866102640983,"sku":"9780861543700","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780861543700.jpg?v=1722277045","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-palestineisraeli-conflict-9780861543700","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}