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Title: Still Life with Bombers : Israel in the Age of Terrorism by DAVID HOROVITZ ISBN: 1-4000-4067-1 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 02 March, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: What's really happening in Israel
Comment: The "politically correct" view nowadays seems to be to regard Israel as the oppressor in the current conflict. Things aren't so simple, as this book makes clear. The author is no right-winger, and he presents a clear and highly-readable description of what's going on today in Israel and the territories, and some poignant pictures of ordinary people on both sides, caught in the crossfire. There's plenty of blame to go around: the Israeli authorities are depicted as arrogant, all too often incompetent, and given to cronyism, but most of the trouble, the author convincingly shows, is to be laid at the feet of Arafat. Is a peaceful solution possible while he's around? I'm not optimistic.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Centrist Manifesto
Comment: As an Israeli resident whose heart is on the left but whose head is somewhere else, I found David Horovitz's book a superb narrative of what happened to those of us who thought we had found a formula for peace. The disillusionment I and others like me feel has led us to a new place on the Israeli political spectrum, one that never really existed before -- the Center.
David Horovitz explains why and gives a voice to the sensible, rational, middle-of-the-road Israel that is rarely depicted on television. He explains how it is possible to distrust Arafat and the rest of the Arab leadership without sounding like a rabid, drooling, racist "settler." While he describes what it is like to live close to the scene of repeated terrorist attacks, he does not rely on the reader's sympathy to persuade; rather, he uses sound, fundamental and highly articulate factual argument to substantiate his views.
Anyone who considers himself well-versed on the situation in Israel MUST read this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Telling it like it is
Comment: Horovitzes book accurately portrays the struggle of trying to lead a normal life in Israel. We choose restaraunts or cafes by deciding which are less likely to be blown up. We avoid sending our kids on buses at all costs. We get nervous when a car driven by a Palestinian pulls up next to us.
Horovitz goes to great lengths to describe how on the one hand we deal with terror, yet on the other we worry about our careers and doing right by the kids. He describes our frustration at often being painted the bad guys, or oppressors by a seemingly biased (and often ignorant or anti-semitic) world opinion. On the other hand, he really tries to show the Palestinian point of view, and describes the misery of their lives.
The conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians is tragic. The author explains why it turned out like this and how possibly it could be resolved.
The book gives a fascinating insight and is brilliantly written. A must read for anyone interested in Middle East affairs.
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Title: The Case for Israel by Alan Dershowitz ISBN: 047146502X Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Israelis : Ordinary People in an Extraordinary Land by Donna Rosenthal ISBN: 0684869721 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 07 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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Title: The Liberated Bride by A.B. Yehoshua, Hillel Halkin ISBN: 0151006539 Publisher: Harcourt Pub. Date: 03 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.00 |
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Title: Right to Exist : A Moral Defense of Israel's Wars by YAACOV LOZOWICK ISBN: 0385509057 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: The Yom Kippur War : The Epic Encounter That Transformed the Middle East by ABRAHAM RABINOVICH ISBN: 0805241760 Publisher: Schocken Books Pub. Date: 20 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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