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Enemies and neighbors : Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017 / by Black, Ian,1953-;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.Enemies and Neighbors is a big, textured, and, crucially, balanced account of over 100 years of the Israel-Palestine conflict, published on the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration (the famous pledge made by the British government on Nov. 2, 1917 expressing sympathy for a national Jewish home in Palestine). 2017 also marks the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War in June 1967, during which Israel seized its current borders. Much of the existing literature on the Israel-Palestine conflict focuses on the era post-Israeli independence (starting in 1948), has a clear bias, and/or comes at the subject from an academic angle. This is a major, engagingly written trade history covering the entire arc of the conflict up to the present, and Black has done an extraordinary job of telling it from both sides.LSC
Subjects: Jewish-Arab relations; Arab-Israeli conflict.; Palestinian Arabs;
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A genocide foretold : reporting on survival and resistance in occupied Palestine / by Hedges, Chris,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."With intimate and harrowing portraits of the human consequences of oppression, occupation, and violence experienced in Palestine today, Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges issues a call to action urging us to bear witness and engage with the ongoing humanitarian crisis. Hedges wrote the first section of the book when he was in Ramallah in July 2024, and he draws from his experience doing extensive reporting from the Middle East, including Gaza, for the New York Times. A Genocide Foretold confronts the stark realities of life under siege in Gaza and the heroic effort ordinary Palestinians are waging to resist and survive. Weaving together personal stories, historical context, and unflinching journalism, Chris Hedges provides an intimate portrait of systemic oppression, occupation, and violence. The book includes chapters on: What life is like in Gaza City and Ramallah in the midst of approaching bombs and gunfire. The history of the dispossession of Palestinians of their land in relation to the ideology of Zionism. A portrait of Amr, a 17-year-old high school student who is forced to evacuate his village with his family. Psychoanalysis of the state of permanent war that has led to the destruction of hospitals, telecommunications centers, governmental buildings, roads, homes universities, schools, and libraries and archaeological and heritage sites in Gaza. The ways in which the collective retribution against innocents is a familiar tactic employed by colonial rulers. A heartbreaking final chapter called "Letter to the Children of Gaza.""--
Subjects: Arab-Israeli conflict; Palestinian Arabs; Palestinian Arabs;
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What does Israel fear from Palestine? / by Shehadeh, Raja,1951-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Since the formation of the state of Israel in 1948, the Nakba, or disaster as the Palestinians call it, there have been many opportunities to move towards peace and equality between Palestine and Israel. After the 1967 War, the Oslo Agreement and even the 7 October 2023 war. All of them have been rejected by Israel which is why life is unbearable in the West Bank now and there is genocide in Gaza. This book explores what went wrong again and again, and why. And how it could still be different. It is human nature to feel prejudice. But in this haunting meditation on Palestine and Israel, Shehadeh suggests that this does not mean the two nations cannot live together to their mutual benefit and co-existence. In graceful, devastatingly observed prose, this is a fresh reflection on the conflict in a time of great need"--
Subjects: Essays.; Arab-Israeli conflict; Jewish-Arab relations.; Palestinian Nakba, 1947-1948.; Terrorism; Terrorism; Zionism;
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Miral [videorecording] / by Abbass, Hiam.; Ben Ammar, Tarek.; Dafoe, Willem.; Decraene, Franȯis-Xavier.; Gautier, Eric,1961-; Jebreal, Rula.; Jebreal, Rula.Strada dei fiori di Miral.Videorecording.; Kilik, Jon.; Pinto, Freida,1984-; Redgrave, Vanessa,1937-; Schnabel, Julian,1951-; Siddig, Alexander,1965-; Welfling, Juliette.; Alliance Films.; Canal+ España (Firm); Cine͡cine͡ma (Firm); Eagle Pictures (Firm); Er Productions (Firm); India Take One Productions (Firm); Pathé Productions.; Weinstein Company.;
Executive producer, François-Xavier Decraene ; cinematography, Eric Gautier ; editing, Juliette Welfling.Freida Pinto, Hiam Abbass, Willem Dafoe, Vanessa Redgrave, Alexander Siddig.After she rescues dozens of children who survived a massacre in Jerusalem in 1948, Palestinian Hind Husseini establishes an orphanage that helps thousands of other children left homeless by violence. But the success of her peace-through-education institution is tested when pupil Miral gets a taste of radical politics in the region's refugee camps.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; PAL, region 2 ; Dolby Digital 5.1 ; widescreen presentation.Official selection, Venice Film Festival, 2010
Subjects: Jebreal, Rula.; Arab-Israeli conflict; Feature films.; Orphanages; Orphans; Palestinian Arabs; Schoolgirls; Terrorists;
© c2011., Weinstein Company ; Distributed by Alliance Films,
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Israel and Palestine / by Gallagher, Michael.;
Includes index.
Subjects: Arab-Israeli conflict; Arab-Israeli conflict;
© c2006., Smart Apple Media,
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10/7 : 100 human stories / by Yaron, Lee,author.; Cohen, Joshua,writer of afterword.;
"The definitive account of the 10/7 attacks through the stories of its victims and the communities they called home. On October 7, 2023 -- the Sabbath and the final day of the holiday of Sukkot-the Gaza -- based terror group Hamas launched an unprecedented assault on the people of Israel. Crashing through the border, attacking from the sea and air, militants indiscriminately massacred civilians in what became one of the worst terror attacks in modern history, and the most lethal day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust. A radically passionate work of investigative journalism and political critique by acclaimed Haaretz reporter Lee Yaron, 10/7 chronicles the massacre that ignited a war through the stories of more than 100 civilians. These stories are the products of extensive interviews with survivors, the bereaved, and first responders in Israel and beyond. The victims run the gamut from left-wing kibbutzniks and Burning Man-esque partiers to radical right-wingers, from Bedouins and Israeli Arabs to Thai and Nepalese guest workers, peace activists, elderly Holocaust survivors, refugees from Ukraine and Russia, pregnant women, and babies. At a time when people are seeking a deeper understanding of the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and how internal political turmoil in Israel has affected it, they predominantly encounter perspectives from the powerful-from politicians and military officers. 10/7 takes a fresh approach, offering answers through the stories of everyday people, those who lived tenuously on the border with Gaza. Yaron profiles victims from a wide range of communities-depicting the fullness of their lives, not just their final moments-to honor their memories and reveal the way the attack ripped open Israeli society and put the entire Middle East on the precipice of disaster. Each chapter begins with a portrait of a community, interweaving history with broader political analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to provide context for the narratives that follow. Ultimately, 10/7 shows that the tragedy is much greater than the violence of the attacks, and in fact extends back through the entire Netanyahu era, which propagated a false image of Israel as a technologically advanced, militarily formidable powerhouse so essential to the region that it could continue to ignore and undermine Palestinian statehood indefinitely"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-Islāmīyah.; Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-Islāmīyah.; Arab-Israeli conflict; Israelis; Jews; October 7 Hamas Attack, Israel, 2023.;
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Lemon tree [videorecording (DVD)] / by Abbass, Hiam.; Lipaz-Michael, Rona.; Suliman, Ali.; Tavory, Doron.; 2DF.Enterprises.; Arte France cinéma (Firm); Canal +.; IFC Films.; Israeli Film Fund (Firm); Metro Communications (Firm); Seville Pictures.; United King Films (Firm);
Edited by Tova Ascher ; Music by Habib Shehadeh Hanna.Hiam Abbass, Ali Suliman, Rona Lipaz-Michael, Doron Tavory.Salma, a Palestinian widow - living there for decades - , has to stand up against her new neighbor, the Israeli Defense Minister, when he moves into his new house opposite her lemon grove, on the green line border between Israel and the West Bank. The Israeli security forces are quick to declare that Salma's trees pose a threat to the Ministers safety and issue orders to uproot them. Together with Ziad Daud, a young Palestinian lawyer, Salma goes all the way to the Israeli Supreme Court to try and save her trees. Her struggle raises the interest of Mira Navon, the Defense ministers wife, trapped in her new home and in an unhappy life. Despite their differences and the borders between them the two women develop an invisible bond, while forbidden ties grow stronger between Salma and Ziad.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films; Fruit trees; Government property; Motion pictures, Israeli.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Widows;
© c2009., Distributed by Seville Pictures,
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7 days in Entebbe [videorecording] / by Burke, Gregory,film director.; Padilha, José,film director.; Brühl, Daniel,1978-actor.; Marsan, Eddie,actor.; Pike, Rosamund,1979-actor.; Participant Media,presenter.; Working Title Films,production company.; Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Music, Rodrigo Amarante ; editor, Daniel Rezemoe ; director of photography, Lula Carvalho.Rosamund Pike, Eddie Marsan, Daniel Brühl.Israeli soldiers embark on a mission to rescue more than 240 hostages from an airport in Entebbe, Uganda, in the summer of 1976.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1. 2.0.
Subjects: Thrillers (Motion pictures); Historical films.; Feature films.; Entebbe Airport Raid, 1976; Hostages; Terrorism;
For private home use only.
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The wolf hunt : a novel / by Gundar-Goshen, Ayelet,1982-author.; Silverston, Sondra,translator.; translation of:Gundar-Goshen, Ayelet,1982-Riloḳaishen.English.;
"Lilach has it all: a beautiful home in the heart of Silicon Valley, a successful husband and stable marriage, and a teenage son, Adam, with whom she has always felt a particular closeness. Israeli immigrants, the family has now lived in the U.S. long enough that they consider it home. But after a brutal attack on a local synagogue shakes their sense of safety, Adam enrolls in a self-defense class taught by a former Israeli Special Forces officer. There, for the first time, he finds a sense of confidence and belonging. Then, tragedy strikes again when an African American boy dies at a house party, apparently from a drug overdose. Though he was a high school classmate, Adam claims not to know him. Yet rumors begin to circulate that the death was not accidental, and that Adam and his new friends had a history with Jamal. As more details surface and racial tensions in the community are ignited, Lilach begins to question everything she thought she knew about her son. Could her worst fears be possible? Could her quiet, reclusive child have had something to do with Jamal's death?"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Political fiction.; Novels.; Antisemitism; Harassment in schools; Israelis; Life change events; Murder; Parent and child;
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Rise and kill first : the secret history of Israel's targeted assassinations / by Bergman, Ronen,author.; Hope, Ronnie,translator.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 637-725) and index.Presents an assessment of Israel's state-sponsored assassination programs that evaluates the protective beliefs that are instituted into every Israeli citizen, the role of assassination in the state's history, and the ethical challenges of Israel's policies on targeted killings.
Subjects: Targeted killing;
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