Intimate enemies - Meron Benvenisti
Jews and Arabs in a shared land
KORTE INHOUD
Argues that there are Israeli Jews and Palestinians who can envision an undivided land, where attachment to a common homeland is stronger than militant tribalism and segregation in national ghettos.
"Few Americans can appreciate the intensity, substance, and complexity of the struggles in Israel without reading this book."—Ian Lustick, president of the Association for Israel Studies
"Honest to a fault, possessed of no illusions, with no ax to grind, Benvenisti has insisted that Israeli and Palestinian should acknowledge the facts of their world. Controversial, a hawk to the Israeli doves, a dove to the hawks, he has gone his own way."—Fouad Ajami, author of The Arab Predicament
As Israelis and Palestinians negotiate separation and division of their land, Meron Benvenisti, former Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem, maintains that any expectations for 'peaceful partition' are doomed. In his brave and controversial new book, he raises the possibility of a confederation of Israel/Palestine, the only solution that he feels wi...
"Few Americans can appreciate the intensity, substance, and complexity of the struggles in Israel without reading this book."—Ian Lustick, president of the Association for Israel Studies
"Honest to a fault, possessed of no illusions, with no ax to grind, Benvenisti has insisted that Israeli and Palestinian should acknowledge the facts of their world. Controversial, a hawk to the Israeli doves, a dove to the hawks, he has gone his own way."—Fouad Ajami, author of The Arab Predicament
As Israelis and Palestinians negotiate separation and division of their land, Meron Benvenisti, former Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem, maintains that any expectations for 'peaceful partition' are doomed. In his brave and controversial new book, he raises the possibility of a confederation of Israel/Palestine, the only solution that he feels wi...
