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Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
This non-stop, groundbreaking adventure takes the viewer on a historic journey throughout Israel, at the intersection of the world's three great religions. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Peter Greenberg explore Israel as it has never been seen before, through the eyes of its leader.
Author
Publisher
Polity
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Based on a wide range of sources, both in Hebrew and English, this book contains a judicious synthesis of the received literature to yield the general reader and student alike a reliable, balanced, and novel account of Israel's fateful and turbulent infancy. -- from publisher description
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Recounts the story of the Hebrew scrolls claimed to have been discovered by nineteenth-century antiquities dealer Moses Wilhelm Shapira, as well as the author's attempts to track them down and uncover the truth about them and Shapira.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
From a New York Times-bestselling author, a stirring account of the siege of Acre in 1291, when the last Christian stronghold fell to the Muslim army. The 1291 siege of Acre was the Alamo of the Christian Crusades -- the final bloody battle for the Holy Land. After a desperate six weeks, the beleaguered citadel surrendered to the Mamluks, bringing an end to Christendom's two-hundred year adventure in the Middle East. In The Accursed Tower, Roger Crowley...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[ay 2018]
Language
English
Description
"The definitive memoir of one of Israel's most influential soldier-statesmen and one-time Prime Minister, Ehud Barak, with insights into forging peace in the Middle East. In the summer of 2000, the most decorated soldier in Israel's history--Ehud Barak--set himself a challenge as daunting as any he had faced on the battlefield: to secure a final peace with the Palestinians. He would propose two states for two peoples, with a shared capital in Jerusalem....
Author
Publisher
Brandeis University Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A history of Israel in the context of the modern Jewish experience and the history of the Middle East.
"Written by one of Israel's most notable scholars, this volume provides a breathtaking history of Israel from the origins of the Zionist movement in the late 19th century to the present day. Organized chronologically, the volume explores the emergence of Zionism in Europe against the backdrop of relations among Jews, Arabs, and Turks, and the earliest...
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