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Author
Publisher
Schocken Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The definitive biography of Golda Meir: the iron-willed leader, chain-smoking political operative, and tea-and-cake-serving grandmother who became the fourth prime minister of Israel and one of the most notable women of our time.
Author
Publisher
Kar-Ben Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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A look at the early life of Israel's first female prime minster shares a story from her childhood in which, at age nine, she organized her friends to raise money to buy textbooks for immigrant classmates.
Author
Series
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A balanced biography of Golda Meir, who was both adored and abhorred, from award-winning author Deborah E. Lipstadt “Comprehensive. . . . Always thoughtful. . . . A nuanced account of a leader whose influence endures in the Middle East.”&#٬٢٠١٤؛Kirkus Review Golda Meir (1898–1978) was the first and only woman to serve as prime minister of Israel. She was born in Kiev into a childhood of poverty, hunger, and antisemitism. When she was...
Author
Series
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2014].
Language
English
Description
Publisher Summary 1 Drawing on access to his personal archives, a new biography of the Zionist and founder of modern Israel focuses on the first years of Israel's statehood after 1948, shedding light on the qualities that defined his leadership
Author
Publisher
Dunne Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Benjamin Netanyahu is currently serving his fourth term in office as Prime Minister of Israel, the longest serving Prime Minister in the country's history. Now Israeli journalist Ben Caspit puts Netanyahu's life under a magnifying glass, focusing on his last two terms in office. Caspit covers a wide swath of topics, including Netanyahu's policies, his political struggles, and his fight against the Iranian nuclear program, and zeroes in on Netanyahu's...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"At a time when the identity of Israel is more uncertain than at any moment since its modern founding, Do What Is Necessary celebrates the defining generation of leaders who took on the task of safeguarding the country's future. David Ben-Gurion, Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Rabin and Ariel Sharon were all present at the creation of the new nation, and each faced a threat that directly imperiled the country's existence. The book is a history of those moments...
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
Threshold Editions
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu tells the story of his family, his path to leadership, and his commitment to defending Israel and securing its future.
From their earliest days, Bibi and his close-knit brothers, Yoni and Iddo, were instilled with purpose. Born in the wake of the Holocaust at the dawn of Israel’s independence and raised in a family with a prominent Zionist history, they understood that the Jewish state was a hard-won and still precarious...
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