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Shavit, Ari.

My promised land : the triumph and tragedy of Israel / Ari Shavit. - Brunswick, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2014. - xiv, 445 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Includes index. First published in New York by Spiegel & Grau in 2013.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [423]-424) and index.

Question marks -- At first sight, 1897 -- Into the Valley, 1921 -- Orange grove, 1939 -- Masada, 1942 -- Lydda, 1948 -- Housing estate, 1957 -- The Project, 1967 -- Settlement, 1975 -- Gaza Beach, 1991 -- Peace, 1993 -- J'accuse, 1999 -- Sex, drugs, and the Israeli condition, 2000 -- Up the Galilee, 2003 -- Reality shock, 2006 -- Occupy Rothschild, 2011 -- Existential challenge, 2013 -- By the sea.

Presents an examination of Israel that traces the events that led the country to its current state of conflict through the stories of everyday citizens to illuminate the importance of lesser-known historical events.

ISBN: 9781922070593 (hardback) 9781925106251 1922070599 (hardback) 0385521707 9780385521703

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Arab-Israeli conflict.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Israel--Politics and government.

Dewey Class. No.: 956.05/4