Full name: Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land

Author: David K. Shipler Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9780142002292 0142002291

The Jew, according to the Arab stereotype, is a brutal, violent coward; the Arab, to the prejudiced Jew, is a primitive creature of animal vengeance and cruel desires. In this monumental work, David Shipler delves into the origins of the prejudices that have been intensified by war, terrorism, and nationalism. Focusing on the diverse cultures that exist side by side in Israel and Israeli-controlled territories, Shipler examines the process of indoctrination that begins in schools; he discusses the far-ranging effects of socioeconomic differences, historical conflicts between Islam and Judaism, attitudes about the Holocaust, and much more. And he writes of the people: the Arab woman in love with a Jew, the retired Israeli military officer, the Palestinian guerilla, the handsome actor whose father is Arab and whose mother is Jewish. Similar books: The Iron Wall by Avi Shlaim Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict by Charles D. Smith Jerusalem 1913 by Amy Dockser Marcus 1948 by Benny Morris The Gun and the Olive Branch by David Hirst 1949 by Tom Segev Battleground by Samuel M. Katz The Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan Palestinian Identity by Rashid Khalidi From Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas L. Friedman The Yellow Wind by David Grossman The Arab-Israeli Wars by Chaim Herzog The End of the Peace Process by Edward W. Said The Iron Cage by Rashid Khalidi The Question of Palestine by Edward W. Said