An updated edition of this best-selling introduction to the Palestine-Israeli conflict
Dan Cohn-Sherbok is Professor Emeritus of Judaism at the University of Wales and Honorary Fellow of the Centre of Religions for Peace and Reconciliation at the University of Winchester. Dawoud El-Alami is Senior Teaching Fellow at the University of Aberdeen.
“There are no dispassionate accounts of the conflict that racks the
Holy Land, nor should there be. As this intelligent and
important book makes clear, it is hard to be dispassionate when you
believe that you are fighting for your life; and both the authors
remind us that no less than this is what is felt to be at stake.
But conflict is always intensified by ignorance. What
this book does is to test how far we can go in mapping out a common
history and exactly where and how this common history comes to be
read differently. It offers no magical solution to this most
persistent and harrowing conflict of our times, but it refuses to
settle down with slogans, and models the possibility of a painful,
honest – even angry – dialogue that does not simply freeze into
mutual uncomprehending hatred.”
*Dr. Rowan Williams, Master at Magdalene College, Cambridge*
'Offers a rare insight into the Palestine–Israeli dilemma while
outlining political, religious, historical and emotional issues in
the struggle for peace.'
*Library Journal*
'A must for anybody interested in understanding the conflict in the
Middle East.'
*George Joffe, Director of Studies, Royal Institute for
International Affairs, London*
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