Can We Talk About Israel? (Revised and Updated)

An essential,accessible guide to one of the most complexcontroversial topics in the worldfrom a leading expert on Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict-now revised and updated. Israel-and its conflict with the Palestinians-is one of the hardest things in the world to understandlet alone talk about. And if talking about Israel has long been divisivecontentiousand controversialit got a whole lot harder after the horrific events of October 72023 and the catastrophic violence that followed. Daniel Sokatch regularly deals with this challenge as head of the New Israel Fundan organization dedicated to equality and democracy for all Israelisnot just Jews. As Sokatch asksis there any other topic about which so many intelligenteducatedand sophisticated people express such strongly and passionately held convictionsand about which they actually know so little? Can We Talk About Israel? is the story of the Israeli-Palestinian conflictgrappling with a century-long struggle between two peoples that both perceive themselves asand indeed arevictims. And it’s an attempt to explain why the Israeli-Palestinian conflict inspires such extreme feelings. Complete with engaging illustrations by Christopher NoxonCan We Talk About Israel? is an easy-to-read yet penetrating and original look at the history and basic contours of one of the most complicated conflicts in the world.