{"product_id":"diary-of-a-crisis-israel-in-turmoil-hardcover","title":"Diary of a Crisis: Israel in Turmoil - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSaul Friedl?nder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSearching reflections on the crisis in Israel and Gaza by a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of the Holocaust\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiary of a Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e explores the past tumultuous and traumatic year in Israel-Palestine. The eminent historian Saul Friedl?nder began a diary of Israeli politics in January 2023 as the country was convulsed by protests against Netanyahu's attempt to overhaul the judiciary. Hundreds of thousands took to the streets to demonstrate against this threat to democracy. But the protests said nothing about the Palestinian question--the \"elephant in the room,\" according to Friedl?nder, who resumed his diary after Hamas's 7 October assault on southern Israel. Israel was facing one of the worst crises in its history, he observes, under the worst possible internal conditions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFriedl?nder weaves together profound reflections on a national history in which he has been an active participant. He describes how Prime Minister Golda Meir once flatly declared to him, \"There is no Palestinian people.\" For Friedl?nder, on the other hand, the fight for democracy is inseparable from equality of treatment for Arab and Jewish citizens and an end to Israeli domination over Palestinians in the Occupied Territories. He argues that despite the continuing bloodshed, a two-state solution remains the only long-term answer to this most intractable of conflicts.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSaul Friedländer \u003c\/b\u003eis an award-winning Israeli-American historian and professor of history (emeritus) at UCLA. He was born in Prague to a family of German-speaking Jews, grew up in France, and lived in hiding during the Nazi occupation of 1940-44. He left for Israel in 1948. A recipient of the Israel Prize, the country's highest cultural honour, he is the author of the standard two-volume history of the Holocaust, \u003ci\u003eYears of Persecution \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eYears of Extermination\u003c\/i\u003e, which won a Pulitzer in 2008. His recent books include \u003ci\u003eProustian Uncertainties\u003c\/i\u003e and a memoir, \u003ci\u003eWhere Memory Leads\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.4 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 10, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752842854688,"sku":"9781804296783","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/24443a301db864cf99334123d376ab5a.webp?v=1780005741","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/diary-of-a-crisis-israel-in-turmoil-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}