Friendly Fire by Anthony David

Friendly Fire by Anthony David

FINALIST -- The National Jewish Book Award

In this deeply personal journey of discovery, Ami Ayalon seeks input and perspective from Palestinians and Israelis whose experiences differ from his own. As head of the Shin Bet security agency, he gained empathy for the enemy and learned that when Israel carries out anti-terrorist operations in a political context of hopelessness, the Palestinian public will support violence, because they have nothing to lose. Researching and writing Friendly Fire, he came to understand that his patriotic life had blinded him to the self-defeating nature of policies that have undermined Israel's civil society while heaping humiliation upon its Palestinian neighbors. If Israel becomes an Orwellian dystopia, Ayalon writes, it won't be thanks to a handful of theologians dragging us into the dark past. The secular majority will lead us there motivated by fear and propelled by silence. Ayalon is a realist, not an idealist, and many who consider themselves Zionists will regard as radical his conclusions about what Israel must do to achieve relative peace and security and to sustain itself as a Jewish homeland and a liberal democracy.

Ayalon, Ami: - Ami Ayalon is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Middle Eastern and African History at Tel Aviv University. His scholarly interest focuses on the cultural and political history of Arabic-speaking societies in modern times, with a recent accent on the entry of printing into the Middle East and its wider implications. Ayalon has published numerous studies on these subjects, including Language and Change in the Arab Middle East (1987), The Press in the Arab Middle East: A History (1995) and Reading Palestine: Printing and Literacy, 1900-1948 (2004).

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ISBN 13	9781586422585
ISBN 10	1586422588
Titel	Friendly Fire
Autor	Anthony David
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Steerforth Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2020-09-08
Seitenanzahl	304
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