Arab and Jew - Hardcover

Shipler, David K.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 081291273X ISBN 13: 9780812912739

Publisher: Crown, 1986

Synopsis

A former chief correspondent in Israel for The "New York Times" examines the Arab and Jewish cultures and probes the ways in which the two peoples have sought to accomodate themselves to living side by side.

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Review:

The correspondent for The New York Times in Jerusalem from 1979 to 1984, David K. Shipler brings a very American moral commitment to the problem of Arab-Jewish relations. The occupation of the West Bank was by then a static fact of life; many young Israelis and Palestinians had grown up knowing no other reality. The Israeli invasion of Lebanon and the massacres of Palestinians by Lebanese militiamen at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps, which were under Israeli control, had shaken the consciences of many American Jews. Many of the voices in this book are American, from idealistic young secular Jews working for Arab-Jewish cooperation to the more fanatical followers of Meir Kahane. This work, which won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction, gives Shipler's narrative the power of a terrible family argument.

About the Author:

David K. Shipler worked for the New York Times from 1966-1988, serving as Jerusalem bureau chief for five years. He won a George Polk Award for his coverage of the 1982 war in Lebanon and a DuPont-Columbia Award for his broadcast journalism coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

About this edition

• Publisher: Crown
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 081291273X
• ISBN 13: 9780812912739
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 596