Beyond the Green Line: Israeli Setlements West of The Jordan

What is it really like to live Beyond The Green Line? Day-to-day life on the West Bank of the Jordan is far from ordinary. That strip of land is one of me most hotly disputed and controversial areas in the world today and life there is both difficult and dangerous. Beyond The Green Llnezlsraell Settlements West ofthe Jordan is a balanced and comprehensive analysis of all aspects of this complex issue, covering political affairs, intemational conflict and diplomacy, as well as the life-styles that have developed there among the settlers who have arrived slnce Israel con- quered the West Bank during the Six Day War in 1967. Going beyond the rhetoric and polemical arguments, the book answers such questions as: ° What types of people have settled on the ylshuvim and ln the new suburban centers on the West Bank? ° What ls it like to be a woman there? ° How do families, children, and American lmmlgrants cope wlth the numerous problems of life? ° Why do so many Israelis have serious misgivings about the whole settlement project on the West Bank? ° What ls the nature ofthe Arab experience there-what do they think and how militant are they? Beyond ‘|'|le Green Llrletells a very human story of people trying to build a life in one of the world's most explosive regions -a region of crucial importance to Israel and to all those who wish for peace in the Middle East.