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Cain's field : faith, fratricide, and fear in the Middle East / Matt Rees.
Van Pelt Library DS119.7 .R3655 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rees, Matt, 1967-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arab-Israeli conflict.
- Arab-Israeli conflict--Religious aspects--Judaism.
- Arab-Israeli conflict--Religious aspects--Islam.
- Palestinian Arabs--Social conditions.
- Israel--Social conditions--20th century.
- Israel.
- Social conditions.
- Palestinian Arabs--Social conditions--20th century.
- Palestinian Arabs.
- Physical Description:
- 302 pages : map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Free Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- A groundbreaking work from "Time" magazine's Jerusalem bureau chief combines a dazzling narrative with a bold insight--that the deep divisions within both Israeli and Palestinian societies must be resolved before true peace can be achieved.
- Contents:
- Introduction: "Camels, Sand and Shit" 1
- Part I The Palestinians
- Chapter 1 Kissing the Dead: Arafat and Hamas 9
- Chapter 2 Saladin's Gate: Gunmen Rulers of Palestinian Towns 62
- Chapter 3 The Heroic Scum: Arafat's Fractious Henchmen 91
- Chapter 4 Nizar's Resistance: Citizens of an Occupied Homeland 121
- Part II The Israelis
- Chapter 5 The Dark Refuge: Holocaust Survivors and Native Israelis 143
- Chapter 6 Yudel's Candle: Ultrareligious and Secular Jews 178
- Chapter 7 Adamah: Settlers and the Israeli Left 214
- Chapter 8 Matatya's Cafe: Arab Jews and the European Elite 256
- Afterword: "Every One That Findeth Me Shall Slay Me" 299.
- ISBN:
- 0743250478
- OCLC:
- 56086129
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