The holy and the broken : a cry for Israeli-Palestinian peace from a land that must be shared / Ittay Flescher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flescher, Ittay, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish-Arab relations.

Arab-Israeli conflict--1993-.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Palestine question (1948-).

Physical Description:

310 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Gadigal Country, N.S.W. in Australia : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2025

Summary:

For over twenty years, Ittay Flescher has worked as an educator, journalist and peacebuilder in Melbourne and Jerusalem. When he woke up on the morning of October 7, 2023 to the sounds of rocket sirens over Jerusalem and later saw the devastation of Gaza in response, the grief and sadness that engulfed him - and so many others - compelled him to ask: how can we find a way forward? Following years spent facilitating dialogue between Jews, Muslims and Christians, Ittay believes that peace can only be found if we are willing to empathise with the pain of others. The Holy and the Broken challenges Palestinian and Israeli leaders, citizens and their supporters across the world to imagine a different reality; to look at history with a different eye; and to search for moments of engagement rather than resentment in the narratives of the past that each side tells about itself. Ultimately, it is a story that aims to comfort the troubled and trouble the comfortable.

Contents:

Preface

Fifty years and one day: How October 7 changed everything

Holocaust, Hashem and Israel: Reflections on my school education

Where it all began: Two nations, one homeland

The first Palestinian-Zionist dialogue

Indigenous Australians, Jews and Palestinians

Keeping hope alive: Inside Jerusalem's youth movement for peace

'Peace is possible': Lessons from Belfast

Daring to dialogue: How supporters of Palestine and Israel can talk to one another

Gaza: The quest for reckoning

Peace journalism: All the news we never print

To the boys in the room: Hearing the missing voices of women

If it be your will: Faith and peacebuilding

Inside the classroom: Dominant narratives and untold stories

So, what's your solution for Israel/Palestine?

Challenging dehumanisation and suspending disbelief

Letters to Israeli and Palestinian children

When there is peace

Those who made me

Timelines. Important events in Palestine and Israel

Israel-Gaza wars

Agreements, negotiations and peace proposals

Acknowledgments

Notes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781460767078

1460767071

OCLC:

1465152464