A01=Gershom Gorenberg
Author_Gershom Gorenberg
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Product details
- ISBN 9781845114305
- Dimensions: 134 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 27 Apr 2007
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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In the fog of the 1967 war and its aftermath, Israel's generals and politicians took a series of fateful decisions that led to a bloody, bitter and seemingly endless occupation of Arab lands. Gershom Gorenberg takes us behind the scenes of history to glimpse those decisions being made. He reveals for the first time the motivation, influences and strategies of key players such as Yigal Allon, Moshe Dayan and Golda Meir. He shows how Labour politicians allowed themselves to be persuaded by a mixture of political convenience, military alarmism and religious fanaticism in to allowing settlements to develop in the occupied territories, despite being fully aware that this contravened international law. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's eviction of Jewish settlers from Gaza in 2004 has shown that it is possible for the Israeli government to confront the settler movement. and further evacuations have been mooted. But the issue is a divisive one: all the passions, ambitions and political alliances which gave rise to Israel's pursuit of 'The Whole Land', from the Mediterranean to the Jordan Valley, remain potent forces.
Gorenberg's book is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand not only the occupation, but the mindset of the occupiers.
Gershom Gorenberg is a writer and journalist living in Jerusalem. He has written for The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post and the Israeli daily, Ha'aretz.
