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The thinking heart : essays on Israel and Palestine / David Grossman ; essays selected by Eva Cossee and Christopher Buchwald ; translated by Jessica Cohen.

Grossman, David, (author.). Cossee, Eva, (editor.). Buchwald, Christoph, (editor.).

Summary:

"Just after October 7th 2023, David Grossman, a longtime voice of moral clarity in the Middle East, retreated inward to ask himself anew these urgent questions about his beloved nation: How could this massacre have happened? How could the Netanyahu government, tangled in its web of scandals, have failed to protect its citizens? And did October 7 and the senseless war that has followed take with it the last hope of a two-state solution? In these eleven essays, which appeared at key moments when Grossman wanted to hold the government accountable, he traces the failures leading up to that day and the ensuing war, enabled and abetted by a morally bankrupt party clinging to power. He documents the struggle between those committed to conflict, and those who want to live in peace and equality with their neighbors. He asks what the meaning and purpose of a Jewish state can be when the core values of Judaism are cast aside, and how his people, so accustomed throughout history to being in the minority, have not proved able to exist as a majority with the dignity and humanity that the job demands. Ultimately, Grossman arrives at the most important question of all: Will there ever be a lasting peace in the region?"--Page 4 of cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9798217007059
  • Physical Description: 95 pages ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Vintage International, 2025.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: who will we be when we rise from the ashes? (10 October 2023) -- Nevertherless (22 May 2021) -- Israel in chaos (30 December 2022) -- Dictatorship threatens Israel (25 March 2023) -- What is a Jewish state? (26 April 2023) -- The march on Jerusalem (25 July 2023) -- The tightrope walker look down (29 August 2023) -- Writer in an occupying country (15 July 2017) -- Equality is not a prize (4 August 2018) -- The thinking heart (29 November 2022) -- After the war (1 March 2024) -- Suddenly a cry flew (Tel Aviv, 24 July 2024).
Subject:
Israel-Hamas War, 2023-
Arab-Israeli conflict > History > 21st century.
Israel > Foreign relations > Palestine.
Palestine > Foreign relations > Israel.
Israel > Politics and government > 21st century.
Middle East > Social conditions > 21st century.
Genre:
Essays.

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