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The Land of Hope and Fear: Israel’s Battle for Its Inner Soul

byIsabel Kershner

Veteran correspondent Isabel Kershner portrays Israel through citizens confronting deep internal divisions and persistent external threats. On-the-ground reporting follows arguments over religion, democracy, national identity, occupation, security, courts, and the relationship between Jewish and Arab communities. Personal narratives show how families and institutions carry competing memories, fears, and hopes within the same small country. Kershner avoids a single explanatory lens, instead asking what continues to bind Israelis together and what may pull them apart. The book captures a society struggling over both immediate survival and the meaning of its future.

Publisher

Knopf Incorporated, Alfred A.

Publication date

2023

Format

Print edition

Pages

384

ISBN

9781101946763