Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel
By: Matti Friedman
3.93
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning writer Matti Friedman’s tale of Israel’s first spies has all the tropes of an espiona…
Want to Read $ 11.99"You need the instinct of a person who knows how to fit in, to remove the sharp edges and curve into the society." But when he wasn't a spy yet, just a proud youth perceptive enough to notice condescension, it hurt to round his edges."-Matti Friedman, Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel
"You need the instinct of a person who knows how to fit in, to remove the sharp edges and curve into the society." But when he wasn't a spy yet, just a proud youth perceptive enough to notice condescension, it hurt to round his edges."-Matti Friedman, Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel
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1. My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel
By: Ari Shavit
4.22
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Die große Geschichte IsraelsDer renommierte Journalist Ari Shavit sieht Israel in einer halt- und a… read more
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"As the state became everything, the individual became marginalized. As it marched toward the future, Israel erased the past. There was no place for the previous landscape, no place for previous ident…"-Ari Shavit, My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel
2. Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
By: Daniel Gordis
4.31
Format: 560 pages, ebook
Winner of the Jewish Book of the Year Award The first comprehensive yet accessible history of the … read more
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3. Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East
By: Michael B. Oren
4.61
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Though it lasted for only six tense days in June, the 1967 Arab-Israeli war never really ended. Eve… read more
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4. Striking Back: The 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and Israel's Deadly Response
By: Aaron J. Klein
4.13
Format: 277 pages, Hardcover
The first full account, based on access to key players who have never before spoken, of the Munich … read more
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5. Son of Hamas
By: Mosab Hassan Yousef , Ron Brackin , مصعب حسن يوسف
4.11
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Since he was a small boy, Mosab Hassan Yousef has had an inside view of the deadly terrorist group … read more
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6. Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History
By: Joseph Telushkin
3.25
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
"One of the greatest religious biographies ever written." - Dennis Prager In this enlightening biog… read more
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7. Warriors of God: Inside Hezbollah's Thirty-Year Struggle Against Israel
By: Nicholas Blanford
4.16
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Hezbollah is the most powerful Islamist group operating in the Middle East today, and no other West… read more
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8. The Prime Ministers: An Intimate Narrative of Israeli Leadership
By: None
4.00
Format: 302 pages, Hardcover
This intimate narrative takes the reader behind the scenes into the chambers of Prime Ministers Lev… read more
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9. Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West
By: Calder Walton
4.30
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
The riveting, untold story of the hundred-year intelligence war between Russia and the West with le… read more
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10. People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
By: Dara Horn
4.36
Format: 237 pages, Hardcover
Renowned and beloved as a prizewinning novelist, Dara Horn has also been publishing penetrating ess… read more
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"Evil' may or may not be banal, but killing Jews sure is."-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
"between the raindrops" - a Hebrew expression for evading repeated disaster."-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
"Sometimes your body is someone else's haunted house. Other people look at you and can only see the dead."-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
"There are so few Jews in the world: even in the United States, we are barely 2 percent of the population, a minority among minorities... Statistically speaking, nothing that happens to Jews should be…"-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
11. Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
By: Noa Tishby
4.34
Format: None pages, Audiobook
AUDIO EXCLUSIVE: INCLUDES THE SONG “ELATION STATION” BY INFECTED MUSHROOM!A “fascinating and very m… read more
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"The truth is, there is absolutely nothing that can be said of Israel, that cannot be said of Pakistan."-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
"Instead of helping people move forward UNRWA keeps the Palestinian people in an eternal loop of displacement. Instead of solving the problem in any meaningful way, they have overseen the problem's ex…"-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
"Here's the nugget: settling the refugee problem would mean ending the war against Israel. And as of now, the Palestinians and many of the Arab world have been refusing to do so. The best way to keep …"-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
"There is almost no difference between the establishment of Israel and Pakistan. They were both created as a safe haven for persecuted groups: Jews and Muslims. They are both engaged in land disputes.…"-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
12. Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
By: Ronen Bergman
4.40
Format: 784 pages, Hardcover
The first definitive history of the Mossad, Shin Bet, and the IDF’s targeted killing programs, from… read more
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"The divide between the combat-sated generals, who once had "a knife between their teeth" but later grasped the limits of force, and the majority of the people of Israel, is the sad reality in which M…"-Ronen Bergman, Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
"Finally, a recruit would undergo one last test. The agency would send him home, to his own neighborhood and his own social circle, in disguise and with his alias. If he could circulate there, among t…"-Ronen Bergman, Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
"Indeed, in many respects the story of Israel’s intelligence community as recounted in this book has been one of a long string of impressive tactical successes, but also disastrous strategic failures.…"-Ronen Bergman, Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
13. The Fifth Act: America's End in Afghanistan
By: Elliot Ackerman
4.37
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A powerful and revelatory eyewitness account of the American collapse in Afghanistan, its desperate… read more
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14. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew
By: Emmanuel Acho
4.53
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From two New York Times bestselling authors, a timely, disarmingly honest, and thought-provoking in… read more
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15. Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East
By: Uri Kaufman
4.18
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
"Pacy and enthralling." ― Financial Times "Tells the story brilliantly." ―Senator Joseph I. Lieber… read more
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16. Catch-67: The Left, the Right, and the Legacy of the Six-Day War
By: Micah Goodman
4.27
Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition
A controversial examination of the internal Israeli debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict fr… read more
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17. Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor
By: Yossi Klein Halevi
4.12
Format: 288 pages, ebook
Attempting to break the agonizing impasse between Israelis and Palestinians, the Israeli commentato… read more
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"Sometimes, in political arguments with Palestinians, I would be told: Why are we arguing about who owns the land, when in the end the land will own us both?"-Yossi Klein Halevi, Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor
"The notion of a people chosen by God wasn't intended to bestow privilege but responsibility. Jewish history attests that this role carries more burden than glory. The classical way Jews understood th…"-Yossi Klein Halevi, Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor
"We are trapped, you and I, in a seemingly hopeless cycle. Not a "cycle of violence" -- a lazy formulation that tells us nothing about why our conflict exists, let alone how to end it. Instead, we're …"-Yossi Klein Halevi, Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor
18. The War of Return: How Western Indulgence of the Palestinian Dream Has Obstructed the Path to Peace
By: Adi Schwartz
4.41
Format: 304 pages, ebook
Two prominent Israeli liberals argue that for the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians to e… read more
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19. Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict
By: Oren Kessler
4.33
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Winner, 2024 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature One of the Wall Street Journal’s 10 Best Books … read more
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20. Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel
By: Matti Friedman
3.93
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning writer Matti Friedman’s tale of Israel’s first spies has all the tropes of an espiona… read more
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"You need the instinct of a person who knows how to fit in, to remove the sharp edges and curve into the society." But when he wasn't a spy yet, just a proud youth perceptive enough to notice condesce…"-Matti Friedman, Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel
21. Genius & Anxiety: How Jews Changed the World, 1847-1947
By: Norman Lebrecht
4.00
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A unique chronicle of the years 1847-1947, the century when the Jewish people changed the world—and… read more
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