Israel

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9781982144937 Author(s): Noa Tishby Format: Hardcover Language: English Year: 2021 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pages: 352

Description: A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A A?fascinating and very movingA? (Aaron Sorkin, award-winning screenwriter of The West Wing and The Social Network) chronological timeline spanning from Biblical times to today that explores one of the most interesting countries in the worldA?Israel.Israel. The small strip of arid land is 5,700 miles away but remains a hot-button issue and a thorny topic of debate. But while everyone seems to have a strong opinion about Israel, how many people actually know the facts? Here to fill in the information gap is Israeli American Noa Tishby. But A?this is not your BubbieA?s history bookA? (Bill Maher, host of Real Time with Bill Maher). Instead, offering a fresh, 360-degree view, Tishby brings her A?passion, humor, and deep intimacyA? (Yossi Klein Halevi, New York Times bestselling author of Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor) to the subject, creating an accessible and dynamic portrait of a tiny country of outsized relevance. Through bite-sized chunks of history and deeply personal stories, Tishby chronicles her homelandA?s evolution, beginning in Biblical times and moving forward to cover everything from WWI to IsraelA?s creation to the disputes dividing the country today. Tackling popular misconceptions with an abundance of facts, Tishby provides critical context around headline-generating controversies and offers a clear, intimate account of the richly cultured country of Israel.

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