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ISBN: | 9781849644396 184964439X 9780745329703 0745329713 9780745329710
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Digital file characteristics: | text file
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-274) and index. Print version record.
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Summary: | The tragedies of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians are never far from the pages of the mainstream press. Yet it is rare to hear about the reality of life on the ground -- and it is rarer still when these voices belong to women. This book records the journey of a Jewish American physician travelling and working within Israel and the Occupied Territories. Alice Rothchild grew up in a family grounded by the traumas of the Holocaust and passionately devoted to Israel. This book recounts her experiences as she grapples with the reality of life in Israel and the hardships of Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza. The new edition includes a new preface, two chapters on Israeli dissent and a chapter which explores the impact of a Palestinian home demolition and the work of Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters who have joined together to form Combatants for Peace. Ultimately, the book raises troubling questions regarding US policy and the mainstream Jewish community's insistence on giving unquestioning support to all Israeli policy.
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Other form: | Print version: Rothchild, Alice, 1948- Broken promises, broken dreams. 2nd ed. London ; New York : Pluto Press : Distributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010 9780745329710
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