Monday, March 7, 2022

"Letters to my Palestinian Neighbor" by Yossi Klein Halevi

I read this book as part of a book club that focused on the Middle East.  As the title suggests, the book is a series of letters from an Israeli Jew to his Arab--presumably Muslim--Palestinian neighbor.  With tensions being high in Israel and decades of failed peace attempts, countless people in the Holy Land feel hopeless.  Halevi goes into the history of the land of Israel, its borders, its wars, its offers for peace.  He also explains how the terror organizations preventing peace harm people on both sides.  He gracefully dances the line between defending Israel and sympathizing with Palestinians.  In a generous offer of goodwill, he has even translated the book into Arabic for free so that more of his "neighbors" can read it.  
 

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