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Next Year in Jerusalem: Everyday Life in a Divided Land | 
 enlarge | Author: Daphna Golan-agnon
Creator: Janine Woolfson
Publisher: New Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 1110789
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 298
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.6 x 1.2
ISBN: 1565849302
Dewey Decimal Number: 956.94054
EAN: 9781565849303
ASIN: 1565849302
Publication Date: May 31, 2005
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From a pioneering Israeli human rights activist, a stirring memoir on life in the troubled region. Though brought up in a right-wing Israeli household as the daughter of a former member of the Stern Gang, Daphna Golan-Agnon has become one of Israel's most outspoken activists for the rights of Palestinians. In this moving memoir, she writes of the struggle of everyday life in a state edging ever closer to apartheid. Through anecdotes, interviews, and letters, Next Year in Jerusalem provides an insider's view of the milestones of the Israeli peace movement, drawing on Golan-Agnon's experience as co-founder of the human rights organization B'Tselem and the feminist peace group Bat Shalom. From the efforts to draw attention to the Ansar III desert prison, where Palestinian political prisoners once languished without trial, to the 1999 Israeli High Court victory abolishing torture, to the many misunderstandings that arise even among like-minded Palestinian and Israeli activists, Golan-Agnon candidly portrays the challenges of being part of a growing movement of Israelis who refuse to participate in the persecution of Palestinians. Confronting the Palestinian-Israeli dilemma in all its complexity, Next Year in Jerusalem gives readers a unique, personal view of the joint struggle for peace.
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 if you care for Israel read it July 8, 2005
Haggith Gor Ziv (tel aviv Israel)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
This is an amazing book, once you start it you cannot put it down until you finish it. The book tells the story of leaving in a conflicted society from the eye of a peace activist who tries to change the reality and struggle against human rights violations. Daphna Golan Agnon writes about her activities and others and about her view of the conflict and the violent reality of dprtations, house demolitions, curfews etc from a very personal point of view, she exposes her fears, her desperation and hope for peace. This is a "must" reading for everyone who cares for peace.
A Heartfelt Plea for Israel's Future August 15, 2005
Jamie (New York, NY)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Reviewers who dismiss with one star every book and article remotely critical of Israeli policies are too blinded by their own prejudices to understand this complex and beautiful book by a proud and patriotic Israeli who is nevertheless troubled by her own country's actions. Daphna Golan-Agnon, the daughter of a Lehi fighter and the wife of Israeli Nobelist S.Y. Agnon's grandson, stands squarely in a great tradition of critical Zionists, whose love for Israel is matched by high expectations for its conduct. As a founder of B'Tselem, the highly acclaimed Israeli human rights organization, Golan-Agnon has devoted her life to ensuring that Israel uphold standards of international law.
Criticism of Israeli actions in the occupied territories, which is a commonplace in Israel's own lively public discourse, has been sharply stigmatized in the United States--Golan-Agnon's touching and personal account is a necessary corrective to the broken American discussion of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Those Americans who preach about Israeli politics would be well-served to listen carefully to the heartfelt concerns of Israelis themselves.
Next year in Jerusalem June 26, 2005
Ben
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
A terrific book full of insights and humor. I LOVED IT. Couldn't put the book down.
Next year in Jerusalem June 26, 2005
J Robins
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Daphna's book entitled "Next year in Jerusalem" is one of the best books ever to catch my eye. It is a wonderfull story of one of the sadest places in our time: the middle east.
This book gave me a new prospective, a new way to understand life in the middle east, it gave me hope, and fear at once. Next year in Jerusalem is a work of art.
J Robins.
Creating a community of conscience. November 2, 2005
Elan L. Burman (Boston, USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Too often diasporas play a critical role in the nature of conflict. Standing on the sidelines, they lend morale and financial support to extremist positions that can only perpetuate the cycle of violence. Yet, they do not bare the slings and arrows of daily existence in the line of fire they so readily perpetuate.
This call for peace is a harrowing account of life in a divided society. It is a call for humanity to rise above violence, for sanity to prevail over madness. It is a must read for all in the diaspora who have a vested interest in the Middle East. This mother, activist and intellectual captivates her reader with a vivid narrative that speaks to the essence of her existence in Israel, an existence infused with a love of the land in which she lives but marred by the torment of violence. This is a tale of love for all humanity and a concern for all those in the Middle East. Simply put, it has to be read!!!
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