Title: My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel
Author: Ari Shavit
Year: 2013
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 464
Shavit examines the history and (as he understands them) beliefs of historical and contemporary Zionists in the context of Israeli-Arab/Palestinian relations.
It's somewhat hard for me to evaluate, as it sometimes seems that Shavit is, in Jewish quasi-legal fashion, arguing two or more perspectives simultaneously ("Two Jews, three opinions," though in this case, it's just one Jew generating multiple perspectives). I'm not sure that this doesn't work, just that it can be hard to know at times where, or if, he lands. The historical segments were interesting, the interviews often argumentative, and the conclusion ultimately inconclusive. A good essay to read during the current heightened conflict.
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