Israel

Books that are set in Israel.

Hostage
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917–2017
Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning
On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel and the Future of Civilization
The Collector (Gabriel Allon, #23)
A Very Short History of the Israel–Palestine Conflict
Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal
The Eyes of Gaza: A Diary of Resilience
War
The Cellist (Gabriel Allon, #21)
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy
Enter Ghost
The Netanyahus
The Order (Gabriel Allon, #20)
The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World
A Tale of Love and Darkness
My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel
Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
Exodus
Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East
Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle
Jerusalem: The Biography
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
To the End of the Land
A Horse Walks into a Bar
Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
The Case for Israel
Judas
The Dovekeepers
The Resurrection of the Son of God by N.T. WrightJesus and the Eyewitnesses by Richard BauckhamThe Resurrection of Jesus by Michael R. LiconaThe Historical Reliability of the Gospels by Craig L. BlombergThe Gospel of the Rauschmonstrum by Nick LaTorre
Resurrection of Jesus
88 books — 22 voters
Mornings in Jenin by Susan AbulhawaMen in the Sun by Ghassan KanafaniMen in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories by Ghassan KanafaniTwenty Two Years to Life by Mohammed Massoud MorsiTales from an Israeli Storyteller by Uri Kurlianchik
Arab-Israeli Conflicts in Fiction
47 books — 42 voters

If You Could Be Mine by Sara FarizanGuapa by Saleem HaddadTurkey by Jack  ScottThe Hakawati by Rabih AlameddinePerking the Pansies - Jack and Liam move to Turkey by Jack  Scott
LGBT in the Middle East
65 books — 69 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Trigger by Tim ButcherThe Daughter of Kurdland by Widad AkreyiSketches from the Periphery by M.P. SummersZoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad Akreyi
Must Reads
182 books — 154 voters


Bertrand Russell
How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
Bertrand Russell

Susan Abulhawa
Toughness found fertile soil in the hearts of Palestinians, and the grains of resistance embedded themselves in their skin. Endurance evolved as a hallmark of refugee society. But the price they paid was the subduing of tender vulnerability. They learned to celebrate martyrdom. Only martyrdom offered freedom. Only in death were they at last invulnerable to Israel. Martyrdom became the ultimate defiance of Israeli occupation. "Never let them know they hurt you" was their creed ...more
Susan Abulhawa, Mornings in Jenin

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