Broken promises, broken dreams [electronic resource] : stories of Jewish and Palestinian trauma and resilience / Alice Rothchild.

ISBN:

9781849644396

Title:

Author:

Rothchild, Alice, 1948-

Personal Author:

Rothchild, Alice, 1948-

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication Information:

London ; New York : Pluto Press : Distributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 283 pages) : map

Contents:

pt. 1: Jewish voices from Israel and the diaspora. My own story: family secrets -- Dr. Ruchama Marton: an allergy to lies -- Professor Daniel Bar-Tal: Danny! Think about it! -- Angela Godfey-Goldstein: Avodah Kodesh. pt. 2: Palestinian trauma, resilience and resistance. Checkpoints: crossing the line -- Visiting the Mythaloon Maternity Home: like women everywhere -- A day in Nablus with Dr. Allam Jarrar: we will have just fun! -- Restrictions on access to health care: we are not animals -- A visit to Gaza: working in a war zone -- Visiting Rafah: just the bad face -- Military occupation: Samoud and sorrow. pt. 3: The implications of knowing: complicity and dissent. Finding the voice for a just peace: seeing the human face.

Local Note:

eBooks on EBSCOhost

Subject Term:

Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1993- -- Social aspects.

Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1993- -- Personal narratives.

Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1993- -- Occupied territories.

Palestinian Arabs -- Attitudes.

Jews -- Israel -- Attitudes.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

Click here to view

Publication Date:

2010

Publication Information:

London ; New York : Pluto Press : Distributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Available:*

Shelf Number	Material Type	Copy	Shelf Location	Status
956.053 22	1:E-BOOK	1	1:ONLINE	Searching... Unknown

Bound With These Titles

On Order

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.