{"product_id":"9781804296783","title":"Diary of a Crisis: Israel in Turmoil","description":"Author: Friedlander, Saul\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781804296783\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 07 Jan 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304 Format: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiary of a Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e explores the past tumultuous and traumatic year in Israel-Palestine. The eminent historian Saul Friedlander began a diary of Israeli politics in January 2023 as the country was convulsed by protests against Netanyahu's attempt to overhaul the judiciary. Hundreds of thousands took to the streets to demonstrate against this threat to democracy. But the protests said nothing about the Palestinian question     the 'elephant in the room', according to Friedlander, who resumed his diary on the eve of Hamas's 7 October assault on southern Israel. Israel was facing one of the worst crises in its history, he observes, under the worst possible internal conditions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiary of a Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e weaves together profound reflections on the history of the country in the life of which Friedlander was an active participant. He memorably describes how Prime Minister Golda Meir once flatly declared to him, 'there is no Palestinian people'. For Friedlander, on the other hand, the fight for democracy is inseparable from equality of treatment for Arab and Jewish citizens and an end to Israeli domination over Palestinians in the Occupied Territories. Despite the continuing bloodshed, a two-state solution remains only the long-term answer to this most intractable of conflicts.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46643219300510,"sku":"UBD-9781804296783","price":39.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781804296783.jpg?v=1774484422","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781804296783","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}