My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel, 9780385521703, Hardcover, First Edition

from Eye_Gee

What I wanted was what I got -- a well balanced booked that explained the Israeli/Palestinian conflict from the beginning to its current sorry state of affairs. Shavit, a journalist who has lived his whole life in Israel and been active in the peace movement, shares his perceptions along with the...

from LynnB

I really enjoyed this book for several reasons. First, I learned a lot about the establishment of Israel that I wasn't aware of. The author takes us back to shortly after WWI and the early settlements. Second, the author recounts several stories about individuals who emigrated to Israel, bringing...

from GabbyHayze

I received an ARC of My Promised Land by Ari Shavit as part of the Early Readers Group at Library Thing in return for which I agreed to write a review. The opinions expressed in my review are my own. It was obvious to me from the very beginning of this fascinating and informative book that for Ar...

from laytonwoman3rd

Ari Shavit is an Israeli journalist whose ancestors were among the founders of the Zionist enterprise that eventually brought about the creation of the State of Israel. He describes his early childhood, in the 1960's, as prosperous, exuberant, orderly, yet overshadowed by an existential fear that...

from LancasterWays

Ari Shavit is a prominent reporter for Haaretz. Shavit is politically left, and an advocate of Israeli peace with Arabs, particularly the end of the occupation of Palestinian lands and the reigning-in of Israeli settlements. This is to say that Shavit is not without his biases. Still, Shavit's pa...