Abu Ghraib: The Politics Of Torture

Meron Benvenisti; John Gray; Barbara Ehrenreich; Richard Grossinger; Charles Stein; Mark Danner; David Matlin; David Levi Strauss; Brooke Warner

ISBN: 9781556435508
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Publication Date: 2005
Binding: Softcover

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Sacred Landscape: Buried History of the Holy Land Since 1948

Meron Benvenisti

ISBN: 9780520211544
Publisher: Univ of California Pr
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Hardcover

As a young man Meron Benvenisti often accompanied his father, a distinguished geographer, when the elder Benvenisti traveled through the Holy Land charting a Hebrew map that would rename Palestinian sites and villages with names linked to Israel's ancestral homeland. These experiences in Benvenisti's youth are central to this book, and the story that he tells helps explain how during this century an Arab landscape, physical and human, was transformed into an Israeli, Jewish state.
Benvenisti first discusses the process by which new Hebrew nomenclature replaced the Arabic names of more than 9,000 natural features, villages, and ruins in Eretz Israel/Palestine (his name for the Holy Land, thereby defining it as a land of Jews and Arabs). He then explains how the Arab landscape has been transformed through war, destruction, and expulsion into a flourishing Jewish homeland accommodating millions of immigrants. The resulting encounters between two peoples who claim the same land have raised great moral and political dilemmas, which Benvenisti presents with candor and impartiality.
Benvenisti points out that five hundred years after the Moors left Spain there are sufficient landmarks remaining to preserve the outlines of Muslim Spain. Even with sustained modern development, the ancient scale is still visible. Yet a Palestinian returning to his ancestral landscape after only fifty years would have difficulty identifying his home. Furthermore, Benvenisti says, the transformation of Arab cultural assets into Jewish holy sites has engendered a struggle over the "signposts of memory" essential to both peoples.
SACRED LANDSCAPE raises troublesome questions that most writers on the Middle East avoid. The now-buried Palestinian landscape remains a symbol and a battle standard for Palestinians and Israelis. But it is Benvenisti's continuing belief that Eretz Israel/Palestine has enough historical and physical space for the people of both nations and that it can one day be a shared homeland.

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Other editions: Softcover - 2001

City of Stone: The Hidden History of Jerusalem

Meron Benvenisti

ISBN: 9780520207684
Publisher: Univ of California Pr
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Softcover

The domain of Muslims, Jews, and Christians, Jerusalem is a perpetual contest: its shrines, housing projects, and bulldozers compete in a scramble for possession. In "City of Stone", Benevenisti, one of Jerusalem's most respected authorities, presents an integrated history of the city that does not fall prey to any one version of its past. 14 photos. 7 maps.

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Other editions: Hardcover - 1996

Intimate Enemies: Jews and Arabs in a Shared Land

Meron Benvenisti

ISBN: 9780520085671
Publisher: Univ of California Pr
Publication Date: 1995
Binding: Hardcover

As Israelis and Palestinians negotiate separation and division of their land, Meron Benvenisti, former Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem, maintains that any expectations for "peaceful partition" are doomed. In his brave and controversial new book, he raises the possibility of a confederation of Israel/Palestine, the only solution that he feels will bring lasting peace.

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West Bank and Gaza Atlas

Meron Benvenisti; Shlomo Khayat

ISBN: 9780813379845
Publisher: Westview Pr
Publication Date: 1990
Binding: Softcover

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The Shepherds' War: Collected Essays (1981-1989)

Meron Benvenisti; West Bank Data Base Project

ISBN: 9789653560109
Publisher: Jerusalem Post
Publication Date: 1989

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Conflicts and Contradictions: One of Israel's Leading Commentators Reflects on Israel, the Arabs and the West Bank

Meron Benvenisti

ISBN: 9780935437270
Publisher: Sure Sellers Inc
Publication Date: 1988
Binding: Softcover

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1987 Report: Demographic, Economic, Legal, Social, and Political Developments in the West Bank

Meron Benvenisti; West Bank Data Base Project

ISBN: 9780813306889
Publisher: Jerusalem Post
Publication Date: 1987

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1986 Report: Demographic, Economic, Legal, Social and Political Developments in the West Bank

Meron Benvenisti

ISBN: 9780813304106
Publisher: Westview Pr
Publication Date: 1986
Binding: Softcover

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Other editions: Softcover - 1986

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The West Bank Handbook: A Political Lexicon

Meron Benvenisti; Danny Rubinstein; Ziad Abu-Zayed

ISBN: 9789653100015
Publisher: Jerusalem Post
Publication Date: 1986
Binding: Softcover

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Conflicts and Contradictions

Meron Benvenisti

ISBN: 9780394536477
Publisher: Random House Inc
Publication Date: 1986
Binding: Hardcover

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West Bank Data Project: A Survey of Israel's Policies

Meron Benvenisti

ISBN: 9780844735450
Publisher: Aei Pr
Publication Date: 1984
Binding: Hardcover

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Other editions: Softcover - 1984

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Jerusalem, the Torn City

Meron Benvenisti

ISBN: 9780816607952
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Publication Date: 1976

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