israel-arab conflicts

"Five-year-old Milad Salama is excited for the school trip to a theme park on the outskirts of Jerusalem. On the way, his bus collides with a semitrailer in a horrific accident. His father, Abed, gets word of the crash and rushes to the site. The scene is chaos-the children have been taken to different hospitals in Jerusalem and the West Bank; some are missing, others cannot be identified. Abed sets off on an odyssey to learn Milad's fate. It is every parent's worst nightmare, but for Abed it is compounded by the maze of physical, emotional, and bureaucratic obstacles he must navigate because he is Palestinian. He is on the wrong side of the separation wall, holds the wrong ID to pass the military checkpoints, and has the wrong papers to enter the city of Jerusalem. Abed's quest to find Milad is interwoven with the stories of a cast of Jewish and Palestinian characters whose lives and histories unexpectedly converge: a kindergarten teacher and a mechanic who rescue children from the burning bus; an Israeli army commander and a Palestinian official who confront the aftermath at the scene of the crash; a settler paramedic; ultra-Orthodox emergency service workers; and two mothers who each hope to claim one severely injured boy. [This book] is a . . . human portrait of the Jewish-Palestinian struggle that offers an . . . understanding of the tragic history and reality of one of the most contested places on earth"--Provided by publisher.

Contains alphabetically-arranged entries and primary source documents that provide information about the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Uses primary source documents to trace the evolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict from its origins to the present, discussing the roots of the conflicting claims to the territory of Palestine and placing the dispute in the international context of World Wars I and II and the Cold War to build understanding of why so many outside powers have taken an interest in the battle.

Explores the issue of the blockade of the Gaza Strip, including the ethical and moral views.

Contains over 750 alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about significant people, places, and events in the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict, each with cross-references and suggestions for further reading; and includes a selection of more than 150 related documents, a detailed chronology, an introductory overview, and maps, photographs, and illustrations.

"In 1967, Bashir Khairi, a twenty-five-year-old Palestinian, journeyed to Israel with the goal of seeing the beloved stone house with the lemon tree behind it that he and his family had fled nineteen years earlier. To his surprise, when he found the house he was greeted by Dalia Eshkenazi Landau, a nineteen-year-old Israeli college student, whose family left fled Europe for Israel following the Holocaust. On the stoop of their shared home, Dalia and Bashir began a rare friendship, forged in the aftermath of war and tested over the next half century in ways that neither could imagine on that summer day in 1967. Sandy Tolan brings the Israeli-Palestinian conflict down to its most human level, demonstrating that even amid the bleakest political realities there exist stories of hope and transformation"--Provided by publisher.

Provides an account of the Palestine-Israel War, and looks at the mass expulsion of the Palestinians following the end of the conflict, arguing for international recognition of what the author sees as a clear incident of ethnic cleansing.

Examines the development of Israeli plans to destroy the Palestinian Authority and explains how those plans were executed between April 2002 and July 2002.

"Balcony on the Moon follows Ibtisam Barakat through her childhood and adolescence in Palestine from 1972-1981 and chronicles her desire to be a writer"--Provided by publisher.

Provides background information on the conflict between Jews and Palestinians that has lasted from Biblical times to the present.