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"Beni is unhappy when his family moves to a remote farming community in northern Israel. Everything changes on Yom Kippur when war comes, and his soldier brother Motti goes off to fight. As worries mount about Motti's safety, Beni realizes that he must act to save the day"--Provided by publisher.

Since its inception in 2005, the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement has seen numerous boycotts against Israel in an effort to encourage withdrawal from what supporters of the movement consider to be occupied territories, along with recognition of the rights of Arab-Palestinian citizens and refugees. Supporters claim that Israel is an apartheid state, but this assertion is hotly contested. Many critics of BDS claim that the movement is anti-Semitic and promotes the delegitimization of Israel. This volume explores the varying perspectives on the movement, enabling readers to form their own opinions about its place in global politics.

Eleven-year-old Meskerm, half-Ethiopian and half-American, faces prejudice when she enters a new school just as Israel is coping with a large influx of new immigrants from Ethiopia.

"Yaffa and Fatima live on neighboring date farms. When very little rain leads to a poor harvest, both women go to extra measures to make sure that their neighbor doesn't go hungry"-- Provided by publisher.

A collection of award-winning paintings, drawings, and poems on the theme of peace, by Jewish, Palestinian, and Arab school children.

Examines the historical, social, and cultural roles of women in Israel, with an emphasis on Jewish women of the twentieth century.

Presents the memoirs of Valerie Zenatti, who at eighteen, enlisted in the Israeli army, endured harsh conditions and surroundings, and participated in top secret missions for the Israeli Secret Service, and describes her French-Jewish heritage and personal struggles.

Explores the history of Israel's use of targeted assassins and targeted killing in order to protect itself.

Ari Folman's life becomes a nightmare when he sets out to reconstruct the events of one night twenty years earlier when, as an Israeli soldier in September 1982, he witnessed the massacre of hundreds of Palestinians by Christian militia members at the refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila in Beirut.