israel

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Samir and Yonatan

2000
Samir, a Palestinian boy, is sent for surgery to an Israeli hospital where he has two otherworldly experiences, making friends with an Israeli boy, Yonatan, and traveling with him to Mars where Samir finds peace over his younger brother's death in the war.

Yitzhak Rabin

Israel's soldier statesman
1996
Examines the life of Yitzhak Rabin who rose from a soldier in the Israeli army to becoming his country's Prime Minister.

A kibbutz in Israel

1987
Describes the life of a ten-year-old Israeli boy who lives with his family on a kibbutz.

The Palestinians

1986
Examines the issues behind the bitter conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians, the historical developments leading to the division of Palestine and the formation of a Jewish nation, and the living conditions of Palestinians in Israel.

One more river

1992
Fourteen-year-old Lesley is upset when her parents abandon their comfortable life in Canada for a kibbutz in Israel prior to the 1967 war.

To the end of the land

2011
Ora, a middle-aged Israeli mother, is horrified when her son Ofer, due to be released from the service, is instead sent to the front for a major offensive, and in an effort to avoid bad news, she impulsively sets out on a hike to Galilee, taking along her former lover Avram, a recluse since his own stint in the military, and keeps Ofer very much alive by telling Avram the story of the young man's life.

When I was a soldier

a memoir
2005
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.

The hope

a novel
1993
Story of four Israeli army officers from the 1948 War of Independence to the Six Day War in 1967.

Sitti's secrets

1997
A young girl describes a visit to see her grandmother in a Palestinian village on the West Bank.

Israel

2001
Describes the festivals of Israel, showing how the celebrations, with their songs, foods, and activities, express the customs and beliefs of the Israeli people.

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