
The War of Return
How Western Indulgence of the Palestinian Dream Has Obstructed the Path to Peace
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Two prominent Israeli liberals argue that for the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians to end with peace, Palestinians must come to terms with the fact that there will be no "right of return."
In 1948, seven hundred thousand Palestinians were forced out of their homes by the first Arab-Israeli War. More than seventy years later, most of their houses are long gone, but millions of their descendants are still registered as refugees, with many living in refugee camps. This group—unlike countless others that were displaced in the aftermath of World War II and other conflicts—has remained unsettled, demanding to settle in the state of Israel. Their belief in a "right of return" is one of the largest obstacles to successful diplomacy and lasting peace in the region.
In The War of Return, Adi Schwartz and Einat Wilf—both liberal Israelis supportive of a two-state solution—reveal the origins of the idea of a right of return, and explain how UNRWA—the very agency charged with finding a solution for the refugees—gave in to Palestinian, Arab and international political pressure to create a permanent “refugee” problem. They argue that this Palestinian demand for a “right of return” has no legal or moral basis and make an impassioned plea for the US, the UN, and the EU to recognize this fact, for the good of Israelis and Palestinians alike.
A runaway bestseller in Israel, the first English translation of The War of Return is certain to spark lively debate throughout America and abroad.
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One of the leading architects of the historic Abraham Accords, David Friedman explains why in these turbulent and dangerous times, the simple phrase of three words—ONE JEWISH STATE—must be the guideline for Israel and the world’s collective future.
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Great book, hilarious reader
- By Y. Weinstein on 11-17-24
By: David Friedman
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- 100 Human Stories
- By: Lee Yaron
- Narrated by: Fred Berman
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
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On October 7, 2023—the Sabbath and the final day of the holiday of Sukkot—the Gaza-based terror group Hamas launched an unprecedented assault on the people of Israel. Crashing through the border, attacking from the sea and air, militants indiscriminately massacred civilians in what became one of the worst terror attacks in modern history, and the most lethal day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust.
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Understandjng the real10/7 that you don't hear from the news
- By Tina D on 02-12-25
By: Lee Yaron
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Israelophobia
- The Newest Version of the Oldest Hatred and What to Do About It
- By: Jake Wallis Simons
- Narrated by: Jake Wallis Simons
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
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An urgent and deeply necessary book, Israelophobia will explore how - in the words of Howard Jacobson - prejudice against Israel is 'old hatred decanted into new bottles'. By coining a new term, 'Israelophobia', it will cut through arguments about where criticism of Israel ends and antisemitism begins, allowing for robust debate while exposing dangerous, hate-fuelled rhetoric.
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The World After Gaza
- A History
- By: Pankaj Mishra
- Narrated by: Mikhail Sen
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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The postwar global order was in many ways shaped in response to the Holocaust. That event became the benchmark for atrocity, and, in the Western imagination, the paradigmatic genocide. Its memory orients so much of our thinking, and crucially, forms the basic justification for Israel’s right first to establish itself and then to defend itself. But in many parts of the world, ravaged by other conflicts and experiences of mass slaughter, the Holocaust’s singularity is not always taken for granted, even when its hideous atrocity is.
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A brilliant analysis of the immoral reality of today’s world
- By Mike on 05-20-25
By: Pankaj Mishra
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Jesus from Outer Space
- What the Earliest Christians Really Believed About Christ
- By: Richard Carrier
- Narrated by: KC Gleason
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
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The earliest Christians believed Jesus was an ancient celestial being who put on a bodysuit of flesh, died at the hands of dark forces, and then rose from the dead and ascended back into the heavens. But the writing we have today from that first generation of Christians never says where they thought he landed, where he lived, or where he died. The idea that Jesus toured Galilee and visited Jerusalem arose only a lifetime later, in unsourced legends written in a foreign land and language. Many sources repeat those legends, but none corroborate them.
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Brilliant
- By George Piller on 03-05-25
By: Richard Carrier
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The Gates of Gaza
- A Story of Betrayal, Survival, and Hope in Israel's Borderlands
- By: Amir Tibon
- Narrated by: Amir Tibon
- Length: 12 hrs
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On the morning of Saturday, October 7, Amir Tibon and his wife were awakened by mortar rounds exploding near their home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz, a progressive Israeli settlement along the Gaza border. Soon, they were holding their two young daughters in the family’s reinforced safe room, urging their children not to cry while they listened to the gunfire from Hamas attackers outside their windows. With his cell phone battery running low, Amir texted his father: “They’re here.”
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I could not stop listening
- By Nancy on 10-15-24
By: Amir Tibon
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Europe Against the Jews
- 1880-1945
- By: Gotz Aly
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 14 hrs and 41 mins
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The Holocaust was perpetrated by the Germans, but it would not have been possible without the assistance of other countries. If we are to understand how and why the Holocaust happened, Götz Aly argues in this groundbreaking study, we must examine its prehistory throughout Europe. We must look at countries as far-flung as Romania and France, Russia and Greece, where, decades before the Nazis came to power, a deadly combination of envy, competition, nationalism, and social upheaval fueled a surge of anti-Semitism, creating the preconditions for the deportations and murder to come.
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this is on par with Bloodlands
- By Denis Chernyi on 02-24-21
By: Gotz Aly
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The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- What Everyone Needs to Know®
- By: Dov Waxman
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
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The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know® offers an even-handed and judicious guide to the world's most intractable dispute. Writing in an engaging, jargon-free Q&A format, Dov Waxman provides clear and concise answers to common questions, from the most basic to the most contentious. Covering the conflict from its nineteenth-century origins to the latest developments of the twenty-first century, this book explains the key events, examines the core issues, and presents the competing claims and narratives of both sides.
By: Dov Waxman
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The Madness of Crowds
- Gender, Race and Identity
- By: Douglas Murray
- Narrated by: Douglas Murray
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
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In The Madness of Crowds Douglas Murray investigates the dangers of ‘woke’ culture and the rise of identity politics. In lively, razor-sharp prose he examines the most controversial issues of our moment: sexuality, gender, technology and race, with interludes on the Marxist foundations of ‘wokeness’, the impact of tech and how, in an increasingly online culture, we must relearn the ability to forgive.
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An Urgent Read for Our Over-woke Times
- By Justin J. Norman on 09-26-19
By: Douglas Murray
A very deep fact-based analysis
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The book focuses on the past 75 years, since the establishment of Israel in 1948, and also covers earlier events that led to the ongoing conflict.
The authors come from the peace camp, and study the root causes that have so far eluded stable peace. The most important cause is the fact that the Palestinians have repeatedly walked away from generous peace offers. It appears that they cannot accept any Jewish state in the Middle East within any borders. They use the “Right of Return” demand for that reason, and insist on a Palestinian state from the River to the Sea, without any Jews.
The book focuses on this difficult challenge, comparing it to other refugees in other conflicts that were settled within a few years. The Palestinians, on the other hand, insist on eternal refugee status and right of return, which is contrary to international law and the practice of statecraft post conflicts and wars.
This book is highly recommended to anybody who seeks deep understanding of the Middle East conflict, and wish to consider constructive ideas and possible pathways to an ever elusive peace.
Outstanding Book on the Root Causes that Evade Peace in the Middle East
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Necessary context
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A must read on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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Important details and history
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It makes me realize how this situation will never be solved with violence. A stern accounting of where the funds supporting UNRAW and an actual person by person accounting of those who are actually refugees is required. The global world was able to track the money for crime organizations so it can be done. It is time for people to stop being victims and begin to promote self reliance.
The detailed outline of history of the Israel and Palestinian conflict and possibly of a solution.
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