Tag: Israel

Netanyahu vs The Generals The Battle for Israel’s Future


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English | 2024 | ISBN: 1009425692 | 265 Pages | PDF | 1.3 MB
Benjamin Netanyahu has carefully cultivated a self-image as Israel’s ‘Mr. Security’ during his decades of political activity. His reputation as a security-minded leader has resonated with large swathes of the Israeli public, enabling him to become Israel’s longest-serving prime minister. Yet the Israeli security community has long questioned Netanyahu’s approach to national security. The Netanyahu era has seen unprecedented civil-military tensions, while retired generals and former heads of the Mossad and Shin Bet intelligence agencies, some of whom were appointed by Netanyahu, have publicly rejected both his leadership and his policies. Drawing on interviews with dozens of senior veterans of the Israeli security establishment, this book addresses this intriguing paradox. It sets out to explain the mutual distrust and intense disagreements between Netanyahu and the security community, as well as the underlying reasons behind the Israeli public’s inattention to the collective judgment of hundreds of ex-generals and former spymasters.

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Labor in Israel Beyond Nationalism and Neoliberalism


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English | 2018 | ISBN: 150171712X | PDF | pages: 253 | 2.1 mb
Using a comprehensive analysis of the wave of organizing that swept the country starting in 2007, Labor in Israel investigates the changing political status of organized labor in the context of changes to Israel’s political economy, including liberalization, the rise of non-union labor organizations, the influx of migrant labor, and Israel’s complex relations with the Palestinians. Through his discussion of organized labor’s relationship to the political community and its nationalist political role, Preminger demonstrates that organized labor has lost the powerful status it enjoyed for much of Israel’s history. Despite the weakening of trade unions and the Histadrut, however, he shows the ways in which the fragmentation of labor representation has created opportunities for those previously excluded from the labor movement regime.

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The Two Houses of Israel State Formation and the Origins of Pan-Israelite Identity


Free Download The Two Houses of Israel: State Formation and the Origins of Pan-Israelite Identity (Archaeology and Biblical Studies) by Omer Sergi
English | August 4, 2023 | ISBN: 162837344X, 1628373431 | True PDF | 484 pages | 17.2 MB
The Two Houses of Israel: State Formation and the Origins of Pan-Israelite Identity bridges the gap between the biblical narrative of the great united monarchy ruled by David and Solomon and archaeological and historical reconstructions of a gradual, independent formation of Israel and Judah.

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Lessons from Israel’s Response to Terrorism


Free Download Fiamma Nirenstein, Amb. Dore Gold, Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, "Lessons from Israel’s Response to Terrorism"
English | 2017 | pages: 105 | ISBN: 9652181366 | PDF | 3,6 mb
Effective solidarity among states has become a prerequisite for ultimately succeeding in the war of the West against jihadist terrorism. A cohesive military strategy is needed for the West, the Arab states that are threatened, and Israel. It stands to reason that, just as all three face similar threats, the models developed in Israel for dealing with terror merit attention in Europe and beyond.

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Israel and the Gaza Strip Why Economic Sanctions Are Not Collective Punishment


Free Download Justus Reid Weiner, "Israel and the Gaza Strip: Why Economic Sanctions Are Not Collective Punishment"
English | 2015 | pages: 49 | ISBN: 9652181234 | PDF | 4,1 mb
The economic measures that Israel uses against the Hamas proto-government in Gaza fall under legitimate uses of economic sanctions, and conform to the requirements set forth in Article 50 of the 1899 Hague Regulations; Articles 23, 43, 51, 54, 57, 59, 69, and 70 of the Fourth Geneva Convention; Article 75 of the Additional Protocol I to the Fourth Geneva Convention; and Article 4 of the Additional Protocol II to the Fourth Geneva Convention.

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Cursed Victory Israel and the Occupied Territories; A History [Audiobook]


Free Download Ahron Bregman, Derek Perkins (Narrator), "Cursed Victory: Israel and the Occupied Territories; A History"
English | ASIN: B00WTB4HUW | 2015 | M4B@64 kbps | ~13:16:00 | 383 MB
In a move that would forever alter the map of the Middle East, Israel captured the West Bank, Golan Heights, Gaza Strip, and Sinai Peninsula in 1967’s brief but pivotal Six Day War. Cursed Victory is the first complete history of the war’s troubled aftermath-a military occupation of the Palestinian territories that is now well into its fifth decade.
Drawing on unprecedented access to high-level sources, top-secret memos, and never-before-published letters, the audiobook provides a gripping and unvarnished chronicle of how what Israel promised would be an "enlightened occupation" quickly turned sour and the anguished diplomatic attempts to bring it to an end. Bregman sheds fresh light on critical moments in the peace process, taking us behind the scenes as decisions about the fate of the territories were made and, more often, as crucial opportunities to resolve the conflict were missed.

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