Israel & Palestine

Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land

Author: Shipler, David. The Jew, according to the Arab stereotype, is a brutal, violent coward; the Arab, to the prejudiced Jew, is a primitive creature of animal vengeance and cruel desires. Shipler delves into the origins of the prejudices that have been intensified by war, terrorism, nationalism, and the failure of the peace process.

Blood Brothers

Authors: Chacour, Elias and David Hazard. In Blood Brothers, Chacour blends his riveting life story with historical research to reveal a little-known side of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the birth of modern Israel. He touches on controversial questions such as "What behind-the-scenes politics touched off the turmoil in the Middle East?" and "Can bitter enemies ever be reconciled?"

Children of Israel, Children of Palestine: Our Own True Stories

Author: Holliday, Laurel. What is it like to grow up in the war zone of the Middle East? That is the subject of this disturbing collection, which begins with memories about childhood before the 1948 war and ends with accounts of young Palestinians and Israelis growing up now.

I Am a Palestinian Christian

Author: Raheb, Mitri. I Am a Palestinian Christian describes life as a Palestinian Christian under Israeli rule, as well as the history of Palestinian Christians, and uses in-depth theology to justify a Palestinian’s right to share Israeli land.

Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths

Author: Armstrong, Karen. British religious scholar Armstrong has written an historical portrait of Jerusalem, a city that has been central to the experience and "sacred geography" of Jews, Muslims and Christians and thus has led to deadly struggles for dominance.

Justice, And Only Justice: A Palestinian Theology of Liberation

Author: Ateek, Naim. This captivating bestseller by a clergyman and leader of the Palestine Christian community examines the problems and prospects for Palestinians, Jews, and Christians in the Middle East.

Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid

Author: Carter, Jimmy. In Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, Carter has returned to the Middle East and to the question of Israel's peace with its neighbors—in particular, how Israeli sovereignty and security can coexist permanently and peacefully with Palestinian nationhood.

The Land Called Holy: Palestine in Christian History and Thought

Author: Wilken, Robert L. This wide-ranging book examines how Palestine became a Holy Land to Christians and how their ideas and feelings toward the land of the Bible evolved as Christians lived there and made it their own.

The Lemon Tree: An Arab, A Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East

Author: Tolan, Sandy. Based on his 1998 NPR documentary, Tolan personalizes the Arab-Israeli conflict by tracing the intertwined lives of a Palestinian refugee named Bashir Al-Khairi and a Jewish settler named Dalia Eshkenazi Landau, who are connected through a stone home in Ramla, now part of Israel.

Whose Land, Whose Promise? What Christians Are Not Being Told about Israel and the Palestinians

Author: Burge, Gary M. Burge's exploration of his feelings about the crisis in the Middle East seeks answers to questions such as: How do I embrace my commitment to Judaism when I sense in my deepest being that there is a profound injustice afoot in Israel? How do I celebrate the birth of this nation Israel when I also mourn the suffering of Arab Christians who are equally my brothers and sisters in Christ?