{"product_id":"enemies-neighbours","title":"Enemies \u0026 Neighbours","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eECONOMIST\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Comprehensive and compelling ... A nuanced, landmark study that has deservedly won plaudits from both Palestinian and Israeli historians'' Justin Marozzi, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA century after Britain''s Balfour Declaration promised a Jewish ''national home'' in Palestine, veteran \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e journalist Ian Black has produced a major new history of one of the most polarising conflicts of the modern age. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on a wide range of sources - from declassified documents to oral testimonies and his own decades of reporting - \u003ci\u003eEnemies and Neighbours\u003c\/i\u003e brings much-needed perspective and balance to the long and unresolved struggle between Arabs and Jews in the Holy Land.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning in the final years of Ottoman ruleand the British Mandate period, when Zionist immigration transformed Palestine in the face of mounting Arab opposition, the book re-examines the origins of what was a doomed relationship from the start. It sheds fresh light on critical events such as the Arab rebellion of the 1930s; Israel''s independence and the Palestinian catastrophe (\u003ci\u003eNakba\u003c\/i\u003e in Arabic) of 1948; the watershed of the 1967 war; two \u003ci\u003eIntifadas\u003c\/i\u003e; the Oslo Accords and Israel''s shift to the right. It traces how - after five decades of occupation, ever-expanding Jewish settlements and the construction of the West Bank ''separation wall'' - hopes for a two-state solution have all but disappeared, and explores what the future might hold.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet Black also goes beyond the most newsworthy events - wars, violence and peace initiatives - to capture thereality of everyday life on the ground in Jerusalem and Hebron, Tel Aviv,Ramallah, Haifa and Gaza, for both sides of an unequal struggle. Lucid, timelyand gripping, \u003ci\u003eEnemies and Neighbours\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates a bitter conflict that shows no sign of ending - which is why it is so essential that we understand it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319404142974,"sku":"NW9780141979144","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141979144.jpg?v=1778247889","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/enemies-neighbours","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}