{"product_id":"reading-herzl-in-beirut-jonathan-marc-gribetz-9780691260525","title":"Reading Herzl in Beirut: The PLO Effort to Know the Enemy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow the Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center informed the PLO's relationship to Zionism and Israel\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn September 1982, the Israeli military invaded West Beirut and Israel-allied Lebanese militiamen massacred Palestinians in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps. Meanwhile, Israeli forces also raided the Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center and trucked its complete library to Israel. Palestinian activists and supporters protested loudly to international organizations and the Western press, claiming that the assault on the Center proved that the Israelis sought to destroy not merely Palestinian militants but Palestinian culture as well. The protests succeeded: in November 1983, Israel returned the library as part of a prisoner exchange. What was in that library? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMuch of the expansive collection the PLO amassed consisted of books about Judaism, Zionism, and Israel. In \u003ci\u003eReading Herzl in Beirut\u003c\/i\u003e, Jonathan Marc Gribetz tells the story of the PLO Research Center from its establishment in 1965 until its ultimate expulsion from Lebanon in 1983. Gribetz explores why the PLO invested in research about the Jews, what its researchers learned about Judaism and Zionism, and how the knowledge they acquired informed the PLO's relationship to Israel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Marc Gribetz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691260524\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691260525\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 5.90w x 1.20d","brand":"Jonathan Marc Gribetz","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46372578066687,"sku":"9780691260525","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ce6d84e2-2deb-4bcd-a02d-68672a378edf.jpg?v=1732726355","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reading-herzl-in-beirut-jonathan-marc-gribetz-9780691260525","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}