Walled: Israeli Society at an Impasse by Cypel, Sylvain

Walled: Israeli Society at an Impasse (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781590512104)

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Walled: Israeli Society at an Impasse by Cypel, Sylvain

Walled: Israeli Society at an Impasse

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Walled: Israeli Society at an Impasse by Cypel, Sylvain

Walled: Israeli Society at an Impasse

$17.95
Format: Paperback
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An award-winning journalist explores the culture of denial in Israeli and Palestinian societies-and its lethal consequences.

Walled examines the contemporary state of mind of Israel's citizens, tracing the history of the State of Israel back to the Jewish national movement and the beginnings of Zionism. Sylvain Cypel offers a lucid analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian situation and powerfully demonstrates that the wall of protection erected in the West Bank by Israel is the most visible symptom of a society in peril.

Those who are walled, Cypel argues, are first and foremost the Israelis themselves, who have chosen to ignore rather than acknowledge the existence and rights of their neighbors. Through the study of political discourse, intellectual controversy, and national institutions such as the army and the educational system, Cypel illuminates the mechanics of the culture of force that has led Israeli society into its current impasse. Walled combines historical, cultural, and sociological analysis with personal testimonies and a delightful Jewish wit, offering a cogent and gripping portrait of two peoples walled by denial: Israeli society and its "other," the Palestinians.

Author: Sylvain Cypel
ISBN-10: 1590512103
ISBN-13: 9781590512104
Publisher: Other Press (NY)
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2007
Pages: 534
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.44lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.42w x 1.48d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/02/2007 pg. 50
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2007 pg. 371
Library Journal 07/01/2007 pg. 106
New Yorker (The) 08/13/2007 pg. 85
New York Review of Books 02/14/2008 pg. 23
By Sylvain Cypel
By Sylvain Cypel
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Sylvain Cypel

Sylvain Cypel, senior editor at Le Monde, joined the paper in 1998 as deputy head of the international section, following a five-year tenure as editor in chief of Courrier International and a stint as deputy editor in chief at the journal Les Echos. Cypel has long worked for the daily Le Matin de Paris and as a freelance journalist for France 2, Lib駻ation, and other media outlets, often covering the Middle East. He holds degrees in sociology, contemporary history, and international relations, the last of which he earned at the University of Jerusalem. He lived in Israel for twelve years, and is now based in Paris. Walled was originally published in French; the Spanish translation of the book has been awarded the 23rd "Francisco Cerecedo" Journalism Prize from the Association of European Journalists.

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