{"product_id":"the-end-of-israel-dispatches-from-a-path-to-catastrophe-9798989134700","title":"The End of Israel: Dispatches from a Path to Catastrophe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"How are things here, you ask. Things here are past insane.\" \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe End of Israel\u003c\/em\u003e, acclaimed journalist Bradley Burston's dispatches for Haaretz newspaper trace the deep roots of the horrific Israel-Hamas war, exploring how the country could have chosen a different path, and possible options for its future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe columns detail the decline and sudden fall of a failed nation, which - even before the war erupted - had begun to question whether this year's Independence Day would be its last. An Israel where the delusional and the fanatic were sovereign. A land which, the biblical book of Numbers warns us, eats its inhabitants alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for\u003cem\u003e The End of Israel: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Heschel wrote that \u003cem\u003ethe prophet's word is a scream in the night.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhile the world is at ease and asleep, the prophet feels the blast\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003efrom Heaven.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It's not just that Bradley Burston saw what only few others could\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esee, it's that he found the courage to share it-urgently, honestly, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erelentlessly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Burston has been a voice of moral clarity for decades. If only\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emore had listened... we might not be where we are today. And even\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estill, he wouldn't stand for us giving up hope-and so the struggle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egoes on.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Rabbi Sharon Brous\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor of the forthcoming \u003cem\u003eThe Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMend Our Broken Hearts and World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Bradley Burston has warned for years that Israeli Jews would\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enever be truly safe until Palestinians are free. Now Jewish safety and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePalestinian freedom look further away than ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Still, his essays don't counsel despair. They model wisdom, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edecency, and hope.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Peter Beinart\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor, \u003cem\u003eThe Crisis of Zionism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Bradley Burston is 'the kind of person who loves Israel and hates\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eoccupation, ' in his own words about another Israeli. On every issue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBurston touches, his passion for Israel, its beauty and potential and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etragedy, bursts out of these pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"His writing reflects his fierce and intimate devotion to Israel, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ealongside unflinching observations about what's going wrong, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehow it could be better.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Burston's collected works represent an essential warning cry, a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efine and complex tableau, and a roadmap to a better Israel.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolitical scientist and author of \u003cem\u003eThe Crooked Timber of\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDemocracy in Israel \u003c\/em\u003e(2023).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bradley Burston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fryman Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.87d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798989134700\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBurston, Bradley:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Bradley Burston, a longtime columnist for Israel's Haaretz newspaper, is a recipient of the Eliav-Sartawi Award for Mideast Journalism, presented at the United Nations in 2006.His columns have been quoted in The New York Times, Foreign Policy, the New Yorker, The Nation, Politico, and Dissent. He has appeared as a commentator on the BBC, NPR, ABC Nightline and CNN.During the first Palestinian uprising of the late 1980s, he served as Gaza correspondent for the Jerusalem Post, and was the paper's Military Correspondent in the 1991 Gulf War. In the 1990s, he covered Middle East peace talks and Israeli politics for the Reuters news agency. In 2000, he became a founding editor of Haaretz newspaper's online English online edition, writing a column called \"A Special Place in Hell,\" from which this collection was compiled.A native of Los Angeles, he moved to Israel after graduation from Berkeley. He was part of a group which established Kibbutz Gezer, between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. 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