Next Year in Jerusalem

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aphna Golan-Agnon has gained
_ international recognition as one of
the most courageous and eloquent voices for a more just Israeli society. In this moving memoir, she writes of her early years in a right-wing Israeli household as the daughter of a former member of the Stern Gang, her marriage into the family of the country's most eminent novelist, and her efforts to raise children in a society caught up in violence and instability while working simultaneously for political change.
Through anecdotes, interviews, and letters. Next Year in Jerusalem provides an insider's view of the milestones of the Israeli peace movement, drawing on Golan-Agnon's experience as co-founder of the pioneering human rights organization B'Tselem and the feminist peace group Bat Shalom. From protests against the Ansar III desert prison, where Palestinian political prisoners languish for months in harsh conditions without trial, to the landmark 1999 Israeli High Court victory to abolish torture, to the... Tovább

Fülszöveg

aphna Golan-Agnon has gained
_ international recognition as one of
the most courageous and eloquent voices for a more just Israeli society. In this moving memoir, she writes of her early years in a right-wing Israeli household as the daughter of a former member of the Stern Gang, her marriage into the family of the country's most eminent novelist, and her efforts to raise children in a society caught up in violence and instability while working simultaneously for political change.
Through anecdotes, interviews, and letters. Next Year in Jerusalem provides an insider's view of the milestones of the Israeli peace movement, drawing on Golan-Agnon's experience as co-founder of the pioneering human rights organization B'Tselem and the feminist peace group Bat Shalom. From protests against the Ansar III desert prison, where Palestinian political prisoners languish for months in harsh conditions without trial, to the landmark 1999 Israeli High Court victory to abolish torture, to the devastating tensions that arise even among like-minded Palestinian and Israeli activists, Golan-Agnon candidly portrays the growing movement of Israelis who understand that the occupation, beyond persecuting Palestinians, is destroying Israel from within. Confronting the Palestinian-Israeli dilemma in all its complexity, she remains stubbornly optimistic, never entirely losing hope of a brighter future. Next Year in Jerusalem gives readers a unique, personal view of the joint struggle for peace.
Daphna Golan-Agnon teaches human rights at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she is thé director of the Human Rights Internship Program at the Minerva Center for Human Rights. She was a co-founder and research director of BTselem and the founding director of Bat Shalom. She is currently a research fellow at the Harry S.Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
THROUGH THE HEARTFELT DETAILS of everyday life, Daphna Golan-Agnon reveals the despair, dreams, contradictions, fear, guilt, momentary triumphs, and impossibilities of being an Israeli peace
and human rights activist----Next Year in Jerusalem is a cry for peace,
reconciliation, and an end to the occupation. May it create a wave of more and more Israelis and Jews around the world standing up for the rights of Palestinians. —Eve Ensler
AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BOOK. Golan-Agnon writes a piercingly honest account of her own entry into an activism that opposes the occupation.This book is full of clarity, honest reflection, at once personal and politically trenchant, producing a moving and rare example of clear-sighted tenacity in the face of rampant injustice. —Judith Butler, author of Precarious Life: Powers of Mourning and Violence
DAPHNA GOLAN-AGNON has written a courageous, moving book that goes to the heart of the dilemma of Israel as a nation. Internationally famous as a tireless human rights campaigner on behalf of the Palestinians, a mother struggling to bring up her children inside the divided city of Jerusalem, she has the unique authority to convey the challenge facing the Israeli Jew today.
—Jacqueline Rose, author of The Question ofZion ¦ ^
A PERSONAL ACCOUNT of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that is penetrating, incisive, and fierce. Each page is filled with fresh observations that expose the reader to the emotions and passions of both Israelis and Palestinians.Though writing about the painful reality of terrorism, occupation, and its concomitant excesses, Golan-Agnon's book is ultimately hopeful, embracing a vision of social justice and equality for all. —Rabbi David Forman, founding chair of Rabbis for Human Rights Vissza