Victory for Us Is to See You Suffer: In the West Bank with the Palestinians and the Israelis by Philip C. Winslow

Victory for Us Is to See You Suffer: In the West Bank with the Palestinians and the Israelis



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Victory for Us Is to See You Suffer: In the West Bank with the Palestinians and the Israelis Philip C. Winslow
Language: English
Page: 240
Format: pdf
ISBN: 080706906X, 9780807069080
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From Publishers Weekly

Starred Review. Foreign correspondent Winslow (Sowing the Dragon's Teeth) depicts the universal cost of Israel's occupation of Palestinian lands in excruciatingly human terms in a memoir detailing 30 months spent on the West Bank with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). Describing the fear, humiliation and violence routinely faced by people on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Winslow balances the Palestinian struggle to maneuver through an ever-growing web of walls, checkpoints and Israeli military operations in the West Bank, with close attention to Israel's legitimate defense needs and the fear created by Palestinian terrorism. The multilayered narrative demonstrates unusual compassion for the human side of the conflict, sympathizing with both the Palestinian citizens and the Israeli soldiers in the clear understanding that the latter, too, are dehumanized by the violence that surrounds them. Using resonant descriptions of the occupation's daily routines, the account searches for moments of human kindness that can bridge the chasm created by civil discord, admirably achieving the author's goal to paint pictures of what armed conflict does to humanity. (Oct.)
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"Wise, modest, fair, and alert to the nuances of human interaction, Winslow is a gentle guide to an ungentle landscape. But the picture he etches of the effects of Israeli control over the West Bank is devastating. Americans who care about forging a lasting peace in the Middle East should read this book, because this is the disastrous occupation that our tax dollars are paying for."—Adam Hochschild, author of Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves

"Amid the mistrust and violence and gloom, [Winslow] finds people on both sides seeking to ease the conflict, and occasional acts of charity and kindness."—Globe & Mail, December 22, 2007

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