Conflict, Compassion, and Context: Palestine/Israel

A retelling of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" that transports the star-crossed lovers to the modern-day Israel-Palestine conflict.

"[Presents an] account of the conflict between Israelis and their forebears, on the one hand, and Palestinians and theirs, on the other . . . [Taking] into account the effects of the 2010-11 Arab uprisings on the conflict and the recognition of Palestinian statehood by the United Nations, the book traces the struggle from the emergence of nationalism among the Jews of Europe and the Arab inhabitants of Ottoman Palestine through . . . present [times], exploring the external pressures and internal logic that have propelled it"

"Tells the story of the formation of Israel, examines calls for a separate Palestinian state, and details the impact of the region's border disputes on the Jews and Arabs who lives there."

Uses recently declassified French and British government documents to describe how the two countries secretly divided the Middle East during World War I and the effect these mandates had on local Arabs and Jews.