How to cure a fanatic :
by Oz, Amos
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Oz, Amos.
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Between right and right.
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Oz, Amos.
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Help us to divorce.
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Arab-Israeli conflict
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1993-
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Fanaticism
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Palestine.
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Land tenure
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Palestine.
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Authors, Israeli
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Interviews.
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| DS 119.76 HEL Negotiating outside the law: | DS 119.76 LER The Geneva accord : | DS 119.76 LER Healing Israel/Palestine | DS 119.76 OZ How to cure a fanatic : | DS119.76 WAL The Wall in Palestine : | DS 119.79 GOP c3 Holy war, holy peace: | DS 119.79 HEL Israelis and Palestinians, two people, three faiths : |
Previously published, without interview, as: Help us to divorce.
Includes the essay Between right and right and an interview of Amos Oz conducted by Brigitta van Rheinberg.
Between right and right -- How to cure a fanatic -- The order of the teaspoon : an interview with Amos Oz.
"Internationally acclaimed novelist Amos Oz grew up in war-torn Jerusalem, where as a boy he witnessed firsthand the poisonous consequences of fanaticism. In two concise, powerful essays, the award-winning author offers unique insight into the true nature of fanaticism and proposes a reasoned and respectful approach to resolving the Israeli Palestinian conflict. As an added feature, he comments on contemporary issues - the Gaza pullout, Yasser Arafat's death, and the war in Iraq - in an extended interview at the end of the book." "Oz argues that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not a war of religion or cultures or traditions, but rather a real estate dispute - one that will be resolved not by greater understanding, but by painful compromise. As he writes, "The seeds of fanaticism always lie in uncompromising righteousness, the plague of many centuries."" "The clarity of these essays, coupled with Oz's ironic sense of humor in illuminating the serious, breathes new life into this centuries-old debate. He emphasizes the importance of imagination in learning to define and respect other's space, and analyzes the twisted historical roots that have led to Middle East violence. In his interview, Oz sends a message to Americans. Why not, he proposes, advocate for a twenty-first-century equivalent of the Marshall Plan aimed at preventing poverty and despair in the region? "What is necessary is to work on the ground, for example, building homes for hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees who have been rotting in camps for almost sixty years now.""--BOOK JACKET.
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