Best Books About Israel
2. 
The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of Gaza and the Occupied Territories
by:
Ilan Pappé
4.36 avg rating — 1,290 ratings 3. 
Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
by:
Ronen Bergman
4.41 avg rating — 9,239 ratings 
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Bram: The Life and Wisdom of Messianic Jewish Pioneer Abram Poljak in His Own Words
by:
Abram Poljak
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings 6. 
Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
by:
Noa Tishby
4.30 avg rating — 9,720 ratings 
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Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices 4.23 avg rating — 17,339 ratings
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Beyond the Nation-State: The Zionist Political Imagination from Pinsker to Ben-Gurion
by:
Dmitry Shumsky
4.59 avg rating — 17 ratings 
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Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel
by:
Matti Friedman
3.94 avg rating — 2,465 ratings 13. 
The Genius of Israel: The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World
by:
Dan Senor
4.38 avg rating — 1,116 ratings 
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Enemies and Neighbours: Arabs and Jews In Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017
by:
Ian Black
4.19 avg rating — 1,398 ratings 16. 
The Israel Test: How Israel's Genius Enriches and Challenges the World
by:
George Gilder
4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings 16. 
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The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World 4.44 avg rating — 2,272 ratings
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White City, Black City: Architecture and War in Tel Aviv and Jaffa
by:
Sharon Rotbard
3.98 avg rating — 210 ratings 20. 
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Decolonizing Israel, Liberating Palestine: Zionism, Settler Colonialism, and the Case for One Democratic State
by:
Jeff Halper
4.04 avg rating — 141 ratings 
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Resurrecting Hebrew Resurrecting Hebrew Resurrecting Hebrew
by:
Ilan Stavans
3.26 avg rating — 109 ratings 
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A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy
by:
Nathan Thrall
4.35 avg rating — 11,058 ratings 28. 
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Enemies and Neighbors: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017
by:
Ian Black
4.19 avg rating — 1,398 ratings 31. 
Falafel Nation: Cuisine and the Making of National Identity in Israel
by:
Yael Raviv
3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings 
31. 
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know
by:
Dov Waxman
4.42 avg rating — 465 ratings 35. 
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Trouble in the Tribe: The American Jewish Conflict over Israel
by:
Dov Waxman
3.54 avg rating — 54 ratings 38. 
The Prime Ministers: An Intimate Narrative of Israeli Leadership
by:
Yehuda Avner
4.61 avg rating — 1,820 ratings 
40. 
Menachem Begin: The Battle for Israel's Soul (Jewish Encounters Series)
by:
Daniel Gordis
4.29 avg rating — 433 ratings 40. 
The Politics of Denial: Israel and the Palestinian Refugee Problem
by:
Nur Masalha
4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings 
46. 
We Look Like the Enemy: The Hidden Story of Israel's Jews from Arab Lands
by:
Rachel Shabi
3.81 avg rating — 108 ratings 48. 
48. 
Bitter Reckoning: Israel Tries Holocaust Survivors as Nazi Collaborators
by:
Dan Porat
4.06 avg rating — 32 ratings 
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A Land Without Borders: My Journey Around East Jerusalem and the West Bank
by:
Nir Baram
3.86 avg rating — 182 ratings 
56. 
In Pursuit of Peace in Israel and Palestine
by:
Gershon Baskin
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings 56. 
Wrapped in the Flag of Israel: Mizrahi Single Mothers and Bureaucratic Torture
by:
Smadar Lavie
3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings 
60. 
Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel
by:
Dan Ephron
4.33 avg rating — 1,246 ratings 
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Bibi: The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu
by:
Anshel Pfeffer
4.15 avg rating — 433 ratings 65. 
The Lions' Den: Zionism and the Left from Hannah Arendt to Noam Chomsky
by:
Susie Linfield
3.95 avg rating — 110 ratings 66. 
67. 
We Stand Divided: The Rift Between American Jews and Israel
by:
Daniel Gordis
4.13 avg rating — 308 ratings 68. 
Israel's Higher Law: Religion and Liberal Democracy in the Jewish State
by:
Steven V. Mazie
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings 69. 
Jewish Identity in Modern Israel: Proceedings on Secular Judaism and Democracy really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
70. 
Above the Death Pits, Beneath the Flag: Youth Voyages to Poland and the Performance of Israeli National Identity
by:
Jackie Feldman
4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings 71. 
Foreign Workers in Israel: Global Perspectives
by:
Israel Drori
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating