This book examines the local and international dynamics and strategies that have come to define the often violent relationship between Israel and Lebanon. …

On December 27, 2008, Israel launched a major military campaign dubbed 'Operation Cast Lead' against the Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip in order to counter Palestinian rocket fire and more broadly, to significantly weaken all aspects of Hamas rule in Gaza. On January 3, 2009, Israel began a ground offensive into Gaza intended to eliminate Hamas' willingness or capacity to launch rockets at Israeli towns and cities. …

Hamas is best-known to outsiders as a military organisation. Its political wing has received less attention, and it is often assumed that the schools, hospitals and universities it runs are merely instruments for the dissemination of a jihadist ideology. Following its surprise victory in the 2006 Palestinian elections, it is more important than ever to understand its politics. …

A história real de um filho do Hamas que se tornou espião israelense, se converteu ao cristianismo e ajudou a combater uma das maiores organizações terroristas do mundo. …

In January 2006, Hamas, an organisation classified by Western governments as terrorist, was democratically elected to govern the Palestinian territories. The inherent contradictions in this situation have left many analysts at a loss. Hamas uses terror tactics against Israel, yet runs on a law and order ticket in Palestinian elections; it pursues an Islamic state, yet holds internal elections; it campaigns for shar'iah law, yet its leaders are predominantly secular professionals; it calls for the destruction of Israel, yet has reluctantly agreed to honour previous peace agreements. …

The United States views Hamas as a terrorist organization. Yet, to the great surprise of many, Hamas swept to victory in the 2006 Palestinian Authority elections. Hames is now a democratically elected political party. …

No intelligence service is surrounded by more myth and mystery than Israel's Mossad. …

Cataloguing half a century of Israeli intelligence's triumphs, debacles and infighting, this dense work will be of most use to Middle East and national security specialists. According to the authors, Israeli intelligence incorrectly predicted the British withdrawal from Palestine and 1948 Arab invasion; misread Egyptian and Jordanian troop deployment prior to the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and failed to provide adequate warning of the 1973 Arab onslaught. …

Refusant tout manichéisme, l'auteur montre que le monde arabe fut, pour les minorités, juives notamment, une terre de protection mais aussi de soumission. Il cherche à comprendre comment se noue, sur la longue durée, depuis les racines médiévales jusqu'à la période de la décolonisation, le rapport du monde musulman à la modernité. …

Everything you want to know about the Israeli army but are afraid to ask.
Schiff has written numerous books, including Israel's Lebanon War and Intifada, both with Ehud Ya'ari, and A History of the Israel Army: 1874 to the Present. He also served as a military correspondent in Vietnam, the Soviet Union, Cyprus and Ethiopia. Schiff has won several awards, including the Sokolov Journalism Prize, the Amos Lev Prize, and the Sarah Reichenstein Prize.

Partisan de la paix et de la création d'un Etat palestinien, le journaliste raconte les grandes étapes de la création d'Israël à travers l'histoire de sa famille, depuis son arrière-grand-père arrivé en Terre sainte en 1897 jusqu'aux habitants d'aujourd'hui, des créateurs de société d'Internet aux religieux fervents. …