The Israelis cover

The Israelis

by Amos Elon

Elon juxtaposes the generations of the Founders and the Sons, the innocent idealists and the pragmatic realists. The Israelis is an original, well-documented and dramatic account of past and present. His sources are frequently poets and novelists rather than politicians, whom he often mistrusts.

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?