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by Ian S. Lustick
"Israel is the land of many conflicts, but one often overlooked these days in that between Jews and Jews. The tension between the secular Zionist Jews who make up most of the country's population and the messianic, religious fundamentalists, a small minority that rejects the whole notion of temporal demographic government for the Jewish state, ever simmers here, always threatening to explode. For the Land and the Lord offers a compelling and, at times, frightening picture of this struggle."
New York Times Book Review
"An incisive look at a central but widely misunderstood aspect of Israeli politics. Required reading for everyone interested in the future of Israel."
Jerold Green, University of Arizona
"A masterful assessment ... indispensable. This scholarly, well-written account demonstrates convincingly that the Jewish fundamentalist movement has emerged as an important, perhaps the most important, obstacle to 'meaningful negotiations toward a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace settlement.'"
International Affairs
Ian Lustick renders a great service to the reader in this succinct, often brilliant, analysis of the Jewish fundamentalist movement in Israel .... It is difficult to dispute Lustick's conclusion that the Jewish fundamentalist movement is the greatest single obstacle to the negotiation of a real Arab-Israeli peace settlement...."
Rita E. Hauser, International Lawyer and Chair, American Committee for Israel Peace Center
"For the Land and the Lord is a thoughtful work with an eye toward sober analysis, not sensationalism .... Lustick has admirably handled a subject about which anyone concerned with Judaism, American foreign policy, or the Middle East must be made aware."
American Arab Affairs
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