{"product_id":"shut-up-im-talking-and-other-diplomacy-lessons-i-learned-in-the-israeli-government-a-memoir-9781416556169","title":"Shut Up, I'm Talking: And Other Diplomacy Lessons I Learned in the Israeli Government: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhen twenty-five-year-old law student Gregory Levey applied for an internship at the Israeli Consulate, he got more than he'd bargained for.\u003c\/b\u003e The speechwriter for the Israeli delegation to the United Nations quit, and Levey was asked to fill the vacancy. The situation got even stranger when he was transferred to Jerusalem to write speeches for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eShut Up, I'm Talking\u003c\/i\u003e is the startling account of Levey's journey into the nerve center of Middle Eastern politics. During his three years in the Israeli government, Levey was repeatedly thrust into highly improbable situations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With sharp insight and great appreciation for the absurd, Levey offers the first-ever look inside Israeli politics from the perspective of a complete outsider, ultimately concluding that the Israeli Government is no place for a nice Jewish boy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLevey, Gregory:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eGregory Levey\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eShut Up, I'm Talking: And Other Diplomacy Lessons I Learned in the Israeli Government\u003c\/i\u003e and has written for \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications. He served as a speechwriter and delegate for the Israeli government at the United Nations and as Senior Foreign Communications Coordinator for prime ministers Ariel Sharon and Ehud Olmert, and is now on the faculty of Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada.","brand":"Free Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50415103607058,"sku":"9781416556169","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6d71bb72-79c2-42d4-88c8-3869cbc67b8d.jpg?v=1729394120","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/shut-up-im-talking-and-other-diplomacy-lessons-i-learned-in-the-israeli-government-a-memoir-9781416556169","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}