{"product_id":"the-end-of-israel-dispatches-from-a-path-to-catastrophe-9798989134700","title":"The End of Israel: Dispatches from a Path to Catastrophe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"How are things here, you ask. Things here are past insane.\" \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe End of Israel\u003c\/em\u003e, acclaimed journalist Bradley Burston's dispatches for Haaretz newspaper trace the deep roots of the horrific Israel-Hamas war, exploring how the country could have chosen a different path, and possible options for its future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe columns detail the decline and sudden fall of a failed nation, which - even before the war erupted - had begun to question whether this year's Independence Day would be its last. An Israel where the delusional and the fanatic were sovereign. A land which, the biblical book of Numbers warns us, eats its inhabitants alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for\u003cem\u003e The End of Israel: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Heschel wrote that \u003cem\u003ethe prophet's word is a scream in the night.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhile the world is at ease and asleep, the prophet feels the blast\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003efrom Heaven.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It's not just that Bradley Burston saw what only few others could\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esee, it's that he found the courage to share it-urgently, honestly, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erelentlessly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Burston has been a voice of moral clarity for decades. If only\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emore had listened... we might not be where we are today. And even\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estill, he wouldn't stand for us giving up hope-and so the struggle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egoes on.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Rabbi Sharon Brous\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor of the forthcoming \u003cem\u003eThe Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMend Our Broken Hearts and World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Bradley Burston has warned for years that Israeli Jews would\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enever be truly safe until Palestinians are free. Now Jewish safety and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePalestinian freedom look further away than ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Still, his essays don't counsel despair. They model wisdom, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edecency, and hope.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Peter Beinart\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor, \u003cem\u003eThe Crisis of Zionism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Bradley Burston is 'the kind of person who loves Israel and hates\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eoccupation, ' in his own words about another Israeli. On every issue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBurston touches, his passion for Israel, its beauty and potential and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etragedy, bursts out of these pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"His writing reflects his fierce and intimate devotion to Israel, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ealongside unflinching observations about what's going wrong, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehow it could be better.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Burston's collected works represent an essential warning cry, a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efine and complex tableau, and a roadmap to a better Israel.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolitical scientist and author of \u003cem\u003eThe Crooked Timber of\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDemocracy in Israel \u003c\/em\u003e(2023).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fryman Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615580819730,"sku":"9798989134700","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ec881ab2-f747-42ce-b1c8-fe7f3657bd58.jpg?v=1732494735","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-end-of-israel-dispatches-from-a-path-to-catastrophe-9798989134700","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}