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By turns tragic and hopeful, More Noble Than War is the history of Israel and Palestine through the lens of the world's most popular sport.Football has never been shy of politics. This is especially true for Israel and Palestine. Introduced by Victorian churchmen, it swiftly became a vehicle for nationalism and pride. Under British rule, Jewish and Palestinian teams competed in the same leagues, not only on the pitch, but in smoky committee ro...

The last two years have been the most brutal in the entire thirty-six year history of Israel's military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, indeed the most violent since the creation of Israel itself.

By turns tragic and hopeful, the history of Israel and Palestine through the lens of the world's most popular sport.Football has never been shy of politics. This is especially true for Israel and Palestine. A sport introduced by Victorian churchmen swiftly became a vehicle for nationalism and pride. Under British military rule, Jewish and Palestinian teams competed in the same leagues, not only on the pitch, but in smoky committee rooms and st...

[Bethlehem] brings within reach 11, 000 years of history, centering on the beloved town's unique place in the world. Blincoe's love of Bethlehem is compelling, even as he does not shy away from the complexities of its chronicle." --President Jimmy Carter Bethlehem is so suffused with history and myth that it feels like an unreal city even to those who call it home. For many, Bethlehem remains the little town at the edge of the desert describe...

Part history, part travelogue and memoir, it reads like an extended love letter to a place on the brink . . . a highly discursive, frequently amusing, often tragic but always accessible history' Guardian BETHLEHEM IS SO SUFFUSED WITH history and myth that it feels like an unreal city, even to thepeople who call it home. For many, Bethlehem remains the little town at the edge of the desert described in Biblical accounts.Today, the city is hemme...

[Bethlehem] brings within reach 11, 000 years of history, centering on the beloved town's unique place in the world. Blincoe's love of Bethlehem is compelling, even as he does not shy away from the complexities of its chronicle' PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTERBETHLEHEM IS SO SUFFUSED WITH history and myth that it feels like an unreal city, even to thepeople who call it home. For many, Bethlehem remains the littletown at the edge of the desert described...

A rich dramatic feast of love and war in 19th-century France - which finds its reflection in 21st-century Paris and Palestine.