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Since the Six-Day War, Israelis have been entrenched in a national debate over whether to keep the land they conquered or to return some, if not all, of the territories to Palestinians. In a balanced and insightful analysis, Micah Goodman deftly sheds light on the ideas that have shaped Israelis' thinking on both sides of the debate about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Contrary to opinions that dominate the discussion, he discovers that the paradox of Israeli political discourse is that both sides are right in what they affirm - and wrong in what they deny.

A celebrated Israeli author explores the roots of the divide between religion and secularism in Israel today and offers a path to bridging the divide. 

המחלוקת על עתיד שטחי יהודה ושומרון מטלטלת את ישראל. המחלוקת נובעת מזרמים רעיוניים תת־קרקעיים שפרצו לשיח הציבורי לאחר מלחמת ששת הימים, התנגשו בעוצמה זה בזה וקרעו...