Jošuini nasljednici: Izrael, Arapi, Palestina
Dara Janeković, a Croatian journalist, publicist and traveler, known for her in-depth reports on the Middle East (When the Sea Boils, Encounters with History), provides a poignant testimony about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Joshua's Heirs.
1.406 / 5.000 The title evokes the biblical Joshua, the successor of Moses, symbolizing the eternal struggle for the Promised Land - Canaan, today Israel and Palestine. The book chronologically traces history from ancient roots, through the Holocaust and the British mandate, to the founding of Israel in 1948. Janeković describes the key wars: Independence (1948), Suez (1956), Six-Day War (1967) and Yom Kippur (1973), focusing on the role of the great powers (USA, USSR, Britain) in the escalation. Through personal travels and interviews with Jews, Arabs and Palestinians, he shows daily life in the conflict: kibbutzim under rockets, refugee camps in Jordan and Lebanon, children's play in Gaza's minefields, Jerusalem's Western Wall and massacres in Sabra and Shatila.
The author emphasizes the human cost: the suffering of the "exiled and disenfranchised" Palestinian people - exile, loss of homes, identity - against the Jewish need for a safe haven after the genocide. With an empathetic but impartial pen, Janeković criticizes colonialism, terrorism and diplomatic games that maintain the "state of war". The themes are religion (Judaism, Islam, Christianity) as a source of peace and conflict, nationalism and the hope for coexistence.
As a Yugoslav testimony from the Cold War era, the book remains relevant in an era of constant tensions, reminding that the true inheritance is - not land, but peace and justice. Rich in visual materials, ideal for understanding the roots of the modern Middle East.
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