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    Cover of While Israel Slept: How Hamas Surprised the Most Powerful Military in the Middle East
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    While Israel Slept: How Hamas Sur­prised the Most Pow­er­ful Mil­i­tary in the Mid­dle East
    Yaakov Katz
    Amir Bohbot
    Cover of The End of Ambition: America's Past, Present, and Future in the Middle East
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    The End of Ambi­tion: Amer­i­ca’s Past, Present, and Future in the Mid­dle East
    Steven A. Cook
    Cover of The Holy Land at War: A Journey Through Israel, the West Bank and Gaza
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    The Holy Land at War: A Jour­ney Through Israel, the West Bank and Gaza
    Mark Patinkin
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    Cross­roads of Empire
    Michael J. Cooper
    Cover of Saving Abigail: The True Story of the Abduction and Rescue of a Three-Year-Old Hostage
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    Sav­ing Abi­gail: The True Sto­ry of the Abduc­tion and Res­cue of a Three-Year-Old Hostage
    Liz Hirsh Naftali
    Cover of Target Tehran: How Israel Is Using Sabotage, Cyberwarfare, Assassination–and Secret Diplomacy–to Stop a Nuclear Iran and Create a New Middle East
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    Tar­get Tehran: How Israel Is Using Sab­o­tage, Cyber­war­fare, Assas­si­na­tion – and Secret Diplo­ma­cy – to Stop a Nuclear Iran and Cre­ate a New Mid­dle East
    Yon­ah Jere­my Bob
    llan Evy­atar
    Cover of A Tourist From Petach Tikva: Growing Up Alongside the Creation of the State of Israel
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    A Tourist From Petach Tik­va: Grow­ing Up Along­side the Cre­ation of the State of Israel
    Aubrey Kagan
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    The Art of Diplo­ma­cy: How Amer­i­can Nego­tia­tors Reached His­toric Agree­ments That Changed the World
    Stu­art E. Eizenstat
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    Wages of Empire
    Michael J. Cooper
    Cover of Sephardi Voices: The Untold Expulsion of Jews from Arab Lands
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    Sephar­di Voic­es: The Untold Expul­sion of Jews from Arab Lands
    Hen­ry Green
    Richard Sturs­berg
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    Sephar­di Voices

    Richard Sturs­berg
    March 20, 2022
    Cover of Titan of Tehran: From Jewish Ghetto to Corporate Colossus to Firing Squad–My Grandfather's Life
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    Titan of Tehran: From Jew­ish Ghet­to to Cor­po­rate Colos­sus to Fir­ing Squad – My Grand­fa­ther’s Life
    Shahrzad Elghanayan
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    Karaism: An Intro­duc­tion to the Old­est Sur­viv­ing Alter­na­tive Judaism
    Daniel J. Lasker
    Cover of Master of the Game: Henry Kissinger and the Art of Middle East Diplomacy
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    Mas­ter of the Game: Hen­ry Kissinger and the Art of Mid­dle East Diplomacy
    Mar­tin Indyk
    Cover of Adventure Girl: Dabi Digs in Israel
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    Adven­ture Girl: Dabi Digs in Israel
    Janice Hechter
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