21 Voices from Israel and South Africa
Marthie Momberg
Publisher: Naledi
ISBN: 9781928530794
The deep differences between the Palestinian and Israeli narratives lead many to conclude that it is too difficult to understand how it all began, and if and how to choose sides.
Why be involved in this matter when there are so many atrocities in the world? Is there a way out of the deadlock?
This book – in content and style – represents a fresh approach to the field of Palestine-Israel studies. It is accessible, yet scientifically and ethically accountable.
The conversations with 21 activists from South Africa and Israel who campaign for Palestinian rights shatter perceptions cultivated by widespread propaganda to show that the issue is, after all, not so difficult to understand. One by one they connect the private and the public, the particular and the general, the conceptual and the practical, the local and the global.
21 Voices is stirring and illuminating. It demonstrates how citizens can step forward and make a difference in tumultuous times when power abuse and lawlessness have thrown morals into confusion. It will appeal to anyone interested in the kind of leadership that aims to shape healthier societies.
It has the potential to become a leading international publication.
“I cannot remember ever having been moved as profoundly, as searingly and as painfully … It is a testimony to the immense bravery of the individual and communal spirit.”
– Breyten Breytenbach
“There is no other book of this kind on the market … It will help readers understand why the plight of the Palestinians concerns all of us.”
– Sakkie Spangenberg
Kommentaar
Goeie môre Marthie
Ek het met aandag geluister na jou radiopraatjie vanoggend op RSG. Die narratiewe wat jy na verwys, het ek reeds opgevolg in Israel en Europa met deurentydse gesprekke oor baie jare waartydens politiese, godsdienstige, geografiese, demografiese, en veral historiese oorwegings “oorweeg” is. Eintlik is daardie inligting reeds welbekend. In my gesprekke met politieke woordvoerders sedert baie jare op my vele reise (oos/wes/suid/noord), waartydens ek pertinent 'n punt daarvan gemaak het om oor verskeie internasionale krisisse met verteenwoordigers, van alle kante, te praat, het ek altyd, in verband met die Israel-Palestynse konflik, gevra – wat is die oplossing? Dit is die vraag. Niemand kon nog tot dusver aan my 'n afdoende antwoord gee nie en ook kon ek dit nie lees in enige van die ingeligte en geloofwaardige media nie. Kan jy moontlik 'n bondige artikel of twee aanbeveel wat moontlik voorstelle (of selfs 'n voorstel) tot oplossing van daardie krisis bespreek? Ek sal dit baie waardeer.
Met groete en waardering, Pieter van R Coetzee
Pieter, die hersiene uitgawe van 21 Voices het pas by Naledi verskyn. Ek het die titel effens verander. Dis nou: 21 Voices: Why the Palestinian Struggle is a Global Matter. In hierdie opgedateerde weergawe reflekteer ek in die laaste gedeelte wel op 'n moontlike pad vorentoe. Lees gerus ook die werk van Ilan Pappe.