Occupied Minds

Introduction 1. Into The Kur Hitukh 2. Soldiers And Sabras 3. Strangers In The Land Of Their Fathers 4. Strange Orthodoxies And Quantum Secularities 5. Believers And Apostates 6. The Home Front 7. The Forgiven And The Forgotten 8. Business As Usual 9. Across The Green Line 10. Away From Zion Glossary Index

Arthur Neslen was until recently the London correspondent for Aljazeera.net and the website's only Jewish journalist. He is author of Occupied Minds: A Journey Through the Israeli Psyche (Pluto, 2006). He writes for publications including the Guardian, the Independent, the Observer, the New Statesman and Private Eye.

Occupied Minds is meticulously and rigorously researched and referenced, with detailed footnotes. It is an excellent book for the serious general reader on the Isreali-Palestine/Arab conflict, giving a broad, comprehensive spectrum of people, a confluence of ideas and ideologies. For people who already have a certain depth of background understanding, clear of myths and misapprehensions, and to experts in this tragic conflict, it fills in the minutiae. -- Jewish Socialist [This book] is an important key to understanding the realities beyond the headlines. -- Internet Bookwatch Brutal and searingly honest accounts. ... A compelling book. -- Yvonne Ridley, Political editor of the Islam Channel Arthur Neslen's sharp insights into the Israeli Jewish mentality are a must read for anyone wishing to understand that society beyond simplistic and reductionist descriptions. -- Ilan Pappe, author of A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples This book is a fascinating journey through the Israeli Jewish psyche in its multiple manifestations. It invites us to understand the Israeli predicament through Israeli eyes. -- Ghada Karmi, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter Red Pepper is worth the price just for Arthur Neslen's investigative reports. -- Greg Palast This is a simple but profound exploration of the complexities and contradictions of Israel. Dissidence, anger and the desire for reform as well as the more familiar bigotry and hatred come through in the words (and silences) of a fascinating cross-section of Israeli Jews. Listening and responding to these voices is essential to the struggle for a just peace in the Middle East. Through his own efforts to understand, Neslen has produced an unequalled insight for all of us into this troubled and troubling society. -- Hilary Wainwright, Editor of Red Pepper