How Israel Lost: The Four Questions

By Richard Ben Cramer

The ebbing support for Israel among Western governments is a major landmark in the history of the last decade. It is, without doubt, an issue that has already influenced many international events. Richard Ben Cramer, who has won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the Middle East, now presents readers with HOW ISRAEL LOST, a brilliant polemic looking at four key questions that define this conflict and explaining how the policies of Ariel Sharon have ostracised his country in the eyes of the world.

Since Israel was founded, the West has seen it as a beacon of hope and democracy amid hostile neighbours. Cramer describes how in the past ten years Israelis seem to have squandered that respect and good will, focusing on the key players and crucial events that have turned the tide against Israel in the eyes of the international community. With the same meticulous research and intelligence that has made Richard Ben Cramer one of America's most highly regarded journalists, HOW ISRAEL LOST is a timely, powerful and important look at one of the most pivotal points of the world -- and in history.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Release date: Dec 11, 2012
• ISBN: 9781471109423

Richard Ben Cramer

Richard Ben Cramer (1950-2013) won the Pulitzer Prize for Middle East reporting in 1979. His journalism has appeared in Time, Newsweek, The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, and Rolling Stone. He is the author of How Israel Lost: The Four Questions and the classic of modern American politics What It Takes: The Way to the White House.

Reviews for How Israel Lost

[marcares · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I can understand the author's point of expression, but in fact all who are directly or indirectly involved in this conflict have '' lost '' so far as when their peoples could not live in peace for economic and humanistic activities. Sadly, there is a lack of vision amongst the leaders/governments for what can be achieved with realistic engagement and compromise.

[carterchristian1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I agree with reviewers VirginiaGill and observingmind. As nothing seems to ever resolve itself on this front it may take a long time to really give a definite opinion as to the author's take on this subject. I can't see that Israel "lost"

[virginiagill · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This book did not make me feel like I had an any more firm opinion about the Middle East that before reading it. It did however make me question more what I was seeing and hearing, to search more for the bigger picture on why that area is so ill at rest. For that reason alone I consider it an excellent book and well worth the time I spent reading it.