With both unprecedented internal and external pressures, Israel today is at a moment of existential crisis. In My Promised Land, one of Israel's most influential columnists sets out to answer the question of how his beloved country has arrived at this unsettling moment. Rather than rehashing the established narrative--one of wars, treaties, and noted political figures--Ari Shavit tells the stories of ordinary citizens--the grassroots leaders, the farmers, the immigrants, the nightclub owners, the settlers, and the Arabs--who came to shape the moral fabric of the country. With each chapter focusing on an underappreciated moment in history or an untold story, My Promised Land paints a nuanced picture of a small country whose identity and presence has a crucial role not only in the Middle East but in the Western world. It tells a riveting story that is both deeply human and of profound historical dimension.
