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A review by binyakub
Balcony Over Jerusalem: A Middle East Memoir by John Lyons
5.0
Very informative, easy to read memoir of the author’s six year stay in Jerusalem as the middle east editor of The Australian.
I thought I was someone well versed in the arab-israel conflict, but this book opened up to me a new dimension to the Israeli Occupation of the West Bank.
2 chapters in particular were illuminating for me - Frankenstein’s Monster and The Lobby.
The first puts “Apartheid State” into context and the second gives an Australian dimension to thus tragedy.
Something for everyone pro-Palestinian / Pro-Israeli / Neutrals
I thought I was someone well versed in the arab-israel conflict, but this book opened up to me a new dimension to the Israeli Occupation of the West Bank.
2 chapters in particular were illuminating for me - Frankenstein’s Monster and The Lobby.
The first puts “Apartheid State” into context and the second gives an Australian dimension to thus tragedy.
Something for everyone pro-Palestinian / Pro-Israeli / Neutrals