1st Edition

Witness in Palestine A Jewish Woman in the Occupied Territories

By Anna Baltzer Copyright 2006
416 Pages
by Routledge

416 Pages
by Routledge

416 Pages
by Routledge

Anna Baltzer, a young Jewish American, went to the West Bank to discover the realities of daily life for Palestinians under the occupation. What she found would change her outlook on the conflict forever. She wrote this book to give voice to the stories of the people who welcomed her with open arms as their lives crumbled around them. For five months, Baltzer lived and worked with farmers,... Read more
"Captivating text and artistic photography...a deeply personal story that will inspire you not only to have hope but to actively seek and work for peace and justice."

Biography

Anna Baltzer

“Captivating text and artistic photography…a deeply personal story that will inspire you not only to have hope but to actively seek and work for peace and justice."
—Mazin Qumsiyeh, author of Sharing the Land of Canaan

"Moving and vivid.”
—Tanya Reinhart, author of Roadmap to Nowhere


"Even those who are familiar with the grim reality of the occupied territories will quickly be drawn into a world they had barely imagined by these vivid, searingly honest, intensely acute portrayals.”
—Noam Chomsky

“Scores of beautiful and heartbreaking color photographs accompany Baltzer’s lively and detailed journal entries…”
—Mark Chmiel, Saint Louis University, in Journal of Palestine Studies