In his debut book Blood and Religion, award-winning journalist Jonathan Cook discusses how and why Israel created a fortress state through the West Bank wall and Gaza’s separation: to counter the growing Palestinian population with a Jewish-only state. The book can be purchased here. Borrow the book from your local library here.
Category: BOOKS
Title: Jonathan Cook, Blood and Religion: The Unmasking of the Jewish and Democratic State, 2006.
Date of publication: April 2006
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