{"title":"Rene Backmann","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"um-muro-na-palestina","title":"A wall in Palestine","description":"In the spring of 2002, the Israeli government began construction of a wall stretching over 650 kilometers in the occupied West Bank: a gigantic project to be completed in 2007. For most of its length, it is, in fact, a barrier. Not very high, a 3-meter wire mesh, but very wide, 45 to 100 meters—space occupied, on both sides, by barbed wire and a moat to prevent the passage of vehicles. All under constant surveillance by cameras and other electronic detection systems. For the Israelis, the construction is a \"security barrier,\" intended to prevent the entry of Palestinian terrorists. For Palestinians, it is a \"separation wall,\" dividing homes, crops, and families, or even an \"annexation wall\": a new border imposed by force to incorporate Palestinian territories, so that settlements located there become Israeli villages, in an irretrievable expansion of Israeli territory, without any international legitimacy. To address such a controversial topic, yet fundamental to understanding this complex region, award-winning French journalist René Backmann, who has dedicated 25 years to covering Middle East issues, conducted extensive historical, documentary, cartographic, and journalistic research on the complex structure and functioning of Palestinian and Israeli societies. He interviewed political and military leaders involved in the design, construction, and day-to-day administration of the barrier wall, as well as local politicians, residents, and Israeli and Palestinian academics. From there, he analyzes the long history of tensions between Israel and Palestine that led to the wall's construction and reveals its impact on the lives of ordinary citizens—like the woman who spends hours getting to the school she founded, crossing barriers and checkpoints in a journey that used to take 15 minutes; businesses on the brink of bankruptcy whose once-popular addresses are now cut off by the wall; and couples unable to live together unless they abandon their businesses or homes. The author explains the reasons that led him to dedicate himself to the subject in a book: \"Like so many of my Israeli and Palestinian friends, I believed in peace when the Oslo accords were signed and witnessed, along with them, the collapse of the peace process. Because I cannot believe that what the entire world watched with joy collapse in Berlin yesterday could be a solution tomorrow in Jerusalem.\" The result is a very well-founded work, clearly and engagingly written, which offers a relevant human perspective on the Arab-Israeli conflict and generates serious reflections on a central question: is the wall in Palestine a barrier against terrorism or a barrier against peace?","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175417495804,"sku":"9788501085665","price":64.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/f7166ca5e17f0fc219b06daa321a0862_cd4d32ce-e034-46f0-9395-91a6a1f4e683.jpg?v=1778319428"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/collections\/rene-backmann.oembed","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}