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Title: Important issue, shallow observations
Review: It's a shame that this is the only widely known book about the Israeli-Arab population. It's a shame that Nathan thinks she has to turn her back on Israeli society and slander it to get a truthful image of the so-called "Other Side." It's a shame that she takes her personal experience as universal, whilst remaining unaware of her own exoticising and condescending views towards both Israeli-Arabs and Israeli-Jews, at times appearing to mimic Dian Fossey's "Gorillas in the Mist." It's a shame she resorts to such gross generalizations as: "Individualism is highly prized in many societies, but not in Israel, where the instinct of the herd prevails"(pg. 56). It's a shame that all her good intentions amount to a shallow, biased book and it's a shame I spent my hard-earned money on it.
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