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                        ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
                              Neil Lazarus

GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO ISRAEL POLITICS

1.      Arian, Asher - 'Politics in Israel - The Second Generation';
        Chatham House Publishers; 1985.
        A more in-depth study. Chapter 6 (Political Parties) and & 7
        (Electoral System) are useful. Rating: *

2.      Beilin, Dr. Yossi - 'Israel a Concise Political History';
        St. Martins Press, New York 1993. Longer than Gregory's book,
        but highly recommended.  Available in Hebrew. Rating: ****

3.      Mahler, S. Gregory - 'Israel: Government and Politics in a
        Maturing State'; Harcout Brace Jovanovitch Publisher; 1990.
        A useful concise look at Israeli politics. Rating: ****

4.      Hattis Rolef, Susan - 'Political Dictionary of the State of
        Israel'; Macmillan Publishing Co.; 1987.
        Essential for madrichim.  A dictionary of political terms in
        English with definitions. Rating: *****

5.      The Jerusalem Post: articles related to the 1992 elections.
        Rating: **


THE PEACE PROCESS

1.      Bard, Mitchell; Himelfarb, Joel - 'Myths & Facts - A Concise
        Record of the Arab Israeli Conflict'; Near East Reports, 1992.
        A useful handbook written in an easy to use 'questions and
        answer' style. Rating: *****

2.      Herzog, Chaim - 'The Arab Israeli Wars';  Vintage Books, 1984.
        Useful, if not simplistic. Rating: **


3.      Laqueur, Walter; Rubin, Barry - 'The Israel Arab Reader - A
        Documentary History of The Middle East Conflict'; Vintage
        Penguin; 1984.
        A useful documentary guide to the conflict. Rating:****


ISRAEL SOCIETY

1.      Chafets, Zeev - 'Heroes & Hustlers, Hard Hats and Holy Men -
        Inside the New Israel';  William Morrow and Co.; 1986.
        Humorous account. Useful to take readings from. Rating: ****

2.      Melman, Yossi - 'The New Israelis'; Carol Publishing Group;
        1992.
        Not necessarily academic - but well worth reading. Rating: ***

KEY:
*****   You should had already read this
****            Read this book
***             Very useful
**              Useful
*               Read if you have time