> Does anyone know about the book "Samson Blinded: A > Machiavellian > Perspective on the Middle East Conflict, by Israeli > politician > Obadiah Shoher".
I didn't, but now I know a little. The official website seems to be : http://www.samsonblinded.org/ According to the site, ""Google banned our site from the advertising program. Amazon deleted all reviews". Apparently, you can download the whole book for free, but it's a ZIP file and I usually don't download those. Also, the site says "Free review copies for journalists, reviewers, activists, and bloggers". So maybe the patron could request a review copy without shelling out any cash. Why the title? from the site : "One allusion is to the Samson option, Israel's nuclear capability. Other parallels are with Samson's death. He conducted suicide operation millennia before the Jews started to blame Palestinians for the same. After the Philistines blinded him, he allegedly killed 3,000 of them along with himself. Israeli politicians drive her to the same fate. Their policies invite terrorist nuclear attack and annihilation of much of the Middle East in retaliation." What's the book's stated objective? "Samson Blinded dissects honestly the problems which have accumulated since the Jews returned to Palestine. Espousing political rationalism, it deplores both Muslim and Jewish myths and advocates measures which Machiavelli would, I believe, suggest were he writing today. Addressed principally to Jews, the book may also interest many Americans in the aftermath of the onset of the so-called war on terrorism. Dealing with topics ranging from ethics to history to politics to asymmetrical warfare, it angers Jews and Muslims, Americans and Egyptians, liberals and conservatives, hawks and doves, all alike." Hope that helps. B'shalom, Steven M. Bergson, Research Administrator Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
