Finished Richard Cohen's rant, Israel: Is It Good for the Jews?
Passionate defence of Israel, mostly concentrates on Holocaust, and it's sorta polemic, not a scholarly book(He's not really an expert in this area, unlike Friedman et. al).
Unlike Thomas Friedman, puts the ball squarely on the Palestinians(Arabs) to solve the stalemate (Friedman's book From Beirut to Jerusalem is more in-depth and impartial, and puts the ball on the stronger Israel). Some interesting viewpoints though.
If you want an opposite viewpoint from Cohen, I recommend John Judis' Genesis: Truman, American Jews, and the Origins of the Arab/Israeli Conflict
and Patrick Tyler's Fortress Israel: The Inside Story of the Military Elite Who Run the Country--and Why They Can't Make Peace
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