The General's Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine

Miko Peled has written a fascinating book about his illustrious father—a military hero, a defiantly independent peace activist and politician, and a Ph.D. professor-translatorscholar of Arabic language and literature. But this is in no way a conventional biography of a multi-talented great man. Rather, it is a penetrating, honest analysis of the core beliefs and courageous lives lived by this iconic Jewish leader and his remarkable family. Though the Peled family was always part of the national Zionist political-military establishment, its members have long reached out with empathetic concern for the Palestinians living under Israeli control and have continued to agitate for a just peace, acceptable to both Jews and Arabs. That family commitment to reconciliation has been sorely tested but remained unbroken even after a young granddaughter of the general was killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber… Miko is truly inspiring in the telling of his family’s story, and of his own struggles to live up to the moral, ethical, and intellectual legacy from his father.

—LANDRUM BOLLING

Veteran U.S. peace activist,
former President, Earlham College

Out of personal pain and sober reflection on the past comes this powerful narrative of transformation, empowerment, and commitment. It is the personal story that brings home forcefully how one liberates oneself from oppressive ideologies without losing one’s identity, family, and humanity. Miko’s story is a must-read for anyone who has not lost hope that one day peace and justice will prevail in Israel and Palestine.

—ILAN PAPPÉ

Israeli historian,
Professor of history at the
University of Exeter (U.K.)

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• Wrestling in the Daylight: A Rabbi’s Path to Palesitnian solidarity
  , by Brant Rosen
  
• Watches Without Time: An American Soldier in Afghanistan
  , by Matt Zeller
  
• The Tragedy of Lebanon: Christian Warlords, Israeli Adventures, and American Bunglers
  , by Jonathan Randal
  
• The General’s Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine
  , by Miko Peled
  
• Troubled Triangle: The United States, Turkey, and Israeli in the New Middle East
  , edited by William B. Quandt
  
• War Diary: Lebanon 2006
  , by Rami Zurayk
  

This book is dedicated to my mother,
Zika Katznelson-Peled.