Publisher's Synopsis
"When he refused military service in the West Bank, Stephen Langfur-an American-Israeli tour guide with a Ph. D. in Religion and Culture-was sent to a cell for wayward soldiers in Jericho. It was 1989, 22 years into the Occupation, and the first Intifada was underway. A few feet from him were cells holding Palestinians. Langfur kept notebooks on what he saw and heard and thought. After release, he developed the notes into Confession from a Jericho Jail (Grove Weidenfeld, 1992). Retired Israeli Supreme Court Justice Haim Cohen wrote: "The author's brilliant exposition of the problematicity of the Israeli-Arab conflict may well prove a valuable contribution to present-day peace efforts." Instead, the Occupation has continued 30 more years. If Langfur's confession is relevant today, it is because (as a reviewer put it) "the book is much more intimate-and much more intriguing and satisfying-than a mere political tract. It's a glimpse into t
