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Like dreamers, the story of the Israeli paratroopers who reunited Jerusalem and divided a nation, Yossi Klein Halevi

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 559-561) and index

contains biographical information

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Like dreamers

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Yossi Klein Halevi

the story of the Israeli paratroopers who reunited Jerusalem and divided a nation

Yossi Klein Halevi interweaves the stories of a group of 1967 paratroopers who reunited Jerusalem, tracing the history of Israel and the divergent ideologies shaping it from the Six-Day War to the present

Lions' Gate (May-June 1967) -- May Day -- The center -- Born to serve -- Time of waiting -- No-man's-land -- "The Temple Mount is in our hands" -- Jerusalem of Iron -- Seventh day (1967-1973) -- Summer of Mercaz -- Kibbutzniks come home -- Children return to their borders -- Attrition -- Invention of Yisrael Harel -- Utopias lost and found -- Across the border -- Atonement (1973-82) -- Brave-hearted men -- "Our forces passed a quiet night in Suez" -- Home front -- End of the orange season -- A new Israel -- Building different Israels -- Hurban -- Middle age (1982-92) -- The forty-first kilometer -- Civil wars -- Idolatrous fire -- New beginnings -- Under siege -- End of the Six Day War (1992-2004) -- A new Israel, again -- Almost normal -- Careening toward the center