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“... to less than the sum of its parts. A first question is whether this has anything to do with Jessica Cohen’s translation from the Hebrew. Without knowing the language, it’s hard to say; the English version is fluent and conversational, occasionally unnervingly chatty (in the Hebrew, did Ora really respond to praise with ‘Moi? A bear of little ...”

“... The 1967 war changed the lives of Israelis and made Palestinian lives hell. Shortly after it, Israel’s Labour prime minister, Levi Eshkol, a relative moderate, approved the colonisation of the West Bank. The Labour Party never really opposed the process, though for years it seemed to have its doubts. That way of carrying on – appearing indecisive, sounding hesitant, while acting decisively, even aggressively – is a key component of Israeli politics ...”