Coexistence With Hagar's Offspring

About the Book

Israel is a Melting Pot of Jews, coming from different countries, with different ideas and different mentalities. Therefore internal conflicts are not unusual. Obviously the book deals with some of these problems. Ashkenazim and Sepharadim is only one example. The great influence of the Histadrut (Trade Union) on the daily life of the Isrealis, from crib to grave and the different parties involvement. The improving relations between the Jews and the Vatican is also dealt with in the book. The War of Attrition(1969-1970), the Yom Kippur War(1973), and the War in Lebanon (1982) are described in full. Relationship with Germany after the murder of Six Million Jews or One Third of the World Jewry, a great tragedy to the Jewish people, to the World. The book does not neglect to describe the "Arab Generosity and the Moslem Tolerance".

After "The Unavoidable Surgery" and " Holocaust and Redemption" this is one more chapter in modern Jewish History, dealing with the Arab-Israeli conflict and whether these two societies can live together, "side by side" or whether Sara's children can live together or rather co-exist with Hagar's (Keturah's) children (Stepbrothers, from the same father, Abraham) .

(Hagar, also called Keturah, was Sara's maid )

About the Author

Mati Alon was born and raised in Haifa, Palestine (Eretz Israel). Living in this city with a substantial Arab population, the author learned the Arabic language and customs thus enabling him to write the authoritative study in his books. Mati Alon was a soldier during the Israeli War of Independence, in 1948. He later graduated from the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) with B.S., M.S. and P.E. degrees in Mechanical Engineering. Alon taught at the Technion, then moved to the United States, where he worked as a Mechanical Engineer at the University of Illinois Medical Center, in Chicago. The author returned to Israel in 1975.