Brave, yes-Laor is a poet-determined, yes-his unmasking of the hypocrisy of Israeli writers such as Amos Oz is irrefutable-modest, yes-he often speaks of his doubts-yet what makes his book so original and urgent is its historical reasoning: a disciple of Herodotus, Laor observes, narrates and questions all the ancient and contemporary half-truths concerning Jews, Europe and colonialism, which have culminated in Israel turning Gaza into a Ghetto! You do not simply read through, you think through this essential book.

- John Berger,

I can find appropriate words for Laor's book: it is a gift, incredible and beautiful, so wonderful that I am sure that the American Zionist community will spurn it.

Electronic Intifada

Israel's most celebrated dissident, and perhaps its greatest living poet.

Harper's Magazine