Prisoners: A Story of Friendship and Terror

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Prisoners: A Story of Friendship and Terror is a nonfiction book by journalist Jeffrey Goldberg recounting his complex friendship with a Palestinian man and exploring the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through their intertwined personal stories.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf nonfiction book
about Israeli military service
Jews and Arabs in the Middle East
Palestinian militancy
author Jeffrey Goldberg NERFINISHED
basedOn Jeffrey Goldberg’s personal experiences
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
explores intertwined personal stories of an Israeli Jew and a Palestinian
personal dimensions of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
prison experiences related to the conflict
tension between ideology and personal relationships
violence and terror in the context of the conflict
focusesOn friendship between Jeffrey Goldberg and a Palestinian man
genre journalism
nonfiction
political memoir
hasAuthorOccupation journalist
hasPerspective American-Israeli Jewish perspective
Palestinian perspective
hasTitle Prisoners: A Story of Friendship and Terror NERFINISHED
language English
literaryForm narrative nonfiction
mainSubject Arab–Israeli conflict NERFINISHED
Israeli–Palestinian conflict NERFINISHED
Middle East politics
Palestinian nationalism
Zionism NERFINISHED
friendship
identity
terrorism
narrativeForm first-person narrative
setting Israel NERFINISHED
Middle East NERFINISHED
Palestinian territories NERFINISHED
theme empathy across enemy lines
loyalty and betrayal
moral ambiguity in conflict
national identity and belonging
prison as a formative experience
radicalization and deradicalization
timePeriod early 21st century
late 20th century

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Jeffrey Goldberg notableWork Prisoners: A Story of Friendship and Terror