"Notebook in hand, Amos Oz traveled throughout Israel and the West Bank -- to cities, towns, and obscure corners -- to talk with workers, soldiers, religious zealots, aging pioneers, new immigrants, desperate Arabs, young fanatics, dreamers, and visionaries. He asked them where Israel had come from, where it was now, where it was headed. What he heard is memorably recorded here in their distinctive voices, alongside Oz's keen descriptions, observations, and reflections. Oz tells the truth as he sees it and others see it, with courage and brutal frankness. This scrupulously is accurate, but passionate, reporting on the most urgent questions facing Israel today"--Publisher's description

Translation of: Poh òva-sham be-Erets-Yisra®el bi-setaòv 1982. "This edition is published for members of the Jewish Publication Society of America"--Title page verso.

Thank God for his daily blessings -- The insult and the fury -- The finger of God? -- Just a peace -- The tender among you, and very delicate -- An argument on life and death (A) -- An argument on life and death (B) -- The dawn -- On light and shade and love -- A cosmic Jew -- At the end of that autumn: a midwinter epilogue -- Some reactions to In the Land of Israel.