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Bob Roberts Jr, pastor, author, and man of peace, joins Marty Duren for a historical and contextual conversation about the recent violence between Hamas and Israel.
Dr. Bob Roberts, Jr. is the founder of GlocalNet, a non-profit dedicated to mobilizing the church for transformation in the public square, founder and chairman of Glocal Ventures Inc (GVI) and co-founder of Multi-Faith Neighbors Network (MFNN), a multifaith organization committed to creating international religious freedom through intentional cross-cultural relationships. He is also currently the Senior Global Pastor at Northwood Church and host of the Bold Love podcast.
Bob has contributed or been featured on the World Economic Forum, Fox Business Channel, Washington Post, New York Times, Huckabee, Religious News Service, C-Span, Templeton Religions Trust, El-Hibri, Christianity Today, Outreach Magazine and more. He is a graduate of Fuller Theological Seminary (DMin), Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MDiv), and Baylor University (BA). He and his wife Niki have two children and three grandchildren.
Here’s a bibliography of reference works from a variety of perspectives.
Palestinian Memories: The Story of a Palestinian Mother and Her People, Alex Awad
Blood Brothers, Elias Chacour (with David Hazard)
Whose Promised Land?: The Continuing Conflict Over Israel and Palestine, Colin Chapman
A History of the Middle East, Peter Mansfield and Nicholas Pelham
One Palestine Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate, Tom Segev
How Israel Was Won: A Concise History of the Arab–Israeli Conflict, Baylis Thomas
Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation, Saree Makdisi
The Lemon Tree: An Arab, A Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East, Sandy Tolan
Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist–Arab Conflict 1881–1999, Benny Morris
A Stranger in the Land: Jewish Identity Beyond Nationalism, Daniel Cil Brecher
The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood, Rashid Khalidi
The Unmaking of Israel, Gershom Gorenberg
The Land of Christ: A Palestinian Cry, Yohanna Katanacho
Also see:
B’TESELM: The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories and Breaking the Silence.
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