Walking Israel

Martin Fletcher has penned a wonderful narrative of his two week journey trekking the coast of Israel in the summer of 2008. He thought he knew the real Israel, since he was the NBC news bureau chief in Tel Aviv for many years and had traveled extensively in risky pursuit of breaking news stories. But as he travels from near Lebanon in the north down to Gaza, he discovers many different stories from Israelis and Arabs that live in this vast state. Subtitled A Personal Search for the Soul of a Nation, this travelogue is an intriguing look at the many varying cultures inside of Israel.