Books

Jewish life endures because it insists on truth, clarity, and defense. My books argue for that endurance against those who would deny it, distort it, or wish it erased.

Covers of three books by Uri Zehavi: Holiday From History, which examines the West’s false peace and the return of war; Rooted Truth, which dismantles the libels against Israel’s legitimacy; and Rooted in Judea, which addresses Jewish life, law, and belonging in Judea and Samaria.Covers of three books by Uri Zehavi: Holiday From History, which examines the West’s false peace and the return of war; Rooted Truth, which dismantles the libels against Israel’s legitimacy; and Rooted in Judea, which addresses Jewish life, law, and belonging in Judea and Samaria.Covers of three books by Uri Zehavi: Holiday From History, which examines the West’s false peace and the return of war; Rooted Truth, which dismantles the libels against Israel’s legitimacy; and Rooted in Judea, which addresses Jewish life, law, and belonging in Judea and Samaria.
Three works that challenge illusions and confront lies: Holiday From History on the West’s delusion of peace, Rooted Truth on Israel’s legitimacy, and Rooted in Judea on the lives and law of Judea and Samaria.

Holiday From History: The West’s Delusion of Peace and the Return of War

This book argues that the West mistook a brief pause after the Cold War for permanent peace. That delusion left Jews vulnerable, Israel isolated, and free nations unprepared for the return of jihad, authoritarianism, and tribal war. Holiday From History shows how the illusions of the 1990s cracked in blood and fire, and why the ethic of shmirah — guardianship — must be rebuilt if liberal civilization is to endure.

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Rooted Truth: Israel’s Case Against the Deniers

Coming November 2nd, 2025

This work dismantles the libels hurled against Israel: “apartheid,” “colonialism,” “genocide.” It draws on history, law, and Jewish continuity to show why those charges collapse under scrutiny. Rooted Truth makes the unapologetic case for Israel’s legitimacy, not as a favor granted by the world, but as the natural right of an indigenous people restored to its land.

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Rooted in Judea: Lives and Law in the Heart of Israel

Coming Winter 2025

This book takes on the myths around Judea and Samaria. It explains the real law — not the imagined versions recycled by activists. It shows how Jewish life there is not a “settlement project” but an expression of belonging that stretches from covenant to the present. Rooted in Judea insists on clarity: sovereignty is not theft, and Jewish continuity is not a crime.

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