BOOKS 2025 #Kinneret Zamora

A mosaic of touching life stories, all of which come together on one rainy day. The main characters in this book are not heroes. They are women just like any other human being, they are each of us, vulnerable and strong, generous and ruthless. They love and hate with all their hearts. They fall and keep walking - like rosemary that defies the winter frost, and is reborn every spring, despite the scars.

Yuval Neria examines what happens when a therapist sits across from a patient and encounters his own pain, which he was unable to heal; what if this pain is the last thing he has left of a loved one; how the relationship between patient and therapist is intertwined; and how, if at all, the boundaries of the role are maintained throughout the therapeutic journey.

On June 8, 2024, forces from the Yam, Shin Bet, and elite army units operated in the Nusirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, with the aim of freeing the four Israeli citizens who had been kidnapped from the Nuwa party on the damned Sabbath of October 7. Yam fighter Superintendent Arnon Zmora was killed in the operation. After his death, the heroic rescue operation was named after him.

From hurt and revenge to repair. We are hurt. Angry. Holding a grudge. Wanting revenge. Sometimes we also carry out revenge in order to calm down. Where does this lead us? The book touches on the experiences of all of us from October 7, 2023 onwards, but also in everyday life, the little things that make us explode.

Tension. 'The Octopus' Arms' reveals the development of weapons whose potential for damage is different and threatening. The use of psychological warfare, digital espionage, artificial intelligence, and the ability to fake patterns and faces have also become servants of enemy states and the terrorist organizations that use them.