Promised Land

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by Martin Fletcher


  Fatah–Yasser Arafat’s Palestinian nationalist political party, the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization

  fedayeen–Palestinian guerrilla fighters

  Golani–Israeli infantry brigade

  hanukiah–nine-candle candelabra used for Hanukah services

  HaOlam HaZeh–Israeli irreverent weekly news magazine

  imam–Mosque prayer leader

  inshallah (Arabic)–God willing

  kapo–Jewish concentration camp block commander, condemned as Nazi collaborator

  Kirya–Israel’s military headquarters in Tel Aviv

  kushari–Egyptian dish of rice and lentils and more

  kushi (Hebrew)–derogatory slang for black person; means “blackie”

  linsen and spätzle–South German lentils and noodle dish

  Makim course–squad leaders course in the army

  ma’abara–Israeli refugee absorption camps in the 1950s; became synonym for slum or shantytown

  meshugge (Yiddish)–crazy person

  Mizrahi–Eastern Jews from mostly Arab lands

  mulukhiya–Egyptian vegetable dish

  Palmach–pre-state Jewish underground that fought British mandate soldiers as well as Arabs

  proteksia (Yiddish)–favoritism, using connections to get a job or to achieve something

  schmatte trade (Yiddish)–rag trade

  Sephardim–Jew of Middle Eastern origin as well as from Spain and Portugal

  shlemiel (Yiddish)–dope; clumsy person

  Shin Bet–Israel’s domestic secret service. Also known as Shabak and GSS, General Security Service

  Ya Allah (Arabic)–exclamation, Oh my God, my dear God!

  yekke (Hebrew)–Jew of German-speaking origin. Used semi-humorously for someone who wears a tie and jacket on a hot day, who is punctual and precise

  ALSO BY MARTIN FLETCHER

  The War Reporter

  Jacob’s Oath

  The List

  Walking Israel

  Breaking News

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  MARTIN FLETCHER spent many years as the NBC News Bureau Chief in Tel Aviv and has won numerous awards, including the National Jewish Book Award, a Columbia University DuPont Award, several Overseas Press Club Awards, and five Emmys. Among his numerous novels and nonfiction books are The War Reporter, Jacob’s Oath, and Walking Israel. He is currently based in Israel and New York. You can sign up for email updates here.

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  Contents

  Title Page

  Copyright Notice

  Dedication

  Part One

  Peter and Aren

  Tamara

  Tamara

  Peter

  Tamara and Arie

  Alias Veronique

  Peter and Alias Karla

  Tamara and Arie

  Arie and Tamara

  Peter

  Arie

  Ido and Arie

  Tamara

  Peter

  Moshe and Arie

  Diana and Peter

  Peter

  Family Time

  Peter and Arie

  Peter

  Tamara and Arie

  Moshe

  Diana

  Peter

  Arie

  Daniel

  Part Two

  Peter

  Peter

  Tamara and Diana, Peter and Arie

  Peter

  Peter

  Diana

  Baby

  Peter

  Arie and Tamara

  Carmel and Arie

  Peter and Arie

  Tamara and Peter

  Peter

  Moshe

  Peter

  Arie

  Tamara and Peter

  Rachel, Moshe, and Arie

  Ido

  The Family

  Peter and Tamara

  Peter and Alice

  Peter and Arie

  Tamara

  Arie, Ido, and Alice

  Tamara and Moshe

  Peter

  Arie

  Tamara

  Peter

  Ido

  Tamara

  Ido and Alice

  Peter and Arie

  Peter, Arie, and Tamara

  The Family

  Glossary

  Also by Martin Fletcher

  About the Author

  Copyright

  This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

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  Cover design by Jonathan Bush

  Cover photographs: landscape © Eddie Geral / Getty Images; woman © Marie Carr / Arcangel; men © Mohamad Itani / Arcangel; sky © Design Pics / Offset; map © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy Stock Photo

  The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

  Names: Fletcher, Martin, 1947– author.

  Title: Promised land : a novel / Martin Fletcher.

  Description: First edition. | New York : St. Martin’s Press, 2018. | “Thomas Dunne Books.”

  Identifiers: LCCN 2018018488| ISBN 9781250118820 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250118844 (ebook)

  Subjects: LCSH: Jewish fiction. | Brothers—Fiction. | Israel—History—1948–1967—Fiction. | GSAFD: Historical fiction.

  Classification: LCC PS3606.L486 P76 2018 | DDC 813/.6—dc23

  LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018018488

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  First Edition: September 2018

 

 

 


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