{"product_id":"9781788730273","title":"Stone Men : The Palestinians Who Built Israel by Andrew Ross","description":"\"They demolish our houses while we build theirs.\" This is how a  Palestinian stonemason, in line at a checkpoint outside a Jerusalem  suburb, described his life to Andrew Ross. Palestinian \"stone men\",  utilizing some of the best quality dolomitic limestone deposits in the  world and drawing on generations of artisanal knowledge, have built  almost every state in the Middle East except their own. Today the  business of quarrying, cutting, fabrication, and dressing is Palestine's  largest employer and generator of revenue, supplying the construction  industry in Israel, along with other Middle East countries and even more  overseas.   Drawing on hundreds of interviews in Palestine and  Israel, Ross's engrossing, surprising, and gracefully written story of  this fascinating, ancient trade shows how the stones of Palestine, and  Palestinian labor, have been used to build out the state of Israel-in  the process, constructing \"facts on the ground\"--even while the industry  is central to Palestinians' own efforts to erect bulwarks against the  Occupation. For decades, the hands that built Israel's houses, schools,  offices, bridges, and even its separation barriers have been  Palestinian. Looking at the Palestine-Israel conflict in a new light,  this book asks how this record of achievement and labor can be  recognized.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56312904253813,"sku":"9781788730273","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781788730273.jpg?v=1762824365","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781788730273","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}