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readers to see that there are
real people on both sides, real
feelings. You can be 100 per-
cent pro-Israel, and still have
some empathy for what it's
like to be in a refugee camp.
And that's the first step in
reconciliation."
The reaction from the or-
ganized Jewish community
has been mostly positive,
Kaplan says. He has taken
surprisingly little flak for the
premise at the heart of the
book—that there ARE lead-
ers under the PLO umbrella
who can be described as
"moderate," and who may be
Israel's natural allies.
"When I started the book I
expected a strong negative
reaction from mainline
Jewish organizations, who
might feel that showing both
sides was not the kind of
thing we wanted to do while
Israel was being besieged.
The interesting thing is, I've
been getting exactly the op-
posite reaction—people tell-
ing me that they never hear
this point of view."
Sales of the book have been
brisk; in the nine months
since publication, Bullets of
Palestine has sold more than
100,000 copies, a better-than-
respectable record for a paper-
back original. The book has
made appearances on the Na-
tional Jewish Monthly's best-
seller list, and it is currently
being translated into Ger-
man, Japanese and Finnish.
Several other foreign deals
are still in the works.
All of this pleases Kaplan
enormously—and not just
because bestseller status is a
kind of promised land for
every writer. "The impact of
fiction is just incredible," he
says. "Major books will come
out by Jewish scholars about
the Middle East, but when
you look at the statistics, you
find that they sold maybe
10,000 copies, maybe 15,000.
There are books that every-
body knows about—but few
have read.
"I thought it was more im-
portant to have a book that
people buy in airports and
supermarkets and drug
stores, so that people would
actually read it, and get in-
terested in the ideas under-
lying the fiction:' L-11
NEWS
Barbara Spectre,
Melton Center for
Jewish Education,
Israel
Safety Sabbath
Is Planned
Chicago — The National
Safety Council's Religious Ac-
tivities Department , has
begun preparations for the
11th annual National Safety
Sabbath, which will take
place Feb. 11-14.