In Rula Hardal's crowded library there's a stack of Hebrew books devoted to Israeli and Zionist thinkers from different periods. From Theodor Herzl's late 19th-century "The Jewish State," to "Accordingly, We Are Here Assembled," by Yossi Sarid, from 2008, and from last summer, Tomer Persico's "Liberalism: Its Roots, Values and Crises." Next to them is a rich selection of Arabic literature.

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