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Israel & the Palestinian Territories

Book shopping in Israel & The Palestinian Territories

  1. A

    Educational Bookshop

    East Jerusalem’s best bookshop has an impressive range of books and DVDs pertaining to the Arab–Israeli conflict, as well as a good selection of magazines and Palestinian music CDs. It also boasts a reading balcony, cafe and function room. Journalists, aid workers, activists and other politically aware people make this place a regular stop on their East Jerusalem wanderings.

    reviewed

  2. B

    Lametayel

    A combination bookshop and camping store, specialising in travel books and maps. It carries a full range of Lonely Planet guidebooks and promotes loitering - there is a comfy sitting room with beanbags and cushions, and also a useful board posting messages to others looking for travel partners.

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  3. C

    Halper's

    A combination bookshop and camping store, specialising in travel books and maps. It carries a full range of Lonely Planet guidebooks and promotes loitering - there is a comfy sitting room with beanbags and cushions, and also a useful board posting messages to others looking for travel partners.

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  4. D

    Sefer Vesefel

    This Jerusalem institution houses floor-to-ceiling new and secondhand fiction and nonfiction titles. It’s upstairs in an alley linking Jaffa Rd with Mordechai Ben Hillel St.

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  5. Steimatzky

    Steimatzky is a chain bookshop with several branches around town including ben Yehuda St in the New City, Jaffa Rd in the New City and the Central Bus Station in Romema.

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  6. E

    Steimatzky

    Has branches in the bus station and on the ground floor of the Shalom Centre. Sells Lonely Planet guides to Jordan and Egypt.

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  7. F

    Steimatzky Bookshop

    Steimatzky has other branches including at the Hof HaCarmel train station and at 130 HaNassi Ave, Carmel Centre.

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  8. G

    Nun Bet Books

    Used books, English-language titles and artwork.

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  9. H

    Steimatzky, Allenby St

    Chain bookstore; has English-language titles.

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  10. Steimatzky, Central Bus Station

    Chain bookstore; has English-language titles.

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  12. I

    Steimatzky, Dizengoff Centre

    Chain bookstore; has English-language titles.

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  13. J

    Steimatzky, Dizengoff St

    Chain bookstore; has English-language titles.

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  14. K

    Steimatzky, Opera Tower Centre

    Chain bookstore; has English-language titles.

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  15. L

    Book Exchange

    Big selection of used books.

    reviewed

  16. M

    Moriah Bookshop

    Moriah has the largest selection of books in the city on Judaism; it’s also endowed with souvenirs, CDs and books on current events of the Jewish state.

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