"Engaging and entertaining, at times sympathetic and even admiring, yet often provocative and even scathing... For that is Tenenbom: a volcano of energy that may, or might at any moment, erupt in several different directions."
Makor Rishon
Who does this land belong to? The answers depend on whom you ask.
In Excuse Me, Is This Yours?, bestselling author and gonzo journalist Tuvia Tenenbom embarks on an unforgettable eight-month journey through the region known by many names: the West Bank, Judea and Samaria, the Occupied Territories, or simply, "that place."
What begins with a chance invitation to share a pizza with a Jerusalem journalist soon becomes an extraordinary exploration of one of the world's most disputed landscapes. Traveling through cities, towns, settlements, villages, and refugee camps, Tenenbom speaks with Jewish and Arab residents, community leaders, activists, politicians, soldiers, and ordinary people whose lives are shaped by the conflict every day.
With his trademark blend of humor, curiosity, and fearless reporting, Tenenbom refuses easy answers. Instead, he listens, questions, challenges assumptions, and uncovers stories that rarely fit neatly into familiar political narratives. His encounters are by turns hilarious, surprising, moving, and unsettling.
Part travelogue, part investigative journalism, and part personal journey, Excuse Me, Is This Yours? explores not only a contested land, but also the people who call it home and the ideas that continue to shape its future.
Sharp, provocative, and deeply human, this is Tuvia Tenenbom at his most fearless-inviting readers to look beyond slogans and experience one of the world's most complex regions through the eyes of those who live there.