Yossi, Yasser, & Other Soldiers, is a collection of poems about war by Jon Sebba.

 

Jon was born in South Africa, educated as a geologist in Israel and as a civil  engineer in the U.S. When the 1967 Arab-Israeli Six-Day War began, he was married with an infant child.  As an Israeli reservist, he was mobilized to fight in Jerusalem. 

 

Among the things he learned from that experience are: death in war is random; wars should definitely be avoided as they do not produce peace; and given the choice, few soldiers would ever start one. In his poems he strives to provide views from both sides of the Middle East conflict.

 

Jon writes to describe for the civilian, the inconvenient truths of war. Above all he writes to encourage other soldiers to talk, and to urge all readers to reject the cost of war. 

 

Please see the previous page for information on obtaining a Kindle e-book copy of this volume of poetry.