Palestine betrayed / Efraim Karsh.

The 1947 UN resolution to partition Palestine irrevocably changed the political landscape of the Middle East, giving rise to six full-fledged wars between Arabs and Jews, countless armed clashes, blockades, and terrorism, as well as a profound shattering of Palestinian Arab society. Its origins, and...

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Main Author: Karsh, Efraim (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • Jews and Arabs in the Holy Land
  • Pan-Arab ambitions
  • "The most important Arab quisling"
  • The road to partition
  • Kingdoms are established over dead bodies and skulls
  • Fleeing Haifa
  • Why don't you stay and fight?
  • Jerusalem embattled
  • All fall down
  • The scramble for Palestine
  • Shattered dreams
  • A self-inflicted catastrophe
  • Epilogue.