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The third installment of a series on the history of Israel and Palestine. This part covers the tense, violent interlude between the war that created Israel and the war that transformed the region, the years in which an organized Palestinian national movement was born and the fuse to 1967 was slowly lit.
Independence and Catastrophe: The Long Fuse 1949 – 1967 Read More »
The war began before Israel existed. Within days of the United Nations vote to partition Palestine in November 1947, fighting
Independence and Catastrophe: 1948 Read More »
There was a time when Americans openly argued about whether their country was becoming an empire. They did not always
If you come to the history of Israel and Palestine looking for the villain in the Jewish people or the
Independence and Catastrophe: Before the Conflict Read More »
