Why does the US support Israel through thick and thin? This question is the subject of two books—Our American Israel by Amy Kaplan, 2018, and…
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Tag: Israel & Palestine History (Books)
Israel and Nasser—Part 1
The Six-Day War is the popular name for the 1967 Arab–Israeli war (5–10 June 1967). For all of Nasser’s popularity with the Egyptians and Arabs…
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Easter Sunday – Part 2
I have been to the Holy Land twice, in 2017 and once earlier. The first was magical as I recall we rushed to enter the…
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The Question of Palestine – Part 1
This was a seminal book when it first came out in 1979. More so, as its author is the well-known intellectual Edward W. Said. In…
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Challenges in Palestine: Truman’s Role Revisited
The British Mandate over Palestine was a disaster for all inhabitants of this ancient land. The attitude of those in charge is best summed up…
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Truman and Global Conflicts
Vice President Truman played an outsize role in world history due to the untimely demise of FDR towards the end of WWII. Unfortunately, he was…
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Not a book on the trial – The State of Israel vs. Adolf Eichmann
This is a rather rambling book on the Nazi Eichmann who was hiding in Argentina and brought back to trial in Israel by Israeli agents.…
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The origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict
I have visited the Holy Land twice, on March 2007 and again in Nov 2017. The middle east has always been an area of special…
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