Israel: A HistoryDoubleday, 1998 - 750 pages "Israel is a small and relatively young country, but since the day of its creation more than half a century ago, its turbulent history has placed it at the center of the world stage. In this account, Martin Gilbert traces Israel's history from the struggles of its pioneers in the nineteenth century up to the present day."--BOOK JACKET. |
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... Aviv was 440 kilometres : a flying time for the missile of between five and seven minutes meant that no effective warning could be given . Forty Scuds fell on Tel Aviv , Ramat Gan and Haifa during the course of the war . Four thousand ...
... Aviv was 440 kilometres : a flying time for the missile of between five and seven minutes meant that no effective warning could be given . Forty Scuds fell on Tel Aviv , Ramat Gan and Haifa during the course of the war . Four thousand ...
Page 559
... Aviv , and at a café . One of the dead was a recent Jewish immigrant from Russia . Another was a Lebanese Arab visiting Tel Aviv . A statement issued in Beirut by Islamic Jihad declared : ' In revenge for the Zionist enemy's heinous ...
... Aviv , and at a café . One of the dead was a recent Jewish immigrant from Russia . Another was a Lebanese Arab visiting Tel Aviv . A statement issued in Beirut by Islamic Jihad declared : ' In revenge for the Zionist enemy's heinous ...
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... Aviv Hotel ( Jerusalem ) : a demonstration at , 280-1 Tel Aviv Museum : and Israeli independence , 186 Tel Aviv - Jerusalem railway : 221 , 222 , 233. 234 , 268 Tel Aviv University : a museum at , 289 , 491 : a future professor at , in ...
... Aviv Hotel ( Jerusalem ) : a demonstration at , 280-1 Tel Aviv Museum : and Israeli independence , 186 Tel Aviv - Jerusalem railway : 221 , 222 , 233. 234 , 268 Tel Aviv University : a museum at , 289 , 491 : a future professor at , in ...
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