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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... West Bank , and create quite different internal borders that would eliminate altogether the West Bank as an entity . The Deputy Prime Minister , Yigal Allon , who was also Minister of Immigrant Absorption , had a different view from ...
... West Bank , and create quite different internal borders that would eliminate altogether the West Bank as an entity . The Deputy Prime Minister , Yigal Allon , who was also Minister of Immigrant Absorption , had a different view from ...
Page 611
... West Bank settlements . The Bailey map was devised in such a way that almost 90 per cent ( 1,706,000 ) of the Arabs of the West Bank would be released from Israeli control , while leaving 90 per cent ( 101,000 ) of the Jewish West Bank ...
... West Bank settlements . The Bailey map was devised in such a way that almost 90 per cent ( 1,706,000 ) of the Arabs of the West Bank would be released from Israeli control , while leaving 90 per cent ( 101,000 ) of the Jewish West Bank ...
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... left six Palestinian cities and , most recently , much of the seventh , Hebron . These cities constituted 3 per cent of the West Bank's territory and 29 per cent of its Arab population . Just over 24 per cent of the West Bank ...
... left six Palestinian cities and , most recently , much of the seventh , Hebron . These cities constituted 3 per cent of the West Bank's territory and 29 per cent of its Arab population . Just over 24 per cent of the West Bank ...
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