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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Page 123
... camps faced an uneasy future . Few had any family left alive , or homes to go to ; throughout Eastern Europe , the homes which had been confiscated from the Jews by the Germans were now lived in by Poles , Czechs , Hungarians ...
... camps faced an uneasy future . Few had any family left alive , or homes to go to ; throughout Eastern Europe , the homes which had been confiscated from the Jews by the Germans were now lived in by Poles , Czechs , Hungarians ...
Page 128
... camps . One member of the committee was a British Labour Member of Parliament , Richard Crossman . ' Did the DPs really want to go to Palestine ? ' Crossman had asked himself before setting out . ' Or was this idea the result of Zionist ...
... camps . One member of the committee was a British Labour Member of Parliament , Richard Crossman . ' Did the DPs really want to go to Palestine ? ' Crossman had asked himself before setting out . ' Or was this idea the result of Zionist ...
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... camps . Israeli forces sealed off the two camps from the outside world : ' hermetically sealed ' was how General Rafael Eitan later described it . From the Israeli perspective the Phalangist soldiers would seek out the Palestinian ...
... camps . Israeli forces sealed off the two camps from the outside world : ' hermetically sealed ' was how General Rafael Eitan later described it . From the Israeli perspective the Phalangist soldiers would seek out the Palestinian ...
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