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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... Military Operations , and General Yehoshafat Harkabi , Director of Military Intelligence , were dismissed from their posts . As the new Director of Military Operations , Ben - Gurion appointed Yitzhak Rabin . Chaim Herzog was brought ...
... Military Operations , and General Yehoshafat Harkabi , Director of Military Intelligence , were dismissed from their posts . As the new Director of Military Operations , Ben - Gurion appointed Yitzhak Rabin . Chaim Herzog was brought ...
Page 345
... Military Administration had been established over the Arab - inhabited areas of Israel in the first days of statehood . Its aim was to prevent hostile activities against the State from within . It was opposed by the Left in Israeli ...
... Military Administration had been established over the Arab - inhabited areas of Israel in the first days of statehood . Its aim was to prevent hostile activities against the State from within . It was opposed by the Left in Israeli ...
Page 370
... military victory , but warned that it would be no walkover ' . Ezer Weizman also spoke . ' Our military advisers ' , recalled Eban , ' could make no comforting predictions about the scale of Israeli losses . The candour of their words ...
... military victory , but warned that it would be no walkover ' . Ezer Weizman also spoke . ' Our military advisers ' , recalled Eban , ' could make no comforting predictions about the scale of Israeli losses . The candour of their words ...
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