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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... opened in Vilna of a new Jewish organization , the Bund - the Jewish Socialist Workers ' Party - dedicated to the coming of a Russian socialist government . In March 1898 the Bund was formally admitted to the Russian Social Democratic ...
... opened in Vilna of a new Jewish organization , the Bund - the Jewish Socialist Workers ' Party - dedicated to the coming of a Russian socialist government . In March 1898 the Bund was formally admitted to the Russian Social Democratic ...
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... opened up a blistering fire , under cover of which one platoon advanced another hundred yards . But it received concentrated fire from the settlement and retired . During this time , the Egyptian air force carried out two further ...
... opened up a blistering fire , under cover of which one platoon advanced another hundred yards . But it received concentrated fire from the settlement and retired . During this time , the Egyptian air force carried out two further ...
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... opened fire on an Israeli patrol boat on the lake . Such episodes were not unusual . Patrol boats escorting fishing vessels were frequently fired on from the Syrian shore . What made this episode different was that , instead of using ...
... opened fire on an Israeli patrol boat on the lake . Such episodes were not unusual . Patrol boats escorting fishing vessels were frequently fired on from the Syrian shore . What made this episode different was that , instead of using ...
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