The making of the Arab-Israeli conflict, 1947-51

by Michel Luxembourg, Ilan Pappé, Ilan Pappé

1992 324 pages eng

"Arabs and Jews describe the first Arab-Israeli war of 1948 in completely different ways. Among Arabs, and especially Palestinians, the events of that year are known as the nakba - the catastrophe, the trauma, the disaster. For Jews, and in particular for Israelis, their victory in the war of 1948 i…