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Palestine betrayed efraim karsh 2010 yale university press contents list of illustrations and maps acknowledgments introduction 1 jews and arabs in the holy land 2 panarab ambitions 3 the most important arab quisling 4 the road to partition 5. Smith and others published palestine betrayed by efraim karsh find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. The war israel did not want and the disaster it averted is a researched and documented narrative that relates the truth as it happened. Kumaraswamy, eds find, read and cite all the research you need on.
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Efraim karsh beginsadat center for strategic studies. Following wwi, the british are unable to continue their mandate over palestine, and in 1947 it is handed over to the united nations. Why the oslo process doomed peace middle east quarterly. The palestine war has been by far the most important military encounter in the history of the arabisraeli conflict. The privileged palestinian refugees middle east quarterly. Additional gift options are available when buying one ebook at a time. Other than in barry rubins the arab states and the palestine conflict i dont think ive read a better resource for understanding the transitional and conflicting allegiances within the arab community of the palestine mandate in 194748. This is a competently written book about the 1948 arabisraeli war and the creation of the palestinian refugee problem. Aug 30, 2010 palestine betrayed is a hoax one that speaks the truth, yet conceals much more than it reveals, and creates a neorevisionist canard about the palestinian expulsion.