Year Zero of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 1929 (The Schusterman

Year Zero of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 1929 (The Schusterman Series in Israel Studies)

Winner of the Azrieli Award for Best Book in Israel Studies

In late summer 1929, a countrywide outbreak of Arab-Jewish-British violence transformed the political landscape of Palestine forever. In contrast with those who point to the wars of 1948 and 1967, historian Hillel Cohen marks these bloody events as year zero of the Arab-Israeli conflict that persists today.

The murderous violence inflicted on Jews caused a fractiousâ€”and now traumatizedâ€”community of Zionists, non-Zionists, Ashkenazim, and Mizrachim to coalesce around a unified national consciousness arrayed against an implacable Arab enemy. While the Jews unified, Arabs came to grasp the national essence of the conflict, realizing that Jews of all stripes viewed the land as belonging to the Jewish people.

Through memory and historiography, in a manner both associative and highly calculated, Cohen traces the horrific events of August 23 to September 1 in painstaking detail. He extends his geographic and chronological reach and uses a non-linear reconstruction of events to call for a thorough reconsideration of cause and effect. Sifting through Arab and Hebrew sourcesâ€”many rarely, if ever, examined beforeâ€”Cohen reflects on the attitudes and perceptions of Jews and Arabs who experienced the events and, most significantly, on the memories they bequeathed to later generations. The result is a multifaceted and revealing examination of a formative series of episodes that will intrigue historians, political scientists, and others interested in understanding the essenceâ€”and the very beginningâ€”of what has been an intractable conflict.
Country USA
Brand Brandeis University Press
Manufacturer Brandeis University Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 51
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781611688115
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Brandeis University Press
Manufacturer	Brandeis University Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	51
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9781611688115
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Year Zero of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 1929 (The Schusterman Series in Israel Studies)

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