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Pendrench

(1,399 posts)
Wed Oct 2, 2019, 03:56 PM Oct 2019

Hello - I was wondering if anyone could suggest a good book (or books) that

examines the history of the Israel/Palestine conflict.

I realize that I am woefully ignorant on this topic, and would like to have a better understanding of this very important area of the world.

Thank you in advance.

Tim

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Hello - I was wondering if anyone could suggest a good book (or books) that (Original Post) Pendrench Oct 2019 OP
A couple good books. Mosby Oct 2019 #1
Hi Mosby - Thank you for your reply and suggestions! Pendrench Oct 2019 #2
The General's Son written by Miko Peled, former IDL soldier, grandson of one of Israel's founders, emmaverybo Oct 2019 #3
Me too. I have a few books i have yet to open. Interested in something good applegrove Oct 2019 #4
 

Mosby

(19,491 posts)
1. A couple good books.
Wed Oct 2, 2019, 04:09 PM
Oct 2019

Scars of War, Wounds of Peace: The Israeli–Arab Tragedy (2007) Shlomo ben Ami

Making David Into Goliath: How the World Turned Against Israel (2014) Joshua Muravchik

Pendrench

(1,399 posts)
2. Hi Mosby - Thank you for your reply and suggestions!
Wed Oct 2, 2019, 04:35 PM
Oct 2019

I will be heading to the library after work, and will see if any of these are available.

Wishing you well and peace

Tim

emmaverybo

(8,148 posts)
3. The General's Son written by Miko Peled, former IDL soldier, grandson of one of Israel's founders,
Wed Oct 2, 2019, 04:46 PM
Oct 2019

son of a General during the “war” with Egypt. It is a memoir, but includes what Peled discovered through having access as a general’s son to military archives.

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