Renowned Israeli historian, Ilan Pappe's groundbreaking book revisits the formation of the State of Israel. Between 1947 and 1949, over 400 Palestinian villages were deliberately destroyed, civilians were massacred and around a million men, women, and children were expelled from their homes at gunpo
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
β Scribed by Ilan Pappe
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications (academic)
- Year
- 2007;2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 360 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1780740565
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β¦ Synopsis
The renowned Israeli historian revisits the formative period of the State of Israel. Between 1947 and 1949, over 400 Palestinian villages were deliberately destroyed, civilians were massacred, and around a million men, women, and children were expelled from their homes at gunpoint. Denied for almost six decades, had it happened today it could only have been called ""ethnic cleansing"". Decisively debunking the myth that the Palestinian population left of their own accord in the course of this war, Ilan Pappe offers impressive archival evidence to demonstrate that, from its very inception, a cen.;Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations, Maps and Tables; Acknowledgements; Preface; Definitions of Ethnic Cleansing; Ethnic Cleansing as a Crime; Reconstructing an Ethnic Cleansing; 1. An 'Alleged' Ethnic Cleansing?; Zionism's Ideological Motivation; Military Preparations; The Village Files; Facing the British: 1945-1947; David Ben-Gurion: The Architect; 2. The Drive for an Exclusively Jewish State; Palestine's Population; The UN's Partition Plan; The Arab and Palestinian Positions; The Jewish Reaction; The Consultancy Begins its Work.
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