Overview
- Summary
- This study examines the relationship between the Holocaust and the Nakba, as well as the effects of these events on the modern character of Israel. The author deconstructs various narratives of victimization and analyzes how these narratives inform the relationship between Israel and their Arab neighbors.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2017]
- Locale
- Israel
- Contents
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Preface : the "presence" of the Holocaust in Israel in 1948
Introduction : facing the truth
1948 : historical research from the Israeli perspective
The militant forces
The encounter between Holocaust survivors and the Yishuv
The treatment of Arabs, from the early Zionist era to the 1948 war
The influence of the Holocaust on the treatment of Arabs by Jewish combatants in the 1948 war
Massacres in the independence war
The debate on the return of the Palestinian refugees
The battle pages : from the gates of Vilna to the gates of Ashdod
The war stories of Yizhar Smilansky
The Arabs, the Germans, and the Holocaust
Conclusion : morality and war : a comparative view. - Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface : the "presence" of the Holocaust in Israel in 1948 -- Introduction : facing the truth -- 1948 : historical research from the Israeli perspective -- The militant forces -- The encounter between Holocaust survivors and the Yishuv -- The treatment of Arabs, from the early Zionist era to the 1948 war -- The influence of the Holocaust on the treatment of Arabs by Jewish combatants in the 1948 war -- Massacres in the independence war -- The debate on the return of the Palestinian refugees -- The battle pages : from the gates of Vilna to the gates of Ashdod -- The war stories of Yizhar Smilansky -- The Arabs, the Germans, and the Holocaust -- Conclusion : morality and war : a comparative view.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781498559485
1498559484 - Physical Description
- xlviii, 253 pages ; 24 cm
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Jewish-Arab relations. Arab-Israeli conflict. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Influence. Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949--Refugees. Refugees, Palestinian Arab. Collective memory--Israel. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Israel-Arab War (1948-1949) Collective memory. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Refugees. Israel. Palästinafrage. Araber. Vertreibung. Judenvernichtung. Kollektives Gedächtnis.
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