The creation of the state of Israel
By: Myra Immell, book editor
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Perspectives on modern world history
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Detroit, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780737745566
Description: Using primary and secondary sources, background information about the events surrounding the establishment of Israel are presented.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-207) and index.
Table of contents: title: From Palestine to Israel: an overview / Sara Pendergast, Ralph G. Zerbonia, and Tom Pendergast; title: Reactions to the 1947 UN approval of partition / The Economist; title: The future of Israel after the British mandate ends / The Times of London; title: Three days of turmoil in Palestine's history / The Jerusalem Post; title: Israel becomes a state / The Jerusalem Post; title: Israel is a model of instant democracy / I.D.W. Talmadge; title: The Jewish people deserve a home / A.J. Balfour; title: The British plan to partition Palestine is not the best solution / Herbert Samuel; title: British obligations to the Jewish people are not legal / Higher Arab Committee; title: Palestine should not be partitioned / Jamal el-Husseini; title: Palestine should be partitioned / Abba Hillel Silver; title: Arab states have no right to intervene in Israel / Abba Eban; title: Outside factors contributed to the birth of Israel / Geoffrey Wheatcroft; title: The connection between the Holocaust and the creation of Israel / Evyatar Friesel; title: Establishment of the state of Israel was an injustice to the Palestinians / Avi Shlaim; title: The Balfour Declaration is responsible for instability in the Middle East / Peter Mansfield; title: The United States has a responsibility for the Israeli-Palestinian problem / Richard H. Curtiss; title: Palestinian Arabs should be returned to their homes / Rafat Abu Ghali; title: Palestinian Arabs should not have the right to return / Rachel Neuwirth; title: A Briton serves in Palestine from 1946 to 1948 / Howard Mansfield; title: A student celebrates the dawn of a Jewish state / Zipporah Porath; title: A young immigrant joins the Haganah / David Rubinger, with Ruth Corman; title: A diplomat begins his mission in Israel / James G. McDonald; title: A Palestinian Arab remembers the 1948 Arab-Israeli War / Ilene R. Prusher; title: A Jewish-American teen personally encounters the Arab-Israeli conflict / Rachel Sacks.