1948 and After: Israel and the Palestinians

by Benny Morris

Book Overview

These essays by a leading Israeli historian focus on Israeli decisions and the reasons behind the mass Arab exile from Palestine in 1948. Benny Morris addresses the transfer of Majdal's Arabs to Gaza in 1950, the initial absorption of the Palestinian refugees in Arab host countries in 1948-9, and why some Arabs remained in their villages. He then explores attitudes toward the Palestinian Arabs from the 1948 war to the differing perspectives of Israel's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198279299
• ISBN13: 9780198279297
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.5"