arab-israeli conflict

Presents a comprehensive history of Israel that emphasizes the period since its independence in 1948 and covers the events and circumstances that led to the formation of an Israeli state, the Arab-Israeli conflict, domestic policies, economy, and international relations.

Presents a detailed account of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the Middle East, their claims to the same land, and efforts to secure peace in the region.

Presents a collection of essays that provide a historical overview of the treatment of Jews and discusses the role of various individuals and specific events leading to the creation of the state of Israel in 1948.

Explores the profound impact the Palestinian and Israeli conflict and its attendant terrorism have had on the lives of both countries' men, women, and children.

The author relates her personal experiences of living in the occupied territories of the West Bank town of Ramallah, and how she was able to cope with curfews, house searches, and the violence from 1981 to 2004.

Presents a collection of twenty speeches on the Arab-Israeli conflict by a number of noted politicians and world leaders including David Ben-Gurion, Yasser Arafat, Winston Churchill, Dwight Eisenhower, Anwar el-Sadat, Menachem Begin, King Hussein of Jordan, and Ariel Sharon.

Surveys the history of the State of Israel during its first fifty years, from its founding in 1948 through the late 1990s, discussing politics and personalities, as well as various aspects of Israel's society, culture, and economy.

Presents the words of young people between the ages of eleven and eighteen in which they share what it is like to live in the midst of the upheaval and violence of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.

Seventeen-year-old Tal Levine of Jerusalem, despondent over the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict, puts her hopes for peace in a bottle and asks her brother, a military nurse in the Gaza Strip, to toss it into the sea, leading ultimately to friendship and understanding between her and an "enemy.".