In this ethnographic study originally published in 1955 by Schocken Books, New York, Goitein addressed the post-Israel statehood relationship between Jews and Arab Muslims in the context of the long h
Collects 18 published articles of Professor Lecker (pictured, but without his academic affiliation specified), 1984-97, illuminating Islamic historiography organized into sections on: Jews and Arabs
Focusing on Oriental Jews and their relations with their Arab neighbors in Mandatory Palestine, this book analyzes the meaning of the hybrid Arab-Jewish identity that existed among Oriental Jews, and
Focusing on Oriental Jews and their relations with their Arab neighbors in Mandatory Palestine, this book analyzes the meaning of the hybrid Arab-Jewish identity that existed among Oriental Jews, and
Segev explores the dramatic period before the creation of the state, when Britain ruled over "one Palestine, complete" (as noted in the receipt signed by the high commissioner) and when its promise t
Yair (genocide and contemporary Judaism, Open University of Israel and the Kibbutzim College of Education) has spent a couple of decades studying genocide and investigating the complexities of Jewish
1948: As Jewish refugees, survivors of the Holocaust, struggle toward the new State of Israel, Arab refugees are fleeing, many under duress. Sixty years later, the memory of trauma has shaped both peo
The question of identity is one of present-day Israel's cardinal and most pressing issues. In a comprehensive examination of the identity issue, this study focuses on attitudes toward the Jewish peopl
A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter examines the events leading up to the peace accord between Israeli and Palestinian leaders and the birth of a new Israel. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
Migration from the Middle East brought hundreds of thousands of people to the Americas in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. By the time the Ottoman political system collapsed in 1918,
Migration from the Middle East brought hundreds of thousands of people to the Americas in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. By the time the Ottoman political system collapsed in 1918,
Jews and Arabs in Israel Encountering Their Identitiesreveals the powerful potential of intergroup dialogues to transform both identities and mutually negating relations between Israeli Jews and Pales
This is that story of six people who lived and worked in Palestine in the 1930s; remarkable nonconformists who tried to find a solution to the deteriorating relations between Jews and Arabs, the two p
Jews and Arabs in Israel Encountering Their Identities reveals the powerful potential of intergroup dialogues to transform both identities and mutually negating relations between Israeli Jews and Pale
Theologian, philosopher, and political radical, Martin Buber (1878–1965) was actively committed to a fundamental economic and political reconstruction of society as well as the pursuit of internationa
Ranging geographically and chronologically across world history, Mazrui (director, Institute of Global Cultural Studies, Binghamton U.) explores some of the multifaceted implications of his central co
A critical analysis of France's middle-eastern policies argues that the French planned the development of a Franco-Arab power bloc that would one day rival the United States, discussing how France pro
France has done more damage to the Middle East than any other country. One aim of these policies was to sponsor the Arabs' belief that they could be incorporated into a Franco-Arab power bloc that mi
For many years, the conflict between Jews and Arabs has affected Middle East politics. In their struggle to establish a Jewish state in a hostile region, the founding citizens of Israel put aside thei
Gandhi’s involvement in Middle Eastern politics is largely forgotten yet it goes to the heart of his teaching and ambition – to lead a united freedom movement against British colonial pow
When did the Arab-Israeli conflict begin? Some discussions focus on the 1967 war, some go back to the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, and others look to the beginning of the British Mandate i
Reiter (Political Science, Bar-Ilan University) reexamines the conflict between Israel's Jewish majority and Palestinian Arab minority, placing it within the context of the broader interlocking confli
Jews and Muslims in the Arab World highlights the effects of historical memory on the Arab-Israel conflict, demonstrating that both Jews and Arabs use stories of distant pasts to create their identiti
A probing look at one of the most incendiary subjects of our time—the relationship between the United States and IsraelThere has been more than half a century of raging conflict between Jews and Arabs
In Enemies and Neighbors, Ian Black, who has spent four decades studying and covering the Middle East, offers a major new history of the Arab-Zionist conflict, told from both sides.Setting the scene a
