{"title":"Benny Morris","description":"Benny Morris is a Professor of History at Ben-Gurion University in Beersheeba, Israel.","products":[{"product_id":"righteous-victims-a-history-of-the-zionist-arab-conflict-1881-2001-paperback","title":"Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-2001 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eA \u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e Notable Book \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt a time when the Middle East has come closer to achieving peace than ever before, eminent Israeli historian Benny Morris explodes the myths cherished by both sides to present an epic history of Zionist-Arab relations over the past 120 years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tracing the roots of political Zionism back to the pogroms of Russia and the Dreyfus Affair, Morris describes the gradual influx of Jewish settlers into Palestine and the impact they had on the Arab population. Following the Holocaust, the first Arab-Israeli war of 1948 resulted in the establishment of the State of Israel, but it also shattered Palestinian Arab society and gave rise to a massive refugee problem. Morris offers distinctive accounts of each of the subsequent Israeli-Arab wars and details the sporadic peace efforts in between, culminating in the peace process initiated by the Rabin Government. In a new afterword to the Vintage edition, he examines Ehud Barak's leadership, the death of President Assad of Syria, and Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon, and the recent renewed conflict with the Palestinians. Studded with illuminating portraits of the major protagonists, \u003cb\u003eRighteous Victims\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eprovides an authoritative record of the middle east and its continuing struggle toward peace.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a time when the Middle East has come closer to achieving peace than ever before, eminent Israeli historian Benny Morris explodes the myths cherished by both sides to present an epic history of Zionist-Arab relations over the past 120 years. \u003cbr\u003eTracing the roots of political Zionism back to the pogroms of Russia and the Dreyfus Affair, Morris describes the gradual influx of Jewish settlers into Palestine and the impact they had on the Arab population. Following the Holocaust, the first Arab-Israeli war of 1948 resulted in the establishment of the State of Israel, but it also shattered Palestinian Arab society and gave rise to a massive refugee problem. Morris offers distinctive accounts of each of the subsequent Israeli-Arab wars and details the sporadic peace efforts in between, culminating in the peace process initiated by the Rabin Government. In a new afterword to the Vintage edition, he examines Ehud Barak's leadership, the death of President Assad of Syria, and Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon, and the recent renewed conflict with the Palestinians. 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Highly readable and exhaustively researched, it contains the most accurate information available about a shadowy and controversial subject in which myth all too often obscures reality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing heretofore undisclosed contemporary reports, memoranda, and private diaries, \u003cem\u003eIsrael's Secret Wars\u003c\/em\u003e describes for the first time in print the beginnings of the Israeli-U.S. intelligence relationship; the Israeli-French espionage connection during the Algerian War, which underlay their military alliance in the Suez crisis; the fateful message from a high-level Arab agent that initiated the Yom Kippur war; and many more previously unexamined operations and episodes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlacing every event in its historical context, Black and Morris disentangle the often stormy links between spymasters and politicians in such affairs as the Entebbe raid, Irangate, the Pollard spy scandal, and the Palestinian intifada. \u003cem\u003eIsrael's Secret Wars\u003c\/em\u003e promises to become the standard work on Israeli intelligence for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51366147522783,"sku":"9780802132864","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/akLeb55bRe9780802132864.webp?v=1789084440"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/benny-morris.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}