"The country, barely half a century old, was born in the midst of war. It took Israel three decades and numerous conflicts, large and small, to achieve its first peace treaty with a neighbouring Arab country, Egypt. That process has been complicated by Israel's relations with the Palestinians, many of whom were displaced by the Arab-Israeli war in 1948 or came under Israeli rule following the Six-Day War in 1967. Only since the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993 has an inclusive peace settlement with other Arab states and with the region's Palestinian Arabs been a possibility". *
Some Non-Fiction Titles of Interest:
Ellis, Harry B. Israel: One Land, Two Peoples (956.94 ELL)
Encyclopedia of Jewish History (REF 909.04924 ENC)
Finkelstein, Norman H. Theodor Herzl (956.94 FIN)
Holiday, Laurel. Children of Israe, Children of Palestine (920 CHI)
Holliday, Laurel. Why Do They Hate Me? (305.23 WHY)
Kenworthy, Leonard and Erma Ferrari. Leaders of New Nations (920 KEN)
Levitt, Mathew. Hamas 956.953 LEV
Meyer, Lawrence . Israel Now: Portrait of a Troubled Land (956.94 M)
Moris, Benny. 1948:the First Arab-Israeli War (956.042 MOR)
Oren, Michael B. Power, Faith and Fantasy (327.73056 ORE)
Oren, Michael B. Six Days of War (956.046 ORE)
Peres, Shimon. Battling for Peace (92 PERES)
Reich, Walter. A Stranger in My House (956.04 R)
Smith, Dan. State of the Middle East (956 SMI)
St. John, Robert. Israel (915.694 SAI)
Wright, Robin. Dreams and Shadows (956.054 WRI)
Some Fiction of Interest:
Carmi, Daniella. Samir and Yonatan (FIC CAR)
Uris, Leon M. Exodus (FIC URI)
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