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u/[deleted] · 9 pointsr/polandball

It's just that Jews put being Jewish before being anything else. We get it.

That book I linked about the founding of Israel really is a great read - sure you know it all but a great narrative. Some of the shit was so smart and ballsy.

Taking over a town's telephone exchange and calling local leaders and yelling in panicked Arabic that the Jews were killing everyone so the locals often just took off with no loss of life. Hoarding food and water for months before things kicked off in Jerusalem because they knew they would be under siege. The nuts and bolts day to day stuff is very gripping.

http://www.amazon.com/O-Jerusalem-Larry-Collins/dp/0671662414

u/SuperSane · 2 pointsr/booksuggestions

The Source by James A. Michener

  • The Source is undeniably Historical Fiction. The other books aren't entirely historical fiction but are worth reading for anyone interested in Israel.


    O Jerusalem! by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre

  • This book provides an outstanding insight into the creation of the modern state of Israel. It's well-written enough to often read like historical fiction, even though it isn't.

    The Mossad: Israel's Secret Intelligence Service: Inside Stories by Dennis Eisenberg, Uri Dan, and Eli Landau

    A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz (I haven't read most of his other works, but you may find what you are looking for amidst his other works of fiction)
u/SomesayY · 2 pointsr/Israel

"I'm beginning to wonder if I'll ever be able to think of Israel in any factual sense."

It is a fact that most of the material about Israel and Palestine is what we can call "advocacy" by partisans of both sides. I would ignore most of the Internet sites, blogs and posting and go for the original source materials prepared by those with less attachment to either side and based on their conversations and observations. To start, I would go to:

  1. US Archives--Foreign Relations of the United States. Includes reports from Ambassadors and other US diplomatic officers from Palestine, Israel and other mideast nations. Goes up to early 1960's. The link below covers Palestine and starts in 1947. However the site is fully searchable:

    http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/FRUS/FRUS-idx?type=article&id=FRUS.FRUS1947v05&did=FRUS.FRUS1947v05.i0016&q1=Jews

    You might also want to go to the New York Times Website's archives and read articles on Israel/Palestine going back well before 1948.

    A good (and classic) book on Jerusalem and 1948, respected by Jews and Arabs alike, is "O'Jerusalem" by Larry Collins and Dominique LaPierre. Here is a link to Amazon:

    http://www.amazon.com/O-Jerusalem-Larry-Collins/dp/0671662414/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394386663&sr=8-1&keywords=O%27Jerusalem


u/thisisnotatriumph · 1 pointr/worldnews

Well, my favorite book, even though it is somewhat limited in geographical and time focus, would be O Jerusalem. It was written by two journalists. It does a pretty good job of avoiding bias. It focuses mainly on Jerusalem and 1947-8, but with background and broader context where necessary. That is a good starting point.

http://www.amazon.com/O-Jerusalem-Larry-Collins/dp/0671662414/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406829796&sr=1-1&keywords=o+jerusalem

I find celebrities or influential people to make for horrible sources since people tend to accept what they say based on name recognition and stature as opposed to the actual facts and arguments they present.

u/Mr_Zarika · 1 pointr/worldnews

The problem is Hamas' stated goal of complete destruction of Israel (Source from Hamas Charter). How can you come to a peaceful solution when you have an organization that will NOT REST until you are eradicated? This is not a moderate view point, so you will not reach a moderate conclusion to the fighting.

Do you really think that, if Hamas and the Palestinians, were to chose a compromise or a ceasefire, which is offered over and over, that there wouldn't be peace? Israel is not a terrorist organization trying to cause chaos. Even in the start of their independance, they offered citizenship to any Arab who wished to stay in their homes.

Israel has expended great effort over the years to PREVENT civilian casualties. Far more than any other army in history. (Source from UN Security Council) Hamas, unfortunately, has the ear of the Palestinians because they are their "Arab brothers" and convinces them to stay in their houses. The IDF and Hamas end up getting civilians killed in the crossfire, since the people don't evacuate (even after being given AMPLE warning). Israel doesn't profit from Arab deaths; however, Hamas does. They are able to use the civilians as a fucking political tool to shame Israel and the IDF.

Hamas and Islamic Jihad are the enemies here. Why they do not hit the front page with their wanton acts of violence I do not know. Why have the "Arab brothers" not taken the Palestinians in at some point over the past 40 years? Oh yeh, because they hate them more than Israel ever could. King Farrouk (Egypt) and King Abdullah (Syria) wanted to annex the whole area into Jordan in the early days, but the Israeli's armed themselves in secret before the British left and put up a fight! (Collins, Larry and Lapierre, Dominique (1972): O Jerusalem!)