3 Review(s)

In this volume, a group of international scholars, applying insights drawn from history, folklore, political anthropology, historiography, cultural criticism, and literary theory, re-examines critical issues surrounding the birth of Israel. Drawing upon newly released archival material, the authors explore such issues as the transition from yishuv to state, early state policy toward the Arab minority, the origins of the Palestinian refugee problem, the conflict over myths and symbols in the early state, early attitudes toward Holocaust victims and survivors, Arab historiography of the 1948 war, Israel-Diaspora relations, and the shaping of Israeli foreign policy.