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Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins’ O Jerusalem! tells the story of one of the holiest cities on Earth, the story of the formation of the state of Israel. Summary of the Book It was once called the Promised Land, the Kingdom of God. Named for its great king, David, Israel is a land of tribulation. The Second World War saw the Jews nearly wiped off the face of the Earth by Hitler’s anti-Semitic ambitions. In the aftermath of the war, the United Nations approved the partition of the British mandate of Palestine into two, the Arab Palestine state and the Jewish state of Israel. However, the story of Israel, and of its holy capital, Jerusalem, is a tale millennia in the making. In this book, the authors discuss the events following the partition, as Jews flooded into the streets of Palestine, and war was on everyone’s lips. The Arabs besieged Jerusalem, and the city survived on the bare minimum. In this book, the authors collect hundreds of interviews and first-person accounts of the events following the partition. About the Authors Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins’ books on history have become widely known for their unique outlook and detailed journalistic vein. The French writer and the late American writer have also collaborated in writing Is Paris Burning?, Freedom at Midnight and The Fifth Horseman.