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Ghosts of a holy war the 1929 massacre in Palestine that ignited the Arab-Israeli conflict

"In 1929, in the sacred city of Hebron--then governed by the British Mandate of Palestine--there was no occupation, state of Israel, or settlers. Jews and Muslims lived peacefully near the burial place of Abraham, patriarch of the Jewish and Arab nations, until one Saturday morning when nearly 70 Je...

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Main Author: Schwartz, Yardena (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Union Square & Co., [2024]
Subjects:
Hebron Massacre, Hebron, 1929.
Arab-Israeli conflict > Atrocities.
Arab-Israeli conflict > History.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Stateless
  • The floating palace
  • The all-too-promised land
  • The grand Mufti
  • Memphis meets Palestine
  • City of Abraham
  • Breathing holy air
  • A premonition
  • It won't happen here
  • Prelude to a massacre
  • Black Sabbath
  • Mourner's Kaddish
  • The list
  • Red Tuesday
  • Revolution
  • The first two-state solution
  • The Mufti and the Führer
  • Army of the holy war
  • Between independence and catastrophe
  • Ingathering of the exiles
  • Part II: Homeland
  • The first settler
  • Revenge of renewal
  • The mayor
  • Heirs to the Mufti
  • A day at the museum
  • A tale of two Hebrons
  • Kahane lives
  • Warning signs
  • The Al-Asqa flood
  • Hostage nation
  • To the grave.

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