History is not the narrative of one view, polemic or preaching. In our historiography lists of Zionism/Israel, Palestinians and other topics, we have concentrated on well-known and respected scholarship. Enabling users to evolve their independent views on a topic, event or time period makes for comprehensive learning. History is best recounted from multiple vantage points, with sources, ideas and opinions blended to form a rope with multiple threads that weave a story’s essence. Narrative histories are inevitably one-sided and polemical; blending causation and events explains nuanced complexities. We have included collections about Palestine before the State of Israel — the Yishuv — including comprehensive compilations of the Palestinians, British and Zionists before and after 1948. In addition to the broad historiographic listings of events, timelines situate events in context, along with lists of key quotations over decades about particular topics, such as a two-state solution, American officials’ attitudes toward Zionism/Israel, and Hamas’ hostile views of Jews, Zionism and Israel.
Compiled by Dr. Ken Stein, June 2021 These sources and references unfold the history of the Jewish state through 1949, from state-seeking to state-making to state-keeping.
Musa Alami, “The Lesson of Palestine,” Middle East Journal, Volume 3, No. 4, October 1949, pp. 373-405 Reprinted with permission of The Middle East Institute, October 2021 In this 1949 article published in Middle East…
Reprinted with permission from the author. Dr. Avraham Sela’s survey is unique for its breadth and analytical candor. He analyzes Arab authors, country by country who wrote about the 1948 Arab loss of Palestine. Sela…
