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The-Shortest-History-of-Israel-and-Palestine-by-Michael-Scott-Baumann:Newly-updated,-an-accessible-chronicle-of-how-the-Israel-Palestine-conflict-originated-and-developed-over-the-past-century.-The-Shortest-History-books-deliver-thousands-of-years-of-history-in-one-riveting,-fast-paced-read.The-ongoing-struggle-between-Israel-and-Palestine-is-one-of-the-most-bitter-conflicts-in-history,-with-profound-global-consequences.-In-this-book,-Middle-East-expert-Michael-Scott-Baumann-succinctly-describes-its-origins-and-charts-its-evolution-from-civil-war-to-the-present-day.-Each-chapter-offers-a-lucid-explanation-of-the-politics-and-ends-with-personal-testimony-from-Palestinians-and-Israelis-whose-lives-have-been-overshadowed-by-violence.While-presenting-competing-interpretations,-Scott-Baumann-examines-key-flash-points-including-the-early-role-of-the-British,-the-establishment-of-the-state-of-Israel-in-1948,-the-Six-Day-War-of-1967,-the-Trump-administration’s-2020-peace-plan,-and-the-war-ignited-by-Hamas’s-surprise-attacks-on-Israel-in-2023.-He-delineates-both-the-nature-of-Israeli-control-over-the-Palestinian-territories-and-Palestinian-resistance—going-to-the-heart-of-recent-clashes.-The-result-is-an-indispensable-history,-including-a-time-line,-glossary,-and-analysis-of-why-efforts-to-restore-peace-have-continually-failed—at-immense-human-cost-on-both-sides-of-the-conflict—and-what-it-will-take-to-succeed.
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