Top tags: history, israel, nonfiction, palestine, politics (all tags)
“a great book. felt like being in jerusalem during the period of struggle for israel. a greatly researched book on life in jerusalem during that period. would have even been better if arab perspective would have been given more space that it has been.”
“Tale of struggle of Israel is told fabulously.”
“I think this book is one of the most accessible reads about Jerusalem, and Israel that someone new to the topic can read. It is dated, but it served as a valuable resource for one of many papers I worked on in Judaic Studies.”
“they change the real history of jerusalem,,its for moslems,christian and jewish but its not a part of israel, who occupied that holly land and keep killing civillians every day”
“This book helped me understand Jerusalem in 1948, which was especially interesting through the lens of living in Israel in 2001, when I read it. I got a real sense of perspective and home through the thorough accounts from the many characters, and it showed me how complex the concept of cause and effect is in history. ”