Bitter Harvest: A Modern History of PalestineThis book tracks the long years of Palestinian history from the fateful Balfour Declaration of 1917 through the times of loss, dispossession and occupation, and on to the triumphs and tragedies of the historic uprising that began in 1987, right up to the 1990 Gulf crisis. |
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Chapter IIHistorical Background | 7 |
The Eastern Arab World 1915 | 19 |
Chapter IIIPalestine and the Jews | 23 |
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