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Book SynopsisA complete examination of the men and forces that created and shaped the modern state of Israel over the last hundred years
Walls of Jerusalem is a study of the creation and evolution of the modern state of Israel. This unique work begins with the actions of four extraordinary men Theodor Herzl, Chaim Weizmann, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, and David Ben-Gurion and follows with their influence on subsequent leaders and on the political and military decisions that have shaped and changed Jerusalem and the nation. The resulting physical realty has made concrete the shift in vison from the broad utopian ideals of the beginning, to the separation barrier and settlement enclaves that increasingly divide both Jewish and Palestinian cultures.
The author traveled across the West Bank, into the Israeli settlements and along the Israeli security barrier dividing Israel from Palestine. He entered the tombs, mosques and synagogues, experienced the distortion of Jerusalem since the bu
Table of Contents
Preface viii
Prologue xi
1 Herzl, Weizmann and the Balfour Declaration 1
2 Jabotinsky, Ben‐Gurion and the Iron Wall 38
3 “National Homeland” 64
4 Al‐Nakba (Catastrophe) 103
5 Eretz Yisrael 137
6 Settlements 177
7 The “Separation Barrier” 227
8 In Palestine 265
9 Netanyahu, Trump and the Future 310
Epilogue 337
Index 341
