MER Article Original Sin Benny Morris, The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988). Tom Segev, 1949: The First Israelis (New York: The Free Press, 1986). Simha Flapan, The Birth of Israel: Myths and Realities (New York: Pantheon, 1987). Zachary Lockman • 29 min read
MER Article Document: Shamir on Terrorism (1943) The following excerpts are from an article by Yitzhak Shamir, prime minister of Israel from 1983-1984 and 1986-1992. The article first appeared in the LEHI underground organization journal Hehazit (The Front) in the summer of 1943. (Author not identified) • 2 min read
MER Article Italian Communists' New Historic Compromise The revolt in the Occupied Territories broke out at a time when support for the Palestinian cause was at a low ebb in Europe. The Italian Communist Party (PCI), for example, had for the past couple of years been giving priority to building relations with the mainstream Israeli left rather than with Diana Johnstone • 5 min read
MER Article More Deadly Than Tears The roll call of the 146 dead published by the Palestine Human Rights Information Center in Jerusalem, March 20, 1988, is dominated by gunshot victims: shot in the head, shot in the chest, shot in the neck. But among the 49 “deaths from other causes,” 31 were killed by a “non-lethal” riot control we Martha Wenger • 5 min read
MER Article Rubenberg, Israel and the American National Interest Cheryl A. Rubenberg, Israel and the American National Interest: A Critical Examination, (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1986.) Imagine a planet which two superstates dominate after global wars have crippled other contenders. Then assume their rivalry delimits a decisive zone w Edward Danforth • 3 min read
MER Article Bahbah, Israel and Latin America Bishara Bahbah, Israel and Latin America: The Military Connection (New York: St. Martin’s Press with the Institute for Palestine Studies, 1986). Milton Jamail • 1 min read
MER Article Halsell, Prophecy and Politics Grace Halsell, Prophecy and Politics: Militant Evangelists on the Road to Nuclear War (Westport, CT: Lawrence Hill, 1986). While there is nothing particularly new about Christian fascination with the Biblical “holy land,” Grace Halsell provides an important contemporary portrayal of the means by wh Mary Neznek • 2 min read
MER Article Sinai for the Coffee Table Dani Rabinowitz, Ru’ah Sinai (The Sinai Spirit) (Tel Aviv: Adam Publishers, 1987). [Hebrew] Ever since Israel occupied the Sinai desert in 1967, that piece of earth has consistently made Israeli headlines. Its media presence was only enhanced after Camp David and Israel’s withdrawal in 1979 and 198 Smadar Lavie • 13 min read
MER Article From Tel Aviv to LA The Manhattan telephone directory, like that of any major American city, reflects the United States’ melting pot in action. Flipping through its pages and browsing through the names of a million individuals, one realizes quickly that some of them do not melt very readily. Comparing the directory of Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi • 11 min read
MER Article Document: Hadassah Separates Hearts The following article appeared in Kol Ha’ir on May 1, 1987: As Hadassah Hospital prepares to begin performing heart transplants, it has decided to refrain from transplanting Jewish hearts into Arab bodies, and vice versa. This policy was revealed during a tour which Professor Shmuel Pinhas, the hos (Author not identified) • 2 min read
MER Article "The State Cannot Make Criminals Of Those Who Want Peace" Reuven Kaminer immigrated to Israel from the United States in the early 1950s and became a prominent figure in Shasi (Israeli Socialist Left). He was a member of the Israeli delegation that met with the PLO in Romania in November 1986. Israeli authorities brought Kaminer and three others to trial fo Joel Beinin • 5 min read
