Israel Since the Six-Day War: Tears of Joy, Tears of Sorrow PDF
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israel since the six-day war Also by Leslie Stein The Hope Fulfilled: The Rise of Modern Israel The Making of Modern Israel: 1948–1967 ISRAEL SINCE THE SIX-DAY WAR TEARS OF JOY, TEARS OF SORROW leslie stein polity Copyright © Leslie Stein 2014 The right of Leslie Stein to be identified as Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published in 2014 by Polity Press Polity Press 65 Bridge Street Cambridge CB2 1UR, UK Polity Press 350 Main Street Malden, MA 02148, USA All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-4726-5 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Typeset in 10.75 on 14 pt Janson Text by Servis Filmsetting Ltd, Stockport, Cheshire Printed and bound in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc The publisher has used its best endeavours to ensure that the URLs for external websites referred to in this book are correct and active at the time of going to press. However, the publisher has no responsibility for the websites and can make no guarantee that a site will remain live or that the content is or will remain appropriate. Every effort has been made to trace all copyright holders, but if any have been inadvertently overlooked the publisher will be pleased to include any necessary credits in any subsequent reprint or edition. For further information on Polity, visit our website: www.politybooks.com To Clara with love Contents Illustrations viii Preface ix Acknowledgements xi Introduction 1 1 The Early Aftermath of the Six-Day War 30 2 The War of Attrition and the Prelude to the Yom Kippur War 59 3 The Yom Kippur War 93 4 Major Events over the years 1974–1979 130 5 The Decade of the 1980s 169 6 The Fateful 1990s 209 7 The al-Aqsa Intifada 248 8 Beyond the al-Aqsa Intifada 279 9 Social and Economic Developments 316 Conclusion 356 Appendix: General Election Results 365 Glossary 371 Notes 374 References and Bibliography 418 Index 429 Illustrations 1 Briefing of soldiers in a Bar Lev Line bunker 63 2 Israeli soldiers crossing the Suez Canal 116 3 Left to right: Sadat, Carter and Begin at the Israel–Egypt Peace Treaty signing ceremony 152 4 Intifada protesters in Ramallah, March 1988 206 5 Left to right: Rabin, Clinton and Arafat at the Oslo Accords signing ceremony at the White House 218 6 Aziz Salha jubilantly raising his blood-soaked hands after taking part in the killing of two Israeli reservists 259 7 Israeli police and rescue workers gathering bodies in the wake of a Palestinian suicide bombing 265 8 Ethiopian Jews on flight to Israel 328 9 A Haredi father with two of his children 343 10 Standing in silence in tribute to those fallen in defence of Israel 359
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