Israeli War of Independence
The myth of Lydda returns.
Tom Derek Bowden, in memoriam.
Wilfred Canter survived capture by the Nazis twice, but died fighting for Israel.
Arabs killed 436 Holocaust survivors in an effort to prevent the creation of Israel.
Zachary Baumel, and the others.
The forgotten years before Israel’s independence.
Israeli villains and Palestinian victims.
A myth engineered by Palestinian leaders.
A fifteen-year-old who wouldn’t take “no” for an answer.
Was there a massacre at Deir Yassin?
Prague, unlike Berlin, joined Washington in recognizing Israel’s capital.
One new book debunks the nakba myth; another perpetuates it.
The usual answer is Truman—but it could just as easily be Stalin. In fact, thanks to Zionist diplomacy, it was both; and therein lies a lesson for the Jewish state today.
