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PublisherFonthill Media

ISBN-101781558841

ISBN-139781781558843

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Book TitleGrandest Larceny : the Foundation of Israel

Number of Pages400 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicModern / 20th Century, Imperialism, Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), Middle East / Israel & Palestine

Publication Year2024

GenrePolitical Science, History

AuthorJ. E. Thomas

FormatHardcover

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Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Table Of ContentAcknowledgements; A Note on Spelling and Quotations; Introduction; Myths and the Makers of Myths; The Political Art of Lies and Ambiguity: The McMahon Letters and the Sykes-Picot Agreement; After Balfour: 'The document is undoubtedly the starting point of the whole trouble'; Escalation: 'The Mandate ... itself had lighted the fire'; The British Government Disregards the Law: 'No one can give what they don't have: nemo dat quod non habet'; The Israeli Prime Minister Sets the Goal: 'And if dozens of Arabs get killed-that's exactly what we want'; Terrorism, Violence, and the Expansion of the State; New Lamps For Old? The Treatment of Palestinians and the 'New Antisemitism'; Glossary; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index.

SynopsisJ.E. Thomas challenges the common assumption that Israel was founded to right a historical wrong. A unique event--the handing over of an entire country by another that did not own it, to a people who simply laid claim to it by virtue of their myths and traditions--happened in 1917 when the British "gave" Palestine to the Jews via the Balfour Declaration. The Palestinian Arabs never accepted the theft of their land, but they have been powerless to resist the weight of support for the Jews given by the strongest nations. Despite the foundation of Israel in 1948, the region has been plagued by wars, injustice, and a vast refugee "problem" that has dominated the lives of millions. Today, a dire future for the Palestinians seems inevitable.In this thorough new examination, J. E. Thomas delves deep into the foundations of the issue, analyzing the Zionist claim to the Holy Land in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and Israel's ongoing campaign to dispossess Palestinian Arabs., Most accounts of the history of Palestine start from the premise that giving the country to the Zionists was just, and righted a wrong. How this unlikely event came about is described in detail. The conclusion is that this most historical of thefts has left the Palestinians in a state of subjugation and wretchedness with little hope of ......, A unique event-the handing over of a country by a country who did not own it, to a third which had only mythical claims to it-happened in 1918 when the British 'gave' Palestine to the Jews via the Balfour Declaration. The Palestinian Arabs never accepted the theft of their land but have been powerless against the weight of support for the Jews given by the most powerful nations. Since 1918, despite the foundation of Israel in 1948, the region has been plagued by wars, disenfranchisement, death, injustice and a refugee 'problem' affecting millions. The future of the Palestinians is dire. The Grandest Larceny challenges established assumptions about the history of this momentous historical event.