By all accounts, the 1948 Palestine war was one of the most significant milestones in the modern history of the Middle East and remains one of the most intractable conflicts of modern times. Israelis call the 1948 war "The War of Independence" while Arabs call it al-Nakba or the disaster. The conventional Israeli version portrays 1948 as an unequal struggle between a Jewish David and an Arab Goliath, as a desperate, heroic, and ultimately successful battle for survival against overwhelming odds.

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This book helps us to understand torture and the international issues it raises. It focuses on Israel, where over 400,000 Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza have been detailed or gaoled since 1967. Its sober analysis and evidence are supplemented by action-oriented recommendations for the international campaign against torture, rehabilitation, and for medical ethics. It includes the full texts of relevant international declarations and medical codes.

author: Neve Gordon Ruchama Marton asin: 1856493148 binding: Paperback list price: $29.95 USD amazon price: $29.95

This title reviews Israel's policies in the Occupied Territories from the beginning of the occupation in 1967 and attempts to look ahead and analyse the possible effects of these on the peace process. The book covers: "Background" - which examines the elements that have played an important role in the formulation of Israel's policy in the Territories as well as the "modus operandi" of the military and the government.

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"In a major study that moves between path-breaking theorizing and analysis that is relevant to today's headlines, the author examines the process by which states expand and contract. . . . He develops a useful model of state expansion and contraction, focusing on how the issue of incorporating outlying territories is dealt with in the political arena. . . .

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