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This study examines the relationship between the Holocaust and the Nakba, as well as the effects of these events on the modern character of Israel. The author deconstructs various narratives of victimization and analyzes how these narratives inform the relationship between Israel and their Arab neighbors.
List of contents
Preface to the English Edition
Preface: The "Presence" of the Holocaust in Israel in 1948
Introduction: Facing the Truth
Chapter 1: 1948: Historical Research from the Israeli Perspective
Chapter 2: The Militant Forces
Chapter 3: The Encounter between Holocaust Survivors and the Yishuv
Chapter 4: The Treatment of Arabs, from the Early Zionist Era to the 1948 War
Chapter 5: The Influence of the Holocaust on the Treatment of Arabs by Jewish Combatants in the 1948 War
Chapter 6: Massacres in the Independence War
Chapter 7: The Debate about the Return of the Palestinian Refugees
Chapter 8: The Battle Pages: From the Gates of Vilna to the Gates of Ashdod
Chapter 9: The War Stories of Yizhar Smilansky
Chapter 10: The Arabs, the Germans, and the Holocaust
Conclusion: Morality and War: A Comparative View
About the author
Yair Auron is professor at the Open University of Israel. He has published nearly forty books on Genocide, Holocaust, Jewish and Israeli Identities, and Israeli-Palestinian relations.
Summary
This study examines the relationship between the Holocaust and the Nakba, as well as the effects of these events on the modern character of Israel. The author deconstructs various narratives of victimization and analyzes how these narratives inform the relationship between Israel and their Arab neighbors.
