Israel at sixty rethinking the birth of the Jewish state

Previously published as a special issue of the journal Israel Affairs.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

On the unspoken principles of Herzlian diplomacy and their contemporary relevance / David Vital -- Zionism and the Palestinians / Efraim Karsh -- Israel's midwife : Golda Meir in the closing years of the British mandate / Meron Medzini -- A small consolation for a big loss : King Abdallah and Jerusalem during the 1948 war / Ronen Yitzhak -- The army of sacred Jihad : an army or bands? / Eliezer Tauber -- On the myth and the connection between the Holocaust and the creation of Israel / Evyatar Friesel -- "The rhetoric of reaction" : British Arabists, Jewish refugees, and the Palestine question / Rory Miller -- France and the partition plan, 1947-1948 / Tsilla Hershco -- "Showdown in the Oval office" : 12 May 1948 in history / Henry D. Fetter -- Ralph Bunche and the establishment of Israel / Elad Ben-Dror -- The genesis of Turkish views on partition and concilation / Howard A. Patten -- Israel at sixty : some reflections / David Vital.