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
Content
Preface : the "presence" of the Holocaust in Israel in 1948 -- Introduction : facing the truth -- 1948 : historical research from the Israeli perspective -- The militant forces -- The encounter between Holocaust survivors and the Yishuv -- The treatment of Arabs, from the early Zionist era to the 1948 war -- The influence of the Holocaust on the treatment of Arabs by Jewish combatants in the 1948 war -- Massacres in the independence war -- The debate on the return of the Palestinian refugees -- The battle pages : from the gates of Vilna to the gates of Ashdod -- The war stories of Yizhar Smilansky -- The Arabs, the Germans, and the Holocaust -- Conclusion : morality and war : a comparative view
