The A to Z of Israel

Since its creation, the State of Israel has been a magnet for attention. A country beset by conflict in its region and faced with the need to integrate immigrants of disparate backgrounds into a modern and advanced state, Israel has preoccupied observers, scholars, and journalists since its independence in 1948. Israel and its politics have been the subject of substantial and often highly partisan literature, being hotly and vigorously debated both at home and abroad. The A to Z of Israel addresses the need in the literature on Israel for a comprehensive impartial information source about the various diplomatic and political personalities, institutions, organizations, events, concepts, and documents that together define the political life of the Jewish state. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, places, events, government institutions, political parties, and battles, as well as entries on Israel's economy, society, and culture.

ISBN 0810876396   Pages 288 ISBN13 9780810876392 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 862 Publisher Scarecrow Press   Published in Lanham, MD Imprint Scarecrow Press   Series title A to Z Guide Series Format Paperback   Height (mm) 220 Publication date 13 Apr 2010   Width (mm) 143 DEWEY 956.94003   Spine width (mm) 38 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level General

		Editor's Foreword by Jon Woronoff
		Preface
		Acknowledgments
		Acronyms and Abbreviations
		Chronology
		Introduction		1
		The Dictionary		19
Appendix A		Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel		563
Appendix B		Leaders, Governments, and Population		567
		Bibliography		577
		About the Authors		635

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