1949, The First Israelis

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Summary: 1949, The First Israelis
Review: Is hard to believe Tom Segev is from Israel....he had no compassion for his people and how can he live in The Holy Land?....according to him, jewish people are thieves, croocks and dishonest...I tottally disagree with his points of view...does he know what arab people have done for the jewish people?....could've been a good book...I did not enjoy it...

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Summary: The TRUTH
Review: Mr. Segev has written yet another history of Israel. THis time the topic is Israels first year in existence. He touches on such topics as; secularism vs. religion, settling the territories, arab lands, immigration. His argument is simple. THe Jews, having defeated the Arab in the 48 war, treat their neighboors badly while at the same time creating a theocratic state and encouraging Jews(who according to him were living peacefully with their arab neighboors) to emigrate to Israel. This book is very informative and well written but its argument is wrong. For a less biased account I would recommend "From time immemorial". For an account of the war read 'O Jerusaleum'. Segev does no justice to the heroics of the early Jews who built a strong state in the face of enemies, but he does try and substantiate Arab claims that they were forced off their lands(after murdering thier Jewish neighboors of course). Be careful with this book it is biased.

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Summary: informative but off the mark
Review: Mr. Segev has written yet another history of Israel. THis time the topic is Israels first year in existence. He touches on such topics as; secularism vs. religion, settling the territories, arab lands, immigration. His argument is simple. THe Jews, having defeated the Arab in the 48 war, treat their neighboors badly while at the same time creating a theocratic state and encouraging Jews(who according to him were living peacefully with their arab neighboors) to emigrate to Israel. This book is very informative and well written but its argument is wrong. For a less biased account I would recommend "From time immemorial". For an account of the war read 'O Jerusaleum'. Segev does no justice to the heroics of the early Jews who built a strong state in the face of enemies, but he does try and substantiate Arab claims that they were forced off their lands(after murdering thier Jewish neighboors of course). Be careful with this book it is biased.

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Summary: hatred, Segev wants the Jews thrown into the sea
Review: Segev, noted suthor of 'One Palistine: complete' and 'the Seventh million' now writes 1949: the first israelis. He documents the early issues faced by the Jewish state. Relations with arabs were paramount. Settling the borders and making them peaceful. Mr. Segev wants us to beleive that the evil Jewish state forced Arabs from their homes and wouldnt let them return.
Lets first analyze what the Arabs did in the early days of the war of independence(1948). When they took the etzion Block they massacred all but 3 of the jews left alive. Every Jew was killed in the settlement. Butchered. This was the fate awaiting the 600,000 Jews living in Israel in 1948. SO when the Jews won the war the Arabs fled. The Palistinians had no respect for the land and they fled without firing a shot. And then, after cuasing chaos and murdering any Jew they could find, these mobs wanted to return to their homes. Well mr. Segev wishes they had. He secretly wishes the first israelis had been the last and he wishes they had been thrown into the sea, to swim back to europe, back to the ovens. This is a revisionist account. This book is full of antithapy towards the Jewish state and its founders like Ben Gurion, Golda, and Begin. If you hate Israel, or you want another point of view, or your one of these people that feels the Jews are always at fault and the nice, peaceful, palistinians deserve ALL the land back, then read Mr. Segev because his books do contain good information. But please pick up a copy of "From Time Immemorial' to balance your accounts of this period.

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Summary: hatred, Segev wants the Jews thrown into the sea
Review: Segev, noted suthor of 'One Palistine: complete' and 'the Seventh million' now writes 1949: the first israelis. He documents the early issues faced by the Jewish state. Relations with arabs were paramount. Settling the borders and making them peaceful. Mr. Segev wants us to beleive that the evil Jewish state forced Arabs from their homes and wouldnt let them return.
Lets first analyze what the Arabs did in the early days of the war of independence(1948). When they took the etzion Block they massacred all but 3 of the jews left alive. Every Jew was killed in the settlement. Butchered. This was the fate awaiting the 600,000 Jews living in Israel in 1948. SO when the Jews won the war the Arabs fled. The Palistinians had no respect for the land and they fled without firing a shot. And then, after cuasing chaos and murdering any Jew they could find, these mobs wanted to return to their homes. Well mr. Segev wishes they had. He secretly wishes the first israelis had been the last and he wishes they had been thrown into the sea, to swim back to europe, back to the ovens. This is a revisionist account. This book is full of antithapy towards the Jewish state and its founders like Ben Gurion, Golda, and Begin. If you hate Israel, or you want another point of view, or your one of these people that feels the Jews are always at fault and the nice, peaceful, palistinians deserve ALL the land back, then read Mr. Segev because his books do contain good information. But please pick up a copy of "From Time Immemorial' to balance your accounts of this period.

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Summary: The TRUTH
Review: The book is great and all those out there who don't want to admit that its great are only kidding themselves. The book finally tells the truth about what the Israelis have been doing to the Palestinian people for so long. Segev uses realiable sources and documents that have just recently been released to the public. His informatiion is accurate, he uses David Ben-Gurion's own diary to recount what the man was planning. Why would a Jewish-Israeli lie about his own history? It makes no sense. Segev breaks through the myths and lies that have been behind the war etc to show the real side. He is more trust worthy than other historians who have covered Israeli history prior to the 1980s because most documents were still classified at the time, so what were they basing their information on? I'll tell you, lies. Segev writes a great book that is informative to everyone...