Palestine 1936 is now out in Hebrew with Schocken Publishing! In an excellent translation by Dana Elazar-Halevi. Available at all bookstores in Israel, or directly from Schocken. אודות הספר: המרד הערבי הגדול בפלשתינה-א"י ( 1939-1936 ) היה ראשיתו המכוננת של הסכסוך היהודי-ערבי במזרח התיכון, והשלכותיו ניכרות גם היום. אורן קסלר מציג בצורה נגישה ומרתקת סיפור רב-רבדים על תקופה מכרעת זו וחושף את הכוחות שעיצבו את האזור ויצרו את אחד הסכסוכים העיקשים בעולם.

Yolande Harmer was Israel's most important spy in 1948. Her legacy is woefully under-recognized.

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On the eve of the Holocaust, Britain shut the gates to the Holy Land and proposed a Jewish homeland in South America.

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The German edition is out with Hanser Literatur! Hebrew and Russian are in the works, and Arabic and Korean are already out. Know any foreign publishers or agents who might be interested? Contact me!

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