Before 1948 many prominent Lebanese welcomed a Jewish presence to the south. What went wrong?

I’m thrilled to see “Palestine 1936” out in Russian with Alpina Non-Fiction! Also available in e-book.

An Oscar short-listed film, funded by Qatar, Turkey, and the BBC, rewrites the past to serve a modern political fantasy

Palestine 1936 is now out in Hebrew with Schocken, in an excellent translation by Dana Elazar-Halevi.

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

A few years before halting the Nazis in Egypt, the irascible general commanded a counterinsurgency from his Haifa HQ.

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

Trump's vision of a 'Riviera of the Middle East' has a century-old precedent. It didn't end well.

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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