The creation of the state of Israel

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As the Israeli-Palestinian conflict enters its darkest chapter in decades, both sides are evoking the same foundational moment in their past: the events of 1948.

David K. Shipler, a former Jerusalem bureau chief for The New York Times and the author of a Pulitzer Prize-w ...

Le 14 mai 1948, David Ben Gourion a proclamé l'indépendance d'Israël. Cette déclaration a immédiatement mis le feu aux poudres dans la région. Miloud Chennoufi rappelle les origines de la création d'Israël et la façon dont a débuté la longue suite de conflits avec les pays voisin ...  Show more

In 1948, a war broke out that would result in Israeli independence and the erasure of Arab Palestine. Over twenty months, thousands of Jews and Arabs came from all over the world to join those already on the ground to fight in the ranks of the Israel Defense Forces and the Arab L ...  Show more

Le 14 mai 1948, la création de l'État d'Israël est proclamée. Un moment historique dont les fondements sont à chercher à la fin du XIXe siècle et dont les conséquences pèsent sur tout le Proche-Orient aujourd'hui. Invité de Véronique Alzieu, Alain Dieckhoff retrace le processus q ...  Show more