t content warning: war, Israel Palestine conflict

potential bias warning: I am a Jewish Israeli

My copy of 1948 arrived in late September, but I was in the middle of another book. Then October the 7th happened, and with the horrors of that day fresh in my mind, and my country in a brutal war, I wasn't in a mental state where I could read about all the cruelties of another war between Israelis and Palestinians.

But ultimately I couldn't abandon it. If Hamas was willing to justify genocide of Israelis based on the 1948 Palestine war and it's aftermath, and Israel the permanent occupation of the Palestinians, and I was willing to pay taxes to and thus implicitly support Israel in that conflict, I felt like I had a duty to at the very least get my facts straight about what happened.

So here is a review of [...]

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Outline:

(01:06) Bias

(02:19) Brevity

(03:55) Synopsis

(03:58) Background

(06:33) The Civil War

(09:03) Invasion

(11:07) The 10 days

(12:51) The final phase

(14:04) Armistice

(14:59) Conclusion

(15:19) War Crimes

(15:22) Expulsion

(16:37) Massacres

(18:01) Conquest

(18:44) Scattered Thoughts

The original text contained 8 footnotes which were omitted from this narration.

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First published:
December 3rd, 2023

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/jiL95tPaSWJnx5xpB/book-review-1948-by-benny-morris

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

“Book Review: 1948 by Benny Morris” by Yair Halberstadt

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