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1948 (Hebrew: תש"ח, Tasha"h) is a 2010 fictionalized autobiographical novel by Israeli writer Yoram Kaniuk. [1] In 2012 it was translated into English by Anthony Berris. [2] [3] It is based on author's teenage experience of a Palmach fighter in the Harel Brigade during the 1948 Palestine war, known as the War of Independence in Israel.
1948: A History of the First Arab–Israeli War is a non-fiction work written by Israeli historian Benny Morris.It was published by Yale University Press in 2008. [1] The author is otherwise known for multiple other books such as Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem and Righteous Victims, being a member of the group called the 'new historians' and the individual who most popularized the term.
Map of Samaria by J.G. Bartholomew in 1894 book by George Adam Smith. According to the Hebrew Bible, the Hebrew name "Shomron" (Hebrew: שֹׁומְרוֹן) is derived from the individual (or clan) Shemer (Hebrew: שֶׁמֶר), from whom King Omri (ruled 880s–870s BCE) purchased the hill on which he built his new capital city of Shomron.
King Ahab’s realm was in Samaria, what is now known by most as the occupied West Bank. ... add to the estimated 750,000 Palestinians forced out of Mandatory Palestine in 1948, and 300,000 more ...
Disposition of Arab Liberation Army Forces, March 1948: Samaria: 3,000–4,000 Galilee: 1,000, in groups of 50–100 under a central command Haifa: 200–300 ...
Ruins of the royal palace of the Omiride dynasty in the city of Samaria, which was the capital of Israel from 880 BCE to 720 BCE.. According to Israel Finkelstein, Shoshenq I's campaign in the second half of the 10th century BCE collapsed the early polity of Gibeon in central highlands, and made possible the beginning of the Northern Kingdom, with its capital at Shechem, [10] [11] around 931 BCE.
In 722 BCE, Samaria, the capital city of the northern Kingdom of Israel, was taken by Sargon II, [1] who resettled the Israelites in Halah, Habor, Gozan and in the cities of Media (2 Kings 18:11–12). Sargon recorded the capture of that city thus: "Samaria I looked at, I captured; 27,280 men who dwelt in it I carried away" into Assyria.
The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books. The American publisher Bennett Cerf noted that there had been "only three novels published [in 1948] that were worth reading ... Cry, The Beloved Country, The Ides of March, and The Naked and the Dead." [1] Only Cry did not top the list that year. A total of ten other novels ...