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The history of the Middle East goes back about 12,000 years, most of which was not marked by fighting between Arabs and Jews.
Documenting the Middle East from ancient times to present, Arabs & Israel for Beginners is one of few books cover the issues of both Jews and Arabs objectively, insightfully and in an easy-to-read style. Some of the provocative issues and topics that the book covers are the birth of "Western" civilization in the Middle East and Africa; the truth about ancient Israel from birth to destruction; the building of the "Walled" city of Jericho; the origin of Christianity; the real story of modern Israel's birth; Jewish history beginning with Abraham [c.2000 BC] & Moses [c. 1350 BC]; documented facts on the Arab-Israeli wars; the lowdown on the PLO, Intifada, US Money; Desert Storm and Terrorism; and the September 1993 PLO/Israel peace talks.
In the tradition characteristic of the "Beginners Series", Arabs & Israel for Beginners is written for two vastly different types of readers; those who are new to the Arab-Israel discussion and those submersed in it and perhaps confused by facts that just don't seem to add up.

Divided into two parts, the background and the conflict, thisis a crash course in the Arab/Israeli conflict that starts with the basics,proceeds with a history lesson (from Jericho, 8,000 B.C, through the birth ofIslam, the Crusades, and to the first Jewish settlers in what is now Israel inthe 1890s) and moves on to a detailed section on the current conflict, eachchapter punctuated with an examination of the real differences between theparties, sorting irrelevant facts from what is important, translating all theofficial statements into plain English, and concluding with the prospects andobstructions to peace in the Middle East. Simplicity and accuracy make this anexcellent primer on a deeply complicated subject.