Volume 21, Number 18 · November 14, 1974

Israel and the Palestinians

By Sana Hassan
Land of the Hart: Israelis, Arabs, the Territories and a Vision of the Future
by Arie Lova Eliav, translated by Judith Yalon

Jewish Publication Society, 381 pp., $6.95

The Disinherited: Journal of a Palestinian Exile
by Fawaz Turki

Monthly Review Press, 188 pp., $2.45 (paper)

Les Palestiniens du Silence
by Clara Halter

Belfond (Paris), 250 pp., 29.50F

With Maalot and the subsequent Fedayeen raids only a few months behind us, and with the future of the Palestinians as clouded as ever, these three books demand attention. After the seemingly senseless deaths, with no direct negotiations between Arabs and Israelis yet in sight, these works at least raise the questions that lie at the heart of the Arab-Israeli tragedy. They may also provide some answers.



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