Title Sacred landscape : the buried history of the Holy Land since 1948 / Meron Benvenisti ; translated by Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta

Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 367 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps Contents The Hebrew map -- White patches -- Exodus -- Ethnic cleansing -- Uprooted and planted -- The signposts of memory -- Saints, peasants, and conquerors -- The last Zionists Summary "As a Young Man, Meron Benvenisti often accompanied his father, a distinguished geographer, when the elder Benvenisti traveled through the Holy Land charting a Hebrew map that would rename Palestinian sites and villages with names linked to Israel's ancestral homeland. Benvenisti's youthful experiences are central to this book, and his story helps explain how an Arab landscape, both physical and human, was transformed into an Israeli, Jewish state." "Benvenisti discusses the process by which new Hebrew nomenclature replaced the Arabic names of more than 9,000 natural features, villages, and ruins in Eretz Israel/Palestine. He then explains how the Arab landscape has been transformed through war, destruction, and expulsion into a flourishing Jewish homeland accommodating millions of immigrants. The resulting encounters between two peoples who claim the same land have raised great moral and political dilemmas, which Benvenisti presents with candor and impartiality."--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-352) and index Notes Online resource; title from e-book title screen (EbscoHost platform, viewed August 19, 2015) Subject Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949 -- Refugees Names, Geographical -- Israel -- History Arab-Israeli conflict -- Social aspects Villages -- Israel -- History Palestinian Arabs -- Israel -- History -- 20th century HISTORY -- General. Arab-Israeli conflict -- Social aspects Ethnic relations Historical geography Names, Geographical Palestinian Arabs Refugees Villages Geografischer Name Historische Geografie Namensänderung Nahostkonflikt Arabisch-Israëlisch conflict. Palestijnen. Geografische namen. Names, Geographical -- Israel -- History. Arab-Israeli conflict -- Social aspects. Jewish-Arab relations. Villages -- Israel -- History. Palestinian Arabs -- Israel -- History -- 20th century. SUBJECT Israel -- Historical geography Israel -- Ethnic relations Subject Israel Israel Israël (staat) Israel -- History -- War of Independence, 1948-1949. Israel -- Historical geography. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Kaufman-Lacusta, Maxine, translator. ISBN 9780520928824 0520928822 9780585371856 0585371857

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