Podcast: A War to Start All Wars

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Author: Shlomo Ben-Ami
Prepared by: Brian Morris
September/October 2008

"A War to Start All Wars" by Shlomo Ben-Ami

Foreign Affairs September/October 2008

The war of 1948 created both a Jewish state and a Palestinian problem. Benny Morris' definitive study of the war clarifies why Israel's terrotorial gains back then should be the basis for the final settlement if the Jewish state's original victory is to be sealed.

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