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Peres, Shimon, 1923-2016
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A portrait of Israel's first prime minister covers his support of the United Nations 1947 Partition Plan for Palestine, his granting of first exemptions to Orthodox military servicepeople, and his peaceful overtures toward post-Holocaust Germany.

Title Ben-Gurion : a political life / Shimon Peres in conversation with David Landau.
Edition 1st ed.
Contributors Landau, David, 1947-2015
Publisher New York : Nextbook/Schocken
Creation Date c2011
Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-[212].
Copy 2: with Shimon Peres' handwritten dedication to Lord Weidenfeld
Content Beginnings -- Young Turk -- Union boss -- Onward and upward -- What could he do? -- Fateful hour -- Birth pangs -- Settling in -- Jewish people, Jewish policy -- A nation among nations -- Defense of the realm -- Soured fruits -- Tomb of the patriarch.
Series Jewish encounters
Extent 223 p., [12] pages of plates : ill., ports
24 cm.
Language English
National Library system number 990032509220205171

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