This is an epic account of Israel's founding, as well as a heartbreaking elegy for the heroes who fought to defend their homeland.
Israel's Birth: Hope, Part 1: From the day the state was founded, Israel had to contend with powerful military attacks from the Arab League while facing domestic shortages of weapons and personnel. At the same time, it was forced into a long and bitter struggle of diplomacy and confrontation with Russia, the United States, Britain, France, and other countries. This is where the story of Israel's Birth: Hope, Part 1 begins.
Israel's Birth: Hope, Part 2: This book recounts the Third Arab-Israeli War and Israel's struggle for independence. After the First and Second Arab-Israeli Wars, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continued unabated and grew increasingly intense. Meanwhile, Britain and France, under pressure from international public opinion, successively reduced their military aid to Israel. At the same time, a series of political riots and armed clashes broke out within Israel, and the situation at home and abroad grew more and more precarious.
Israel's Birth: Glory, Part 1: Throughout the 1960s, clashes along the Arab-Israeli border continued. Syria trained Palestinian guerrillas to carry out terrorist attacks against Israel. Egyptian leader Nasser formed an alliance with Jordan and Syria, declaring that Israel must be wiped off the map. On June 5, 1967, the Six-Day War broke out, known as the Third Arab-Israeli War. What changes took place in Israel's politics, economy, diplomacy, military, culture, and people's daily lives between the Six-Day War and the Yom Kippur War? How did the careers and family lives of Barak, Nitzan, Pasternak, and their children change?
Israel's Birth: Glory, Part 2: If Israel's struggle for survival were a play, the 1973 Yom Kippur War, the Fourth Arab-Israeli War, could be considered its most concentrated act. On the holiest of days, Israel was caught by surprise on both its northern and southern fronts. The superpower Soviet Union gave the Arab states formidable support in their offensive. Despite being vastly outmatched in manpower and weapons, Israel fought a grueling battle and won a victory that stunned the world, successfully breaking through the Arab encirclement and setting itself on the path to signing a peace agreement with Egypt.
