Contested land contested memory israels jews and arabs and the ghosts of catastrophe amazonde roberts jo bucher wahlen sie ihre cookie einstellungen wir verwenden cookies und ahnliche tools um ihr einkaufserlebnis zu verbessern um unsere dienste anzubieten um zu verstehen wie die kunden unsere dienste nutzen damit wir verbesserungen vornehmen konnen und um werbung anzuzeigen. 1948 as jewish refugees survivors of the holocaust struggle toward the new state of israel arab refugees are fleeing many under duress sixty years later the memory of trauma has shaped both peoples collective understanding of who they are after a war the victors write history how was the story of the exiled palest. How do jewish and palestinian israelis now engage with the histories of the palestinian nakba catastrophe and the holocaust and how do these echo through the political and physical landscapes of their country vividly narrated with extensive original interview material contested land contested memory examines how these tangled histories of suffering inform jewish and palestinian . To suppress the arab part of their identity and young israeli jews who rarely encounter palestini9 ans and were taught only the triumphal narrative of 1948 a former israeli ambassador bridles when rob9 contested land contested memory israels jews and arabs and the ghosts of catastrophe by jo roberts reviewed by jane adas dundurn press 2013 302 pp softcover available from ameu see p 15